{"id":3084,"slug":"smothered-okra","title":"Smothered Okra","description":"Smothered okra is an easy dish that works well as a side vegetable. It can also be added to seafood and okra gumbo as the okra base. It is made with okra and tomatoes, and is best served over rice.","ingredients_raw":["1 lb (450 g) okra, washed","4–5 medium tomatoes, diced","½ medium-large yellow onion, diced","2–3 stalks celery, sliced or diced","1 green bell pepper, diced","2–3 cloves garlic, sliced or diced","1 stick (½ lb / 113 g) butter","Salt, to taste","Pepper, to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["okra","tomato","yellow onion","celery","green bell pepper","garlic","butter","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Remove okra tips and heads, and slice into ¼–½ inch wide pieces.","Sauté onion, celery, and bell pepper in butter until soft over medium heat, adding garlic to sauté shortly before the onion is soft.","Add okra and tomatoes. Stir a few times to incorporate. If the mixture seems a bit dry, add a small amount of water.","Simmer over medium heat until the okra is no longer sticky and stringy. The okra will change to a darker green color.","Serve over rice or freeze to use in your next gumbo."],"categories":["Okra recipes","Recipes using okra","Recipes using tomato","Boiled recipes","Recipes using rice","Southern U.S. recipes","Louisiana recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using celery","Recipes using garlic"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Smothered_Okra","source_ref":"4514094","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Smothered_Okra&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"6df599c66f3b6ad36996757c940b6dc4bcffdd0fec5065b83731b8dd1c72f59a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:22Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/smothered-okra"}