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okra gumbo served over rice with bacon on top

Okra Gumbo - Okra, Corn, and Tomatoes

Okra, corn and tomatoes stewed together, served over rice, and topped with bacon
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 6 slices thick bacon
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped (or more to taste)
  • 2 cups fresh okra, de-stemmed and sliced in 1/4 inch slices
  • 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 ears corn, kernels cut from the cob
  • 1/2 tsp creole seasoning or to taste
  • salt
  • pepper
  • cooked white rice

Instructions
 

  • Fry bacon and set aside on a plate with paper towels to drain
    bacon cooked and ready to sprinkle on top of okra gumbe
  • Reserve a couple tablespoons of bacon grease in the same skillet
  • Add onion to bacon grease and cook until starting to soften
    onions in the skillet cooked in the bacon grease ready to make okra gumbo
  • Add garlic and cook for about a minute, don't let garlic get too brown
  • Add chopped okra to the onion and garlic, saute for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
    adding in the okra to the onion for the okra gumbo
  • Add tomatoes, stir together, cover the skillet, and cook approximately 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until the mixture is juicy and the okra is tender.
    adding in the tomatoes to the okra
  • Add creole seasoning to taste at this point if you want your gumbo to be a little spicy. Remember that most of the varieties of creole seasoning are salty so be careful not to add too much salt if you choose to add creole or cajun seasoning.
    You can also choose to forgo the creole seasoning and let each person spice up their own portion with hot sauce.
    sprinkling in some cajun seasoning
  • Add fresh corn kernels, cover and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes or until the corn is crisp tender.
  • Serve over hot white rice
    okra gumbo served over white rice
  • Sprinkle with chopped, cooked bacon
  • You can have hot sauce on the table for each person to spice up their portion to their own personal preference.
  • Enjoy!!
Keyword corn, okra, tomatoes