CRISPY Fried Okra

[ssramage]

Ok I have a vice at Thanksgiving...it’s not turkey, or ham, or dressing, or any casserole. It is extra crispy, golden fried okra.

But I have a problem...this year I’m not going to my usual dealer’s house (aka my wife’s aunt). As a heavy user, I’ve tried cooking the stuff up myself, but it just never quite comes out right. It’s always gooey.

So, here I come asking for help. I’m in bad need of the next “fix.”

Let’s hear your recipe/process, etc for the Lord’s vegetable.

 

[4HAND]

My mother in law makes awesome crispy fried okra. She puts corn meal in the flour & deep fries it quickly.

 

[Dub]

My mother in law makes awesome crispy fried okra. She puts corn meal in the flour & deep fries it quickly.

Sounds perfect. IT's amazing how a small amount of corn meal can get some nice golden results so fast in some hot oil.





Last batch of okra I cooked was on a hot grill. I used a thin "ventilated" pizza pan my wife bought.

Whole okra sliced down the center.....hit 'em with some canola oil spray and course S&P and onto the steak-hot grill.

Didn't take long to get some crispy goodness.

Next time I think I'll try dusting on some finely ground corn meal before putting them on the grill.

 

[Cmp1]

Try Panko,,,,better than cornmeal imo,,,,never tried it on okra,but for yardbird it is great,,,,

 

[NE GA Pappy]

the best okra was that when granny would coat it in cornmeal, and fry it in a old cast iron skillet. It wasn't all breaded up and coated. Couldn't really be called crunchy either, but it had a flavor unlike any other.... Granny only used white cornmeal on okra.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Mom always uses cornmeal.

 

[fishfryer]

My mother and my wife used/use White lily cornmeal to fry okry. The spelling speaks to multiple generation southerners.

 

[blood on the ground]

the best okra was that when granny would coat it in cornmeal, and fry it in a old cast iron skillet. It wasn't all breaded up and coated. Couldn't really be called crunchy either, but it had a flavor unlike any other.... Granny only used white cornmeal on okra.

Not burnt but not that far from it! Man I can eat my weight in fried okry.

 

[Batjack]

When I first got married to a "city" girl she refused to eat most any veggies, something about texture that I never understood. Just a spoiled brat. One day she came home and I had fresh okry fry'n in the skillet.. "That smells great, what is it?" Not telling you till you try it, I said. From that day on there was fried okry sit'n in a bowl on the table, she ate it like pop corn. To answer the O.P., white corn meal hot and fast.

 

[GA1dad]

I never even wanted to try fried okra, until one day when the brunette next door offered me some. Nothing was going on between us, but my ex-wife still holds that one against me.

I like to eat it now, but I've never tried to make my own.

 

[fishfryer]

Fried okry is almost as good,almost,as boiled peanuts. Fried okry,roastnears,sliced tomatoes,fried chicken,and sweet tea,a meal fit for a King.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Fried okry is almost as good,almost,as boiled peanuts. Fried okry,roastnears,sliced tomatoes,fried chicken,and sweet tea,a meal fit for a King.

you left out them cat head biskits, good and hot.... slang you a 1/2 thick slice of 'mater in there, a little salt, a little pepper and get ready to enjoy heavenly treats

 

[Batjack]

you left out them cat head biskits, good and hot.... slang you a 1/2 thick slice of 'mater in there, a little salt, a little pepper and get ready to enjoy heavenly treats

Or skip to the chase and pour mater / sausage gravy over them. Lip smack'n!

 

[Artfuldodger]

I love fried okra but it never turns out right for me. It's also messy to fry inside. I usually get it at fried chicken places if it's on the menu. Most of the times it's crispy. Sometimes it's a soggy mess with all the coating falling off.

 

[Batjack]

Might be messy Art (get one of them pan sized screen doors), but once you get it right it's hard to beat. Like Mama taught me.. hot and fast.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Soup up your corn meal with a tablespoon of corn starch and it will crisp on up.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Not burnt but not that far from it! Man I can eat my weight in fried okry.

gotta have some black stuff in it so you know it done.

 

[Artfuldodger]

Soup up your corn meal with a tablespoon of corn starch and it will crisp on up.

That may work. That and the pan sized screen door! lol
The Chinese use a lot of cornstarch in there veggie frying.

 

[Batjack]

gotta have some black stuff in it so you know it done.

Same school of thought as my Mom, she's the only one I know who uses the smoke detector as a timer for heating up a can of green beans. She all but quit cook'n when the Sheriff started charge'n her money for false alarms.

 

[fishfryer]

you left out them cat head biskits, good and hot.... slang you a 1/2 thick slice of 'mater in there, a little salt, a little pepper and get ready to enjoy heavenly treats

The cathead idea is 100 percent,but lacy cornbread is also a good choice. I'm sure you know of which I speak. I believe there are readers of this thread that don't really know what lacy cornbread might be. You get you some plain cornmeal,mix it with water to a thin batter,spread a thin puddle of batter on a lard greased cast iron griddle, and fry it to lightly brown. The only drawback to this alternate plan,it doesn't make as good a mater sammich as does biskit.