This classic okra and tomatoes recipe is based on a few simple ingredients.
Healthy and Low-Calorie- not all Southern food is fried and this offers a whole lot of vitamins and nutrients- a perfect vegetarian dish or vegetable side dish to your fried catfish.Quick and easy - takes about 35-minutes to prepare you've gotta cook down or 'stew' the tomatoes.Prepping the okra with salt avoids 'slimy' okra.Once you learn how to cook okra and tomatoes, you'll probably make it more often than you think! Slimy green vegetable that 'had-the-dickens-boiled-out-of-it.' we'd just scoot it around on the plate.īut here's a smothered okra and tomato recipe that you'll actually enjoy - no slime-just delicious tender okra in a savory Creole-type tomato sauce. Many a Southerner remembers Grandma's boiled okra recipe and we hated it.
This Southern okra recipe is proof that not all Southern food is fried! Simple recipe with simple ingredients!
