Fried Okra

By Tricia33

Ingredients

• 1 lb. of fresh okra, washed and sliced across in about 1/2 inch pieces
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 tsp. hot sauce (optional)
• 2 cups self rising flour
• 2 cups corn meal
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. Cajun seasoning (optional)
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• oil for deep frying

Details

Adapted from sweetteaandcornbread.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the hot sauce in with the buttermilk if you are using it. This cooks out and really isn't all that spicy, but gives the okra a good flavor. Place the okra slices in a bowl and cover with the buttermilk, coating each piece.

In a gallon size Ziploc bag, mix the flour, cornmeal, salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning. If you don't like a little zip to your okra, you can leave the Cajun seasoning out. I think it adds some extra flavor to it. If you don't use the Cajun seasoning, you might need to sprinkle the cooked okra with a big more salt as soon as you take it out of the oil.