Oven Fried Okra

Submitted by Leslie in Texas

"My husband loves fried okra, so he was pleased with this low-fat version.I sometimes substitute corn meal for the bread crumbs. Originally from the food section of the Houston Chronicle."

 

• Ready In: 32mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb fresh okra, stem ends trimmed and sliced into 1/2 inch thick rounds
• 1 large egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• nonstick cooking spray

directions

1. In a large pot 3/4 full of boiling,salted water,parboil okra until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain well.
2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
3. In a large bowl, beat together egg, 1 Tablespoon of water, and pepper sauce. Add okra to bowl.
4. In a plastic food storage bag, combine bread crumbs,pepper, and salt.
5. Using a slotted spoon,remove okra from egg mixture, allowing excess egg mixture to drip back into bowl.
6. Add okra to crumb mixture in bag and rotate bag to coat okra evenly.
7. On a nonstick baking sheet or large, shallow pan, spread okra in a single layer.
8. Spray okra with nonstick cooking spray.
9. Bake until crisp and golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Reviews

[R Register]

I left out the hot sauce and added a teaspoon instead of 1/2 teaspoon of pepper instead. It was sooo good! I used a package of frozen instead of fresh okra.

 

[NTexas]

Let's face it. Nothing can beat fried food. :) I followed this recipe exactly, but I found the okra needed more flavor. The breadcrumbs did crisp up after I left the okra in the oven for about 5 minutes longer to get the desired results. My family loves okra, but they left a bunch on the baking sheet. If I did this recipe again, I'd probably use the traditional cornmeal instead of breadcrumbs and add more seasoning.

 

[Chef Cejae]

Awesome!! <br/>Changes I made: parboiled okra for 3 minutes, used panko bread crumbs...when putting okra in pan added some of panko that did not stick (makes great crumbles!) and cooked at 450 for about 17 min (could be my toaster oven). MUCH better than fried!

 

[jessi_mcg]

Woohoo! I LOVE fried okra but never eat it--now I feel good about having it whenever I want! The flavor of the breading is just right, though I might add a little more pepper next time. I also used corn meal instead of breadcrumbs...guess it's a southern thing but it doesn't get much better than cornmeal and black pepper LOL. DH liked his with ketchup (weirdo ;)). Thanks so much for posting! Made for Healthy Choices 2008.

 

[Merlot]

Excelent Okra recipe! You certainly won't miss the deep frying and will never bother with deep frying again, as these came out perfectly. Great recipe, Leslie in Texas.