Spicy Okra

Barb Gertz's Note:

If you like okra, try this. My mother use to make okra like but without the chile's. This Recipe comes from Gourmet Magazine.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen cut okra
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 medium onion , coarsely chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 fresh habanero pepper , pierced 3 times with a fork (if habanero is to hot use serrano or jalapeno chile instead)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Directions:

1. Rinse okra in a colander under hot water.
2. (Rinsing okra gives it a cleaner taste and texture.) Heat oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, stirring until golden, about 3 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes (including juice) and chile and boil, stirring until tomatoes are softened and liquid is reduced by half, 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Add okra and cook, gently stirring, until okra is tender, about 5 minutes.
5. Stir in salt and pepper and discard chile.

Reviews

[Bergy]

Very tasty recipe - Neat trick to put the whole hot pepper in with just pricks - It gives just enough heat. I used fresh tomatoes and a bit of tomato juice (I had surplus on hand). I used fresh Okra and giving it a rinse in hot water does give it a cleaner taste. Watch your cooking time. I tasted it at 5 minutes and it was perfect but it had to sit another 2 minutes (meat was n't quite done) and it was still very good but just tad over cooked Thanks Barb for another lovely recipe

[TexasHurricane]

Easy and tasty side dish! The only package of frozen okra I could find was 16 ounces, so I used that and my supermarket was out of habanero peppers, so I had to use a jalapeno chili instead. Next time I will definitely use the habanero since I didn't find this very spicy (although I love spicy foods, so for some the jalapeno may be enough). Love how easy this was to make!

[Heystopthatnow]

Yum! I loved this dish! I've never had okra before but after watching Paula Deen use okra a few times, I decided to buy a bag. I didn't get to use it until now... I made some coconut milk rice and read that spicy okra went well with it. I did make some changes. Instead of diced tomatoes, I used salsa and instead of habanero peppers, I used 3 pieces of Korean dried peppers. I love spicy food and with the salsa & korean peppers, this dish was hot! =) Thanks!