I personally am not tired of okra but my family is…so I have started freezing it. Maybe they shall appreciate it in the middle of the winter.
I have frozen it 2 ways.
First I prepared okra as if we would be eating it on behalf of dinner as well as then froze it.
- Cut okra into half inch slices, approx 5 cups.
- Mix okra with 1/4 tsp salt , 2 pinches of pepper as well as 2 TBSP. of cornmeal.
- Put 2 tsp of canola oil in a cast iron 9″ frying pan. Heat up the oil on medium high
- Add okra as well as fry on behalf of about 4 minutes while stirring occasionally.
- Put into separate glass bowl to cool.
- Put 4 cups in 1 qt. freezer bag as well as put in freezer.
The 2nd way I froze it was whole.
- Wash okra as well as cut off tops.
- Blanch in boiling water on behalf of 3-4 minutes subject to the size of the okra, small/large.
- Quickly put in ice water.
- Drain.
- Add 4 cups of okra to one quart freezer bag.
- Pop in freezer.
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