Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, fantastic southern fried okra. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Typically southerners fry their okra in cornmeal or a mixture of cornmeal and flour, but I like just a light coating of flour. Sometimes the flavor of the okra gets hidden beneath a heavy cornmeal coating. I use a large cast iron skillet for frying, but any type of skillet will work, or even a Dutch oven.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fantastic southern fried okra using 6 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fantastic Southern Fried Okra:
- Prepare 1 lb okra
- Take 1/4 cup flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup cornmeal
- Prepare 3/4 tbsp salt
- Make ready 3 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- Take 3 cup frying oil
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Instructions to make Fantastic Southern Fried Okra:
- Pour oil in a semi deep skillet or pot. Make sure there is enough oil for the okra to float. You may need more or less oil depending on your pot. Turn on medium low and make sure oil reaches 350° slowly.
- Rinse and chop okra into 1/4 inch rounds.
- Put all dry ingredients in a plastic bag and shake to combine.
- Put okra into plastic bag and shake to coat. Use Okra's natural juices to help the coating stick.
- Let okra sit in the dry mix for about 5-10 minutes.
- Shake the bag of okra again to make sure you are creating a nice coating. Let sit another 5-10 minutes.
- The oil should be hot enough now so take a slotted spoon and scoop the okra out of the bag, shaking excess flour mixture off, and dump in oil.
- Continue step 7 until your pot or skillet is full with okra.
- After around 7 minutes scoop the okra out and place on a plate with a paper towel ( to soak up the oil) or place on a cooling rack.
- Repeat steps 7,8, and 9 until complete.
- Enjoy!
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