Seared Okra and Tomatoes

Name: Seared Okra and Tomatoes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 rib celery rib, sliced thin; 1 onion, sliced thin; 1 jalapeño chile, seeded, sliced thin; 3 garlic cloves, sliced thin; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 355 milliliters chicken or vegetable broth (use vegetable broth for vegetarian version, and gluten-free broth for gluten-free version); 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary; 227 grams fresh okra; 5 plum tomatoes, diced; 1 serving Salt and pepper

Seared Okran and Tomatoes requires around 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 208 calories, 2g of protein, and 18g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. If you have jalapeño chile, vegetable broth, salt and pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a side dish.

Instructions

Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large sauté pan or wide, shallow pot over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, sauté the onion, jalapeño and celery for 2 minutes, stirring once or twice.

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Add the garlic and sauté for another minute or two.

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Mix tomato paste, broth, vinegar, add to vegetables: While the vegetables are sautéing, mix the tomato paste, broth and vinegar until they are combined.

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Tomato Paste

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Vinegar

Broth

Add to the pan with the vegetables and bring to a boil.

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Vegetable

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Add the rosemary and a pinch of salt.

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Salt

Slice okra on diagonal: As the sauce is boiling, slice the okra on the bias to create diagonal pieces. The reason for diagonal slicing is to expose as much of the interior of the okra as possible. Wait to cut the okra until the last minute because it helps make them less slimy.

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Sauce

Okra

Heat another pan over high heat for a minute or two.

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Add the remaining oil and get it almost smoking hot, which should take 1-2 minutes.

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Add the sliced okra and spread out in a single layer in the pan.

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Spread

Okra

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Let the okra brown for at least a minute before you move them.

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Okra

The goal is to cook the okra quickly at very high heat without moving it too much. The high heat sears the okra and helps limit the slime factor. Sear the okra for 3-4 minutes, stirring only 2-3 times.

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Okra

Add seared okra to sauce, add tomatoes, simmer: As soon as the okra is done, add it to the boiling sauce.

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Tomato

Sauce

Okra

Add the diced tomatoes and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes, no longer. The tomatoes should still be a bit firm, and you don't want to cook the okra to the point it starts releasing slime.

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off the heat, grind black pepper over everything and taste once more for salt.

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