Flash-Fried Okra

Name: Flash-Fried Okra
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 to 1¼ pounds fresh okra pods, preferably under 2½ inches each; 2 teaspoons table salt; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups cornmeal, preferably stone-ground; Oil for deep-frying, preferably peanut; Oil for deep-frying, preferably peanut; Hot pepper sauce, such as Texas Pete or Tabasco; Hot pepper sauce, such as Texas Pete or Tabasco; Hot pepper sauce, such as Texas Pete or Tabasco

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

Fried in this old Southern fashion, okra becomes the Cinderella of vegetables, transformed from its humble and homely ways into a majestic mate for the ‘Q.’

Ingredients

1 to 1¼ pounds fresh okra pods, preferably under 2½ inches each
2 teaspoons <

Americas
United States
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Place the okra in a bowl and cover with ice water. Add 1 teaspoon of the salt. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to plump the okra.
Spoon the cornmeal onto a plate and stir the pepper and remaining 1 teaspoon salt into it. Drain the okra and cut into thin rounds.
Pour the oil into a heavy saucepan, to a depth of at least 3 inches. Heat the oil to 360°F.