I want to tell you what, I have never had dehydrated okra before so it was a surprise how good it tasted. The wife ended up eating the rest of the cup and the next thing I knew I was in the garden picking okra.
Don't use any okra over about 3", It is to tough.
Slice the okra into 1/4 inch pieces.
Blanch.
Place on dehydrator trays and sprinkle with seasoning salt.
Dehydrate until dried.
And that's it.
I love these are a healthy little snacks and I bet you do too.
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I love fried okra. Why not, I'm as southern as they come. hehe. Thanks for the cookin' lesson.
ReplyDeleteMike - I have had fried okra, pickled okra, grilled okra, okra in my gumbo and I am sure I am forgetting some other ways I've had it, but I never had dehydrated okra.
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Isn't dried okra awesome? I figured out how to make it a couple of years ago and just love it. I've learned a couple of cool tricks about it too. One is that you can season it all sorts of ways. I really like using cajun seasoning on it. The other thing is that not only is it a super snack like it is, you can re-hydrate it and it comes back just like fresh, right down to the "slime" and fries up perfectly. I love being able to have fried okra in the middle of winter!
ReplyDeleteI really need to purchase a dehydrator. What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteany idea of the storage life of dried okra?
ReplyDeleteSorry MDR, you can keep the stuff! That is one vegie I have tried and tried again, and is not for me. - Izzy
ReplyDeleteI wish we had okra to try it with. You can bet when we do will will be trying this.
ReplyDeleteI like fried okra with garlic. I don't like the okra in a can though, never could warm to that.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late reply.
ReplyDeleteSciFiChick - We did some with Cajun seasoning and that is our fav. Thanks for letting me know you can re-hydrate them, I will have to try it out.
Stephen - You can do so much with one. We actually have three. The one where I can control the temp is used for Jerky and the others are for veggies.
Warlock - I have not done it before but In a year I will be able to tell you if they are still good. I put them in a vacuumed Kerr jar and added a air minus pack for good measure. We will see.
Izzy - I have a few friends with the same outlook on okra, then they try my pickled okra and end up eating the whole jar.
Genevieve - Okra is the only thing left in my garden. If I do not have enough, I just run over to my mom's garden and she has enough for everybody.
ATH - The canned stuff is not good at all. I won't eat it unless it comes from the garden and cooked right. Most people do not know how to even cook it.
After reading the comments here I figured I would check out some of the dried okra I did in the summer of 09. I have had it stored in a vacuum sealed jar (the last of the batch) and so broke it out, re-hydrated it and fried it up! It was great... so this batch was good for 2 years. Hope that helps some!
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