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1. Southern Fried Okra
Great Recipe and step by step instructions
Hydro Harvest Farms
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Ruskin FL 33570
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3. Recipe
• Southern Fried Okra
Hydro Harvest Farms
Ingredients:
2 lbs Fresh Young Okra ( about 3 inches)
1 Florida Sweet Onion (cut up makes about 1 cup)
3-4 Jalapenos ( or to taste)
1 cup Corn Meal
1 tsp. salt (to taste)
½ tsp. of garlic powder ( to taste)
½ tsp. pepper (to taste)
½ cup of olive oil or shortening or Bacon Grease (whatever you have)
Wash vegetables. Cut tops from Okra and slice Okra into ¼- ½ inch slices all the way down the pod. Chop
onion. Slice Jalapeno into ¼ inch slices. Add all vegetables to bowl. Pour the cup of Corn Meal into bowl with
vegetables ( you can add ½ cup of flour at this stage if you wish). Add salt, pepper and garlic seasoning. Stir all
of the ingredients well. Allow to sit for at least ½ hour. Put grease into frying pan and heat on high ( about 375
degree’s) . Pour vegetables into pan when grease is hot. Let fry on one side until brown, turn over and continue
browning. Remove from pan when crispy golden brown and serve. Yum-Yum!

4. Choose Fresh Vegetables. These are all from our farm.
Jalapeno Peppers
Florida Sweet Onions
Okra

5. Pick Your Fresh Okra.
Okra is best when fresh picked and young. No longer than 4 inches. The pods should
be bright green and dry. Wash all of your vegetables before preparing.

6. Gather your ingredients. Any kind of oil you have on hand will do. I like bacon
drippings best, but olive oil is great too. We sell Cat Cora’s at the farm. I love the
taste, kind of fruity. Pick fresh Jalapenos or other hot peppers. You can leave the onion
and peppers out of this recipe if you prefer.

7. Cut the cap off the Okra.

8. Cut the Okra into ¼ to ½ inch slices. Place in large bowl.

9. Cut the onion and peppers (if you like to add them) and put them into bowl
with Okra

10. Add the Corn Meal (self rising yellow cornmeal is what I use). You can also
add ½ cup of flour at this point if you like a heavier crust on your Okra. Add
your seasonings to taste, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Mix all of the flours and
ingredients well.

11. Let this set on the counter for at least ½ hour. This allows the flours to adhere
to the okra and other vegetables.

12. Heat the oil in the pan to at least 375, don’t let it smoke, just hot. Carefully
add Okra and spread out evenly. Fry on one side until the Okra is golden
brown.

13. Turn the Okra and continue frying until golden brown on both sides.

14. Okra should be golden brown and crispy. Remove and place on paper towels
to absorb some oil.
Sprinkle with some salt and pepper to taste.
Enjoy the best Fried Okra in the World!

15. Enjoy this great recipe. I always have customers who come to pick and they
aren’t sure how to prepare the food. So, I hope this helps! If you would like to
learn how to grow your own great food, the easy way, then join thousands of
others who have a Hydro Harvest Farm in their back yard. Check out our
website . Or visit us at the farm!