Okra Hot Fries

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Preparation info
  • 3 to 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Southern Grit: 100+ Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Cook

By Kelsey Barnard Clark

Published 2021

  • About

We grew our first batch of okra last summer. It was rewarding to do the work ourselves and see our beautiful pods sprout. Okra grows fast, and sometimes we returned from a quick trip to the beach to find the stalks too starchy and large for most recipes. So I tried roasting them, and they were an instant hit. The first time I made these, they were supposed to be the side dish for pork tenderloin and salad. But when they came out of the oven, Deavours, Monroe, and I devoured them before they