Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, rice, okra, and tomatoes. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This satisfying dish of okra and tomatoes with rice makes a tasty side dish or meat-free main dish. It's an excellent dish to serve with fish, poultry, or meat. Sometimes Okra Pilau has tomatoes added, but I prefer to leave the tomatoes out and when I want an okra and tomatoes dish, I cook this recipe.
Rice, Okra, and Tomatoes is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Rice, Okra, and Tomatoes is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook rice, okra, and tomatoes using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rice, Okra, and Tomatoes:
- Make ready 2 slices bacon
- Make ready 6 ounces beef smoked sausage
- Take 3/4 cup instant rice
- Make ready 15 ounce can of diced tomatoes
- Get 3 tablespoon butter
- Make ready 4 leaves bay leaf
- Take 1/2 pound sliced okra
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- Make ready 1 small onion diced
- Take 1/2 cup frozen sweet peas
- Prepare 2 tablespoons extra Virgin olive oil
- Prepare 2 tablespoons capers
Clean and trim okra just before cooking. Browned onion, garlic, and a few tomatoes create a delicious coating for sweet, fresh okra. Cooking okra this way—without much liquid and with a fair amount of acid from the tomatoes—minimizes the "slime" factor so many people associate with okra. The Indian-style spices make this dish perfect for a vegetarian meal with rice and lentils or beans, but it's also yummy alongside grilled meats.
Steps to make Rice, Okra, and Tomatoes:
- Heat oil in a skillet. Slice the sausage and bacon add to a hot skillet. Dice the onion and add.
- Cook 7 minutes then add the okra cook 10 minutes then add the rice and spices
- After 10 minutes of cooking covered add the capers and tomatoes. simmer 15 minutes covered.
- Uncover and stir.
- Add peas and bay leaves. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes
- Remove bay leaves. Serve I hope you enjoy!
Generally use frozen okra and canned stewed tomatoes w/ some garlic along with all other spices. Sometimes mix in leftover black eyed peas or greens to get an extra meal out of those. Your newsletters are always a bright spot - thank you! Stewed Okra and Tomatoes is a healthy and delicious southern side. Fresh summer okra, sliced and cooked with canned tomatoes (you could use fresh instead), bacon, onion, celery, and a few seasonings makes a delicious vegetable side dish for almost any meal.
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