/9b02a827-12d5-4b7a-8848-a78aa4618e13--okra_3.JPG "Okra and Cherry Tomatoes over Brown Rice")
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Makes
4 servings
Author Notes
Descend is nearly right here (hello pretty clothes), and meaning that school soccer is right here! And meaning my South Carolina Gamecocks are taking the self-discipline. I loveeee soccer season, especially when my team is supposed to be superior! So within the spirit of cheering for the Gamecocks, I’ve got to describe with some valid ole’ southern cookin’. There is actually some scrumptious meals that has advance from the South, admire fried chicken, collard greens, corn bread, Chick-fil-A…. but I’ve gotta tip my hat to the South on this one. Okra and tomatoes over rice. So, so yummy and simple. —Brussels Sprouts for Breakfast
Substances
2 cups
fresh okra (trimmed and sliced into 1/2 trip objects)
1.5 – 2 kilos
complete fresh cherry tomatoes
4
slices thick-reduce bacon (diced into miniature objects)
2
miniature onions (diced)
4
cloves garlic (minced)
1 teaspoon
beaten red pepper flakes-
sea salt and freshly ground sunless pepper
1/2 cup
dry white wine
1/2 cup
chicken broth
2 cups
brown rice (follow field directions to cook, use chicken broth)
Directions
- Heat a worthy saute pan with excessive sides over medium warmth, cook bacon objects unless elephantine begins to render (about 7 minutes). Add the onion and garlic to the bacon and cook for approximately 5 minutes. Add complete tomatoes, wine, chicken broth, red pepper flakes and salt and pepper. Lift to a sluggish simmer and cook for quarter-hour. The tomatoes may maybe also merely restful commence to crumble and change into a sauce.
- Ensure that to wash and orderly up your okra earlier than the use of. Add the okra to the pan and simmer for 15-20 more minutes. The okra may maybe also merely restful be subtle, but restful like a crunch. The “slime” from the okra will manufacture the sauce thick and almost creamy.
- Ensure that to cook your rice (whether or not the use of instant or not) so it’s a long way ready when your sauce is complete. I like to cook my rice with chicken broth to present the dish barely extra style. I wager Paul Deen would let you know to add a “little” butter to the rice, y’all. So trip ahead and put a pat in there as soon as you may even be feeling so inclined. It gained’t abolish ya.
- Abet hundreds okra and tomatoes over the rice.It be actually a extraordinarily valid dish to aid at soccer parties as soon as you discover sick of constructing chili! Magnificent double or triple the recipe. Ensure that to use cherry tomatoes, due to the they add a layer of sweetness to the dish that traditional or canned tomatoes assign not want.
