Fresh Fried Okra!

Hey Guys! Welcome back to my channel. In today’s video I’m making Fresh Fried Okra. I’m growing Okra in my garden but it’s not producing as well as I’d like it to. I’ve started two new rows for Fall. I pray that they will produce much better. I have a handful from my garden and the rest comes from Bellows’s Produce over in Dayton.
It’s starting to look just a little beat up but believe me you will never know that by the time it hits your table.
As I say in this video, this is one vegetable that I like to keep my seasonings simple for. I only use salt and pepper plus some granulated garlic and that’s it. This way you will taste the Okra and not a bunch of other flavors.
As you see the family really loved it because they just wouldn’t stop eating on it while I was cooking. I have to say that I totally agree with them too. You can’t beat crispy Okra fresh out of the pan.
Now be sure that you don’t overcrowd your pan and make sure that the oil is hot enough but not too hot. If the oil is too hot it’ll burn the Okra and that will change the taste of it. If you overcrowd the pan your Okra will be mushy or on the soft side. If you want it good and crispy don’t crowd and get the oil good and hot.
Fresh Fried Okra:
1st Gather the amount of Okra that you want to cook. Wash it and make sure that you remove excess water before you cut it up. This will prevent it from being slimy when you are working with it.
For the whole amount of my Okra I used the following ingredients.
2 Teaspoons Black Pepper
2 Teaspoons Salt
2 Teaspoons Granulated Garlic
2 Tablespoons Self Rising Flour
1/2 Cup Cornmeal
Corn, Vegetable or Peanut Oil for frying.
Season the Okra first and mix it well. Toss it in the flour making sure that it’s coated. Next add the cornmeal and make sure that the Okra is completely coated. Pour the oil in a cast iron or frying pan to heat up. Once the oil is hot start adding your first batch of Okra to fry. No overcrowding please so cook in small batches.
Cook over medium high heat until it’s the color that you like. Drain on paper towels to remove excess oil. Cook the rest of the batches and try to keep your family from eating it all up before the rest of the dinner is ready. If possible cook the Okra last that way it will survive, Lol! Enjoy!
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Thanks and God Bless!

[@Jana-TheCraftyGambler]

There are a lot of things I miss about my grand mother but her fried okra is the top of the list! She used to make a dish that was fried okra, -sliced potatoes, squash and onions that was to die for!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Sounds delicious 😋

[@DianeBrown-rs8rn]

After you've wash & dried your okra cut up fry some bacon add okra cut up some onions& I cut up some green bell peppers season to your taste keep stiring until it gets soft to your liking serve with some dry white rice & maybe a pork chop on the side & eat your heart out,delicious delicious it is

[@DeeRush-g9j]

Thanks to you I now know how to cook okra and it tastes pretty good I must say 😁 thanks again God bless you. 🙏🏿❤️

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

You are so welcome 🙏

[@joelslack2138]

Looked at a lot of fried okra videos, but this is the first one i found that is just like Mom’s fried okra.👍

[@ghw7192]

I can sit and munch properly fried okra just like I do popcorn. I eat okra other ways, but fried is my favorite and your recipe looks fsntastic! Subscribed

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the sub🙏

[@6061lucky]

God bless you and your family Miss Jackie . Looks great 👍🏻.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thanks so much

[@jasj3726]

I really like this. Fried okra has always been a staple in my life. Your method is so simple and effective. I love the side chatter, just as it is when I'm cooking at home. You also taught me to cut smaller pieces... you maximized each cooking batch, it looked crowded, but perfect results. Thank you!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you so much! Fried okra is a Summertime favorite.

[@davido8056]

I agree this is the best video miss Jackie you cook that okra like my mom did.Mmmmmmm

[@pallmallred13]

I'm from Oklahoma and you cooked that okra like one of us country ladies. Sometimes here we pan fry it and add a can of stewed tomatoes and a can of drained whole kernel corn it's a great side dish especially with Salmon Croquettes. Glad I found your channel. ❤️

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Yes Ma’am! I’m a good ole Southern lady and I love okra any way I can get it. I need to try that recipe too. Sounds delicious 😋

[@cindinesler6605]

I love your pitcher bowl!,

[@rbaker613]

My 10 year old wanted some okra I have never made it and don’t even eat it… found your method and it was great and easy to follow…Thank You

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

That is awesome! I’m so glad you found my recipe. Make sure you get some fresh from a produce store, unbelievably delicious 😋

[@gatescompton7876]

Just like grandmothers!💕🇺🇸🤠

[@hopeisevilloveisnot]

Fatback, okra, fried corn and tomatoes.... i know what I am cooking tomorrow..... You did that!!!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you HOPEisEVIL. You sound like you could be one of my Sisters.

[@Eggbert1868]

Miss Jackie! I have tried and tried to make unslimy okra for almost 15 years. All the recipes I found called for flour then egg wash then cornmeal. What I ended up with is a mushy slimy mess. I made this today (9-12-21) and I’m not ashamed to say I ate a pound of okra today! That I you!!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you Eggbert😉 I’m so glad that my recipe worked for you. There is nothing like fresh crispy okra👍🏼

[@chatamosley4759]

Love okra!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

So do I! I just cooked some today fresh out of my garden!

[@mflournoy2971]

I'm loving that the kids like it. My kids are a bunch of squares. If the spaghetti was too red, they balked. I bought some okra yesterday and was searching for how to cook it. And here I am .

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

That is awesome! Thank you for supporting my channel. My family loves garden fresh fried okra.

[@stuarthightower418]

Mmmmmm…fried okra reminds me of visiting my grandparents in Buford, Georgia,

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Yes Sir. I love fresh fried Okra. Thank you for watching and God bless!

[@sunnydee5998]

That's my hometown Buford Ga... Don't live there anymore too crowded!

[@stuarthightower418]

@@sunnydee5998 My grandparents retired there in the late 60’s and built a house on Lake Lanier. They passed away and the house sold eventually to someone that tore it town and built a huge monstrosity..

[@JDDOWDY]

Awsome meal. Seasons are everything. Thank you for sharing your video with us. God bless from west Texas.

[@ralphpetty6894]

I love fried okra! What I like about your presentions; is the fact, everything is clean and proficient. My mouth is still watering. Continue blessing for You and Your Family.👍👍🌹

[@cynthiawhiteside959]

Yea I'm like you I can eat okra either way I love it have you ever tried boil okra in your cabbage that's good to that okra looks so good jackie

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Yes Ma’am! I have cooked it with cabbage too. Once the cabbage is almost done I add it on top and let it steam. Delicious. My Grandma Lindsay cooked hers like that a lot.

[@adamrenissance3322]

That looks great. I'm fixing okra tonight. Unfortunately all we have is frozen okra, but frozen beats no okra at all.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

That’s right. I love okra and way I can get it😉

[@coleenlong8212]

WOW‼️THAT looks SO DELICIOUS‼️

[@dragonflyer59]

I love your method... now to cook me up some fried okra... thank you for sharing your recipe and method...

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hope you enjoy 😉

[@debk5427]

Fried okra is better than popcorn!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Oh man you’ve got that right. The way they were grabbing it you would have thought it was some movie theater popcorn. Thanks for watching and God bless!

[@cindinesler6605]

I call it redneck popcorn. 😂

[@MrStanley39]

Love this looks great

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you Stanley! God bless!

[@Slassetter]

That looks so good. I think I’m going to farmers mkt tomorrow and get me some! God bless you!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you Shirley! I love Bellows I just don’t go there enough. I think I’m going to go there on Tuesday and I’ll post a video of what they have right now. Rest assured if it’s produce they probably have it. They are open year round too. God bless!

[@a.b.5925]

Now you did it!!! It's bad enough that you have me droolin all over my shirt, now I am going to fry my own okra for the first time!! The wife went to visit her momma for her birthday so looks like I'm it as far as a chef goes. You make this look so easy that I just have to try, Thanks for the video, and this is some good lookin Okra you got there.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

It’s easy. I hope you tried it and it turned out good for you.

[@a.b.5925]

@@JackiesSouthernSoul Hi, I tried it the same day I found your video! I burned up the first batch but I learned something. The second batch was just right and I ate all of it!!! Thanks for showing your easy-to-fix recipe. Preparation is about the simplest I have ever seen. Thank you and have a good life!!

[@kimallen1735]

❤I have some in my refrigerator now and I’m going to try it now Thank you 👍🏽

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hope you enjoy 😉

[@karenleach6427]

Miss Jackie I grew up and learn the mushy way but the crispy way looks delicious I must try both ways thank you

[@DDandBuddytoo]

Yum! The entire meal looks tasty. Time to go to the market! Also I love that nail polish color. Pretty shade of brown.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Thank you Donna.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

This color is really beautiful. I’m getting ready for Autumn.

[@LoveABun]

@@JackiesSouthernSoul At what temp did you cook this? Medium high?

[@dorislewis5853]

I had a craving for fried okra a while back and I was looking for a good recipe when I came across yours. Whew I was supposed to make it and eat it with dinner at work later that night but it was gone within 30 minutes after I got done making it 😂😂. I’m making it again tonight and this time I’m being stern and not eating it until dinner.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Good luck on holding out. Usually the kids run back and forth eating it up. That’s why I always try to cook enough to allow this without them eating it all before dinner is done.

[@gwendolyndunnigan8533]

Very interesting

[@julierussell4316]

Your home grown is superior to the store bought, watching video now to make the 3 okra from the garden for my son...

[@coleenlong8212]

Looks GREAT‼️ I like your mixing bowl with the handle‼️ Is it from the REE DRUMMOND Collection? So pretty‼️

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

I bought the set from Sams a few years ago. I’m not sure what collection they are from.

[@hummingbird275]

@@JackiesSouthernSoul It looks like PioneerWoman brand from Oklahoma. Very pretty❗️😊

[@debk5427]

Ok. Mine never turns out right. Cannot wait to see yours! Thanks.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hey Deb K! I should have planted so much more this past Spring. I’ll know better next year. I can’t wait to see how my two rows look in the next three weeks. Thanks for watching and God bless!

[@Awakingandseeing]

Yummy!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

😋

[@jaybatemen4497]

Ok just saw the finished product, Right, That's right. Uh can I have some.

[@thelmahush1344]

Thanks for the okra.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

My pleasure!

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🌺🎚️🌴Aloha from Hawaii

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Delicious! I have okra growing in the garden now. Eight plants so far and I’ve got more seeds started. I want as much of it as I can get this year so I’ll have plenty to share with my Mom and my Sisters.

[@Texasgirl10Growing]

That looks great! I think you need to double that recipe! 🥰

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

They would have loved that. Okra overload lol. Thank you for watching Ginger.

[@miriamhoward3048]

It will be my first time cooking okra, I hope it comes as good as yours

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hope you enjoying. I love okra and way I can get it😉

[@lisaking4302]

That’s exactly how I’ve always cooked mine. No egg wash.

[@cindinesler6605]

I eat boiled okra, dipped in white vinegar. I smother okra for gumbo. Did some earlier. It’s still on the stove.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Delicious 😋

[@yolanderamilison4799]

Where did you buy the flower bowl?

[@jonathanross149]

My Grandmother on my Dad's side had to teach my Mom how to make okra like this soon after my parents were married.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Okra is absolutely delicious. I eat it any way I can get it.

[@williejones9335]

The okra looks good. I am like you. I can eat okra any kind of way it's cooked. What kind of meal did you use ? Coarse or fine.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hey Willie. Thank you so much. I’m not really sure but it was probably fine.

[@hopeisevilloveisnot]

I'm country.... I was ready to eat after she added the salt and pepper.... I used to get my fingers popped all the time when I was young. lol

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

@@hopeisevilloveisnot Hunni I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool. Now I bet you don’t know where I got that from? That’s country! Thank you for watching and God bless!

[@msdixie1972]

Fried is my fave... But when I'm picking it, I eat the little ones right there... And cut them into a salad right away. Not slimy, yummy crunch!

[@jaybatemen4497]

Wrong that's wrong that's just wrong. But, she likes it. So enjoy.

[@reneekilian6463]

Just like my mom always made it. No eggs or milk or anything.

[@Kat-gx3se]

Yep my mom too. She planted it every year and oh my word.....one of the best things in the world.

[@mickknox1889]

Love this video! Family is everything ❤️ Did you cook this on med/high heat? I'm brand new to cooking so I don't know much.

[@LoveABun]

She said she cooks on “8”-so medium high, I think.

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Yes the heat was medium high. It totally depends on how your stove cooks so just remember if your food starts to burn fast , turn the heat down.

[@LoveABun]

My husband grows okra and has been trying to perfect his frying method for a year! The batter never turns out right. He’s used all sorts of combination ratios of flour to cornmeal. The batter will be too heavy and/or not crunchy-like thick and hard. Based on what you do, it looks like he needs to use much less batter overall and far less flour than cornmeal! If he cooks, say, just 10 pods, how much flour and how much cornmeal would you use? Thank you!

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hey LoveABun. I hope that your Husband has figured out his recipe but if he hasn’t tell him that I only give the okra a dusting of flour then I coat them with cornmeal for crunch. For 8 pods maybe 1 teaspoon of flour. Then add the cornmeal to coat the okra. Don’t forget to shake off the excess cornmeal or it will burn in the bottom of the frying pan when you are cooking multiple batches.

[@NicolinaDanielle]

13:34 hahahahaha i hear you

[@bernadettemckinney7363]

How u make flour and cornmeal stick, watch it 3 times didn't see u add buttermilk or anything🤔

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

That’s because the okra is a little wet from when I washed it and cut it😉

[@mariamarfil1620]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[@Andi41656]

Hi Jackie, how are you and the family doing? I’m sorry to say, I don’t care for okra, why, because I had a bad experience, someone trying to prepare it and didn’t know what they were doing. The slime in the pot, with the water. I guess they were trying to boil it, but it didn’t come out right. I was around 12 or 13, as a child, you don’t forget an experience like that, it sticks with you. I was born in Detroit, but raised in California. So, there are a lot of things I don’t care for, because I didn’t grow up on it. Missed out on a lot, especially the seafoods, for example: Lobster, Crabs, Oysters, Clams, Mussels, most Fish, just to name a few. What I do like is Red Snapper, Whiting, and another fish I can’t think of, and Shrimps. Anyway, just because I don’t care for them or eat them, I will still watch your videos. Thank you for sharing, God bless you and your family.🙏🏽❤️❤️🙏🏽

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Hey Andi. I’m so sorry that you don’t like Okra because it’s one of my most favorite vegetables. I grew up eating it boiled and my Grandmother thought me how to cook it right. Monte doesn’t like vegetables either but he loves Okra. He won’t eat lentils because he said that he ate too many of them growing up. I hope you change your mind but those childhood nightmares about food tend to stay with people. I love seafood but I don’t eat scallops, clams or oysters because I don’t like the texture. Give me almost any kind of baked or fried fish, shrimp, crab and crab legs and I’m a happy camper.

[@LizardKing0851]

I don't care for a lot of spice either. I want to taste what I'm cooking. The waitress offers bbq sauce in a restaurant... and I ask ... Is there something wrong with the meat? And then there's ketchup people.., whew.., what's up with that?

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Lol! I feel the same way. People who eat ketchup on a lot of their food usually didn’t grow up eating good tasty food so the ketchup helps the taste. My own Husband eats ketchup on his steak no matter if I cook it or if we are out at a restaurant but that’s the only food he puts it on besides fries.

[@iyannadeansmusic9822]

Too green for me I need more coating 😫

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

I like the okra fresh from the garden and this is what this is not a bunch of cornmeal and batter. You might need to stick with the frozen stuff.

[@juanitataylor6947]

It's interesting I don't like that when you're freed up and set it out it just disappears I guess that's what you call a hate love dish

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

That’s why I always have to cook extra. They love it hot and crispy 😉

[@riverdream75]

Can you list the ingredients pls

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Check in the description area of the video please. Click on the word more right under the name of the video and it will show the description of the video😉

[@mflournoy2971]

It's weird: Your home page was blank and said "This channel doesn't have any content". However, when I clicked on 'videos' I saw recent videos. What gives???

[@JackiesSouthernSoul]

Yes you have to click on videos on all KZbin channels before you’ll see the videos.

[@dwightmartin5956]

U crouded that pan

[@favorite3424]

Don't like all the background noise