{"id":1253,"slug":"fried-okra","title":"Fried Okra","description":"Fried okra means summer in the southern states of the USA. A quick mid-day meal; a side-dish at the evening meal—easy to make and always tasty.","ingredients_raw":["Fresh okra","Cultured buttermilk or plain milk","Flour","Spices as desired (e.g. salt, pepper, cayenne, thyme, etc.)","Corn meal"],"ingredients_norm":["fresh okra","cultured buttermilk or plain milk","flour","spice","corn meal"],"steps":["Wash and drain a couple of handfuls of fresh okra.","Cut each okra into three or four slices, about ¾–1 inch (2–2.5 cm) long. Discard the stem.","Soak the okra in buttermilk or plain milk, drain, then dredge in seasoned flour and corn meal. A quick way to do this is to put ½ cup flour and 1 cup of corn meal in a plastic bag, add the spices you like, put in the okra, and shake.","Let the okra rest a few minutes. If any pieces look soggy, dredge them again in a flour/corn meal mix.","Deep fry the okra in hot oil until a light to medium brown. They're done in 2–3 minutes.","Drain, and enjoy!"],"categories":["Vegetable recipes","Southern U.S. recipes","Recipes using okra","Deep fried recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using buttermilk","Recipes using cornmeal","Recipes using wheat flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fried_Okra","source_ref":"4513120","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fried_Okra&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"2257761495e7bb847444d00fc9b3c3beace1a87c68d9b460b3a9ea5028ccf0ae","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fried-okra"}