3 fried okra recipes

Fried okra soup with salt pork, lima beans, corn, tomatoes, and cabbage simmered into a thick Southern vegetable soup. Browning the okra in pork drippings adds smoky depth and keeps the okra from getting slimy.

Southern fried okra with green tomatoes, jalapeno, and cornmeal crust. Pan-fried as one big cake then flipped, giving you golden crunchy edges with tender vegetables inside.

Stir-fried okra with cumin, fennel, and cayenne pepper. Indian-spiced, low-slime technique that makes okra converts out of skeptics in under 30 minutes.