Simple Roasted Okra Recipe

Name: Simple Roasted Okra
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 pound okra; 3 green onions; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 30 mins

Servings: 4 to 6 servings

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Okra fares well when it's treated with the proper respect. It likes things hot, so roasting it in a hot oven makes some sense.

As always, look for pods with minimal (if any) browning. You want bright, plump, lively-seeming okra—nothing tired out or past its prime. Remarkably small pods can be kept whole while small and medium pods should be halved. Beware of large okra specimens; like zucchini, okra can get woody when it gets too big, and nothing can change that, as much as you'd like to.

1 pound okra
3 green onions
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

Preheat an oven to 400 F. While the oven heats, trim the okra, removing the tough stem ends. Cut the okra pods in half lengthwise for faster, more even roasting. Cutting them before cooking in the dry heat of the oven also seems to further minimize the slime-factor for which these nutty pods are so famous.
Trim off and discard the root end and any dried part from the green ends of the green onions. Cut the green onions in half lengthwise, and then cut them (white and green parts) into 3-inch lengths.
Either in a roasting pan, on a rimmed baking sheet, or in a large bowl, combine the okra and the green onion. Drizzle the vegetables with the oil, and sprinkle with the salt. Toss to coat everything evenly and thoroughly. Spread the vegetables in a single layer in a roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet.
Roast the okra until it's tender and its edges are browning; this tends to happen somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 minutes. After 15 minutes, you may want to take the pan out and stir the vegetables around a bit, being sure to settle the okra back into a single layer before returning the pan to the oven to finish roasting. Serve the roasted okra hot or warm.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
43	Calories
3g	Fat
5g	Carbs
1g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4 to 6
Amount per serving
Calories	43
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g	3%
Saturated Fat 0g	1%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 200mg	9%
Total Carbohydrate 5g	2%
Dietary Fiber 2g	8%
Protein 1g
Calcium 63mg	5%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.