comforting oven-fried okra, squash, and onion
Mmmm. Good old country comfort food with less fat than what I grew up eating. We combined okra and squash because sometimes, at the first of the season, there wasn't enough okra or squash to "have a mess" as my family always said, but my family likes it better this way now. This is good fried on the stove top also, but if you are like my family, you may be cutting back on fried foods. This is a good way to eat comfort food without consuming large amounts of unhealthy fats.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
This oven-fried okra, squash, and onion is super easy to make and so good. When okra and squash are plentiful, it's a delicious side dish to make. Tossing the vegetables in a seasoned cornmeal and flour crust adds nice flavor and a little crunch. The final result is just as good as if the veggies were fried. A wonderful side to have all summer long.
Ingredients
- 1-2 small yellow squash, diced to 1/2 inch
- 12 - 17 - pieces of small okra, sliced
- 2 small new potatoes, red or white, diced to 1/2 inch
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped to about 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 - 2 - fresh jalapeno peppers, chopped (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- - salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 2 - 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, more if neeeded
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal
How To Make comforting oven-fried okra, squash, and onion
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Step 1Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. -
Step 2Be sure to use the freshest ingredients. Add each chopped vegetable ingredient into a bowl for mixing.
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Step 3Salt, garlic powder, and pepper the vegetables and stir.
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Step 4Throw in 2 - 3 Tbsp of flour on top of the vegetables.
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Step 5Then add cornmeal. If the vegetables aren't sufficiently covered upon stirring, add more flour, 1 Tbsp at a time, until they're all covered.
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Step 6Place aluminum foil, shiny side up, in a sheet pan. Spray with Pam cooking spray.
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Step 7Remove the vegetable mixture from the bowl with your hands and spread it onto the foil in a thin layer. If there is any loose flour in the bowl, dump it into the trash instead of onto the pan.
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Step 8Spray the top of the breaded vegetables with Pam.
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Step 9Place into the preheated oven and bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until brown. Stir them around about 10 minutes before they finish cooking to crisp them up better on all sides.
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