Gluten Free Fried Okra (with directions for freezing)
Ingredients:
Freshly Picked Okra
Potato Starch (Not Potato Flour)
Organic Corn Meal
Eggs
Sea Salt
Oil For Frying
Step 1:
Cut the stems and tails off of the okra and put them in your compost pile.
Cut the okra into 1/2" pieces.
Step 2:
Beat 3 eggs in a medium sized bowl.
Remember I am a measure free cook and put on your creativity hat.
Blend 1/2 potato starch and 1/2 organic corn meal in a larger bowl.
How much? About 1/3 of the bowl.
Add a little salt to the dry mix. You can always add more later.
Step 3:
Fill the egg bowl with okra just so you can mix it without pieces falling out.
Mix it with your hands coating all the okra with the egg.
If the okra is coated and there is still egg pooled in the bottom of the bowl, get a larger bowl and keep adding okra until there is no egg remaining in the bottom of the bowl and all okra is coated with egg. In the picture the egg is pooling so more okra needs to be added.
Step 4:
Add the wet okra to the bowl of dry ingredients.
Mix with your hands until all okra is coated.
If you have extra flour in the bottom of the bowl you can use it for the next batch.
The coated okra should not be gooey. It should look coated in powder, not wet. If it's gooey, add some more potato starch until it looks dry.
Step 5:
Deep fry the okra.
If you are going to freeze it, remove it from the pan just after the crust hardens.
If you want to eat it now, cook it until it starts to get a little brown.
Step 6 (for freezing):
Drain the okra on a plate lined with paper towels or a paper sack works well too.
Once it is cool enough to handle, spread it out on a parchment lined cookie sheet and place it in the freezer.
Step 7(for freezing):
After the individual pieces are frozen, place it in a freezer bag.
Fry it to lightly brown when you are ready to eat it.
