Steamed okra

Whole okra, steamed, salted and dipped in butter.

With its fresh, subtle flavor, okra can be a superstar side dish, as long as you follow a few preparation tricks to minimize the mucilage -- that notorious slime that helps thicken gumbo and can frighten even experienced cooks away from using okra by itself.

Check out this delicious Okra with Oyster Sauce dish. An easy, healthy and delicious side dish best. Best when served with fish like Pan Sea...

When this Chinese okra dish was served recently, some of you left comments about not being a fan of okra . This Chinese okra is no way clos...

Steamed eggs with okra and soy sauce is an easy, tasty way to incorporate healthy okra into your meal—and it’s pretty too!

Okra, so tender and fresh and so very nutritional, is one of my favorite vegetables. Of course, like any Southern girl, I love it pan fried in cornmeal or deep fried in a fritter batter. But, my very favorite way to cook and eat okra is boiled in salted water and then simmered in butter. Okra was brought to North America, especially the south, during the days of slave trade. The Swahili name for okra is gumbo, laying way for many of those delicious Louisiana and Mississippi Gumbo recipes. It…

25 Okra Recipes We Can't Get Enough Of—From Stuffed and Steamed to Straight-Up Fried #okra #plant #vegetables

This is the most delicious way to cook okra. And the quickest - it takes just 10 minutes to prepare. Many people dislike okra’s slimy quality. But I recently found the most beautiful fresh okra in the market, and now my mind is changed forever. Okra offers so many unique health benefits: it helps heal intestinal walls, neutralizes acidic foods ...

A classic for a reason! Okra and Tomatoes is a quick and easy vegetable side dish perfect for weeknights. Gluten free and vegan.

This okra fries recipe is simple and quick to make, and doesn’t require any fancy ingredients. The best part is that you can modify it to taste, or exclude any of the spices that you don’t have on hand.