Skillet Okra and Rice

photo by LifeIsGood




- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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3-4
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1⁄3 cup long grain rice, uncooked
- 1⁄2 medium onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
- 2⁄3 cup chicken stock or 2/3 cup broth
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh thyme or 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper sauce
- 1 small bay leaf
- 8 ounces okra, cut into 1/2-inch slices or 8 ounces frozen cut okra
directions
- In a 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the rice and cook about 3 minutes, stirring frequently or until lightly brown.
- Add the onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently, or until onion begins to soften.
- Stir in remaining ingredeints except for the okra.
- Heat to boiling, reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender.
- Add the okra, cover and simmer 10 minutes longer or until okra is tender.
- Remove bay leaf and serve.
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I really enjoyed this! I'm an okra fan, but don't often find new ways to prepare it. Instead of serving as a side dish, I decided to make this into a one-dish meal, and added about 1 1/2 cups of pulled pork that I had leftover from earlier in the week. I used a red pepper instead of green (don't like the green ones) and fresh tomato from my garden. The combination of lots of veggies and rice was very filling without being too heavy calorie wise- always a bonus! I thought this had plenty of flavor, although I did reseason with a bit of salt at the end. Next time I might bump the pepper sauce up as well, but that's just adjusting for personal taste. Thanks for a great dinner!
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This was delicious, quick and easy to make. If you aren't a fan of Okra leave it out and make it anyway, this is soooo darned good. I did have to use frozen okra since my garden gave up the ghost too darned soon. Next time I make this the only thing I will change is to add a bit more red pepper sauce since I like a little more zing. Thank You for the recipe, I will be making this often.
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I really enjoyed this! I'm an okra fan, but don't often find new ways to prepare it. Instead of serving as a side dish, I decided to make this into a one-dish meal, and added about 1 1/2 cups of pulled pork that I had leftover from earlier in the week. I used a red pepper instead of green (don't like the green ones) and fresh tomato from my garden. The combination of lots of veggies and rice was very filling without being too heavy calorie wise- always a bonus! I thought this had plenty of flavor, although I did reseason with a bit of salt at the end. Next time I might bump the pepper sauce up as well, but that's just adjusting for personal taste. Thanks for a great dinner!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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