Smothered Okra

Submitted by Kikimony

"Southern Creole style okra!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 lb okra, chopped
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, with juice
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 3⁄4 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 (2 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, with juice
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Pour oil in bottom of pan.
2. Add the remaining ingredients.
3. Cover pot and simmer 1 1/2 hours on low, stirring often.
4. Remove the cover the last 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Cooking in New Orleans]

I'm not a big okra fan, but this is a great dish. My mother-in-law makes a similar dish, but she adds smoked sausage and shrimp. Thus, I omitted the mushrooms and added sausage and shrimp. I sauteed my onions, bell peppers, and garlic in the olive oil. Then I added the okra and cooked it until most of the "slime" cooked out. Then, I added tomato paste and about one cup of water ( I didn't have canned tomatoes). I added cut smoked sausage and cooked for about 45 minutes. Last, I added pre-cooked shrimp towards the end of cooking, so they would not dry out. Great recipe. Thanks!

 

[Shannon T.]

Add 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon of Gumbo file' or 1 tablespoon Salt free Tony's Chachere's 1 tablespoon of Chives/green onion 1 tablespoon of miniced garlic 4 links Patton's Hot sausage chopped 3 links D&D Smoked sausage chopped Fry your meats in a frying pan pour of grease. Add four blue grabs and 1 lb. shrimp at the end. Simmer four 15 minutes then eat! Seperatedly cook: Long grain rice add 2 teaspoons of sea salt.

 

[Dreamgoddess]

I loved the okra, tomatoes and mushrooms cooked together, but I thought the final result was very bland in taste. When I make this again, I'll use additional spices to give it a little kick.

 

[Barb G.]

Very goooood Steph, My mother use to make Okra like this, She was a VERY good cook. We grow Okra, so I have it in the freezer, the recipe is a keeper. thank you for posting the recipe.