Smothered Okra Tomatoes Recipes

Steps:

• Saute 4 smashed garlic cloves in 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat until golden. Add 4 cups okra (halved lengthwise) and 1 small onion (cut into wedges); season with salt and pepper and cook until the okra is tender and bright, 10 to 12 minutes. Add 1 pint halved cherry tomatoes; cook until just bursting, 3 minutes. Finish with a splash of cider vinegar.

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet or dutch oven pot, saute onion mixture in Olive Oil until tender.
• 2. Add okra and water. Simmer on medium until okra defrosts in the pot, about 5 minutes Stir in diced tomatoes and mix well bring to slight boil..
• 3. Cook on low heat until okra is very tender and most of the liquids are gone, about 30 minutes or until desired fondness. I like mine well done and thick.
• 4. Serve as a side dish or if you like you can serve over steamed rice. You can also add cooked smoked sausage or cooked chicken 10 minutes before serving to use as a main dish.

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Remove bacon from pan and saute okra, onion, pepper and celery until tender. Add tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook until tomatoes are heated through.
• Garnish with crumbled bacon, if desired.

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed saute pan over medium-high heat, add the bacon. Render the bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and reserve. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Add the okra and tomatoes, making sure to add the reserved juice from the tomatoes to the saute pan. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp, remove from skillet, set aside to drain and cool.
• saute onions in the bacon grease until they turn clear.
• add Okra to onions,cut up tomatoes or add can of stewed tomatoes.
• add seasonings, crumble bacon add to skillet. Stir often.
• cook until okra is no longer slimey.