Baked Cut Okra

Name: Baked Cut Okra
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs okra, cut crosswise in 1/2 inch pieces; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1/2 cup cornmeal; 3/4 cup butter

Submitted by Julie in TX

"Ruby Mae Bromley operated Mrs. Bromley's Dining Room in Clarendon, Texas many years ago. She was known throughout the area for her good country home cooking. If you like fried okra, you'll love this way of preparing it."

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photo by mary winecoff

Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 6

ingredients

2 lbs okra, cut crosswise in 1/2 inch pieces
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
¹⁄₂ cup cornmeal
³⁄₄ cup butter

directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Mix okra, corn meal, salt and pepper in a baking dish until the okra is thoroughly coated with the corn meal.
Slice the butter on top of the okra.
Bake for 45 minutes, turning half-way through with a spatula so the okra will brown evenly.
Remove from oven and drain on a paper towel.

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Reviews

Ruby is my great grandmother. I love all my memories of her cooking in her big ol' home, dinner buffets and most of all her taking us to get a dipped cone at Dairy Queen and the people in the drive through always refusing to let her pay. Not only was she a phenomenal cook, but a wonderful woman of God, always helping those in her community. I pray I can be 1/2 the lady she was.

tananananut
I've made this several times and have neglected to write a review. I sometimes use flour instead of cornmeal and spray with butter flavored Pam. While it doesn't get as crisp as I would like, it is much easier and healthier than frying. Thanks for the recipe.

Connie Lea
This was an easy way to prepare okra but my family thought it was dry. I used fresh okra from my garden. Thanks for sharing.

mary winecoff
Okra lovers will enjoy the ease and simplicity of this dish. It was tasty, but not as crisp as fried okra. I did appreciate not having the mess I create with frying. I used frozen okra, but next time will try fresh because I think it will be crisper. By the way, I have driven through Clarendon, TX many, many times being an old Texas Panhandle girl myself!

Linda B

Tweaks

I've made this several times and have neglected to write a review. I sometimes use flour instead of cornmeal and spray with butter flavored Pam. While it doesn't get as crisp as I would like, it is much easier and healthier than frying. Thanks for the recipe.

Connie Lea