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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 7 Minutes |
Ready In: 7 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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This is so simple and so good that I have often made a meal of these tiny veggies alone! I don't recall how I first heard about this use for okra, but I do know that it was in the early 1980s when I lived near a delightful family who operated a small truck farm. Read more . They were a great source for all sorts of terrific produce, including baby okra! Ingredients:
about 2 cups or so of baby okra pods -- no longer than 2 long, maximum. |
1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, melted |
several squeezes of fresh lemon juice. |
1 - 1 1/2 quarts of water |
Directions:
1. Bring the water to a full boil.
2. While the water is coming to a boil, squeeze lemon juice into the melted butter.
3. Pour the okra into the boiling water and boil for exactly seven minutes.
4. Drain and plunge the okra into ice water for just a few seconds
5. Drain, and arrange okra attractively on a platter.
6. To serve, each diner takes an individual okra pod by the stem end, dips all or part of it into the lemon butter, and eats it!
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