Okra Stew

Name: Okra Stew (Guingambós Guisados)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 1 quart (4 cups) water; 1 pound okra, ends cut off and pods halved; 1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon fat or Achiote Coloring; 2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced; 1 onion, peeled, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon fat or Achiote Coloring; 1 green pepper, seeded, finely chopped; 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1 clove garlic, peeled, finely chopped; 2 sweet chili peppers, seeded, finely chopped; 3 cups water; 6 fresh culantro leaves, finely chopped; ¼ cup tomato sauce; ½ pound potatoes, peeled and quartered

Guingambós Guisados

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

1 pound okra, ends cut off and pods halved
1 quart (4 cups) water

Americas
Stew
Gluten-free
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

Soak okra in water and salt included in A, for 1 hour.
In a caldero or heavy kettle, combine ingredients included in B, and brown salt pork and ham rapidly.
Turn heat to low and sauté ingredients included in C for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Drain okra, rinse in clear wate