“A man knows he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live, and begins to live. -Thomas Merton
Okra! Okra! Okra! I grew up eating lots of Okra. Infact it was one of my favourite meals. Okra and Tomato stew was all my mum had to cook for me to be a good lil lass :).
Since I moved across the pond I've never been keen to eat it- Mum made it just right and no one else could replicate.
Anyhoo, surprisingly whilst shopping last week I came across the good ole Okra and thought hmm I wonder if I could just saute it with leafy greens, herbs and spices instead of boil like Mum did ...well that thought became an action - 2days after my purchased I sauteed with collard greens and threw in some garlic/ginger chicken slices
Ingredients
Okra
Collard greens
Onions
Broth
Salt
Pepper
Olive or Coconut oil
Chicken
Garlic
Ginger
Onions
Soy sauce (may substitute with broth, lemon juice)
Salt & pepper
Directions
1) Chop all your ingredients - onions, collard, okra
2) heat skillet, add 1tb of oil, onions, 1 crushed garlic cloves ;saute for a few mins
3) Add broth - say 1/4cup
4) Add collard greens - (note if you choose to blanch before saute then you may reduce the broth quantity - or not use broth at all - in this case add a lil water
5) Add seasoning - salt, pepper etc
6) Cook for say 8mins
7) Add chicken*and let it simmer for couple more mins
*Chicken
You may choose to grill or panfry - I panfried using the listed ngredients.; following the steps below
1) heat skillet, add 1-2tb of olive/coconut oil
2)add chopped onions , ginger and crushed garlic
2) add chicken cuts, soy sauce, salt, pepper and cook till done
Loved the dish so much I cooked it again the next day - this time adding thai chili for heat
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