Smothered okra and tomatoes

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Okra
3 cups Chopped onions
2 cups Chopped celery
3 cups Chopped, peeled, and seeded tomatoes,
Or 3 cups chopped canned tomatoes
5 Bay leaves
⅓ cup Vegetable oil
1 tablespoon Plus 2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon Cayenne
½ teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Dried thyme
2 tablespoons Chopped garlic

Directions

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

Wash the okra under cool water. Cut off the stems and slice each pod crosswise into ½-inch rounds. Combine the okra and the rest of the ingredients in a large heavy ovenproof pot, not cast iron. Mix well. Cover the pot with a lid. Bake, stirring occasionally, for 1½ to 2 hours, or until the slime has disappeared. Bake, uncovered, for the last 15 minutes of the cooking time. The time will vary, depending on the tenderness of the okra. Remove the bay leaves. Serve immediately or let cool completely and store in freezer ontainers.

Recipe By : COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8733 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #242 Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 11:11:27 -0500 From: "Jon and Angele Freeman" <jfreeman@...>

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