Creole Chicken And Okra Recipe Recipe For Eggplant

CREOLE CHICKEN AND OKRA RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove and discard chicken skin. In nonstick Dutch oven, place oil and heat over medium temperature.
• Add chicken and cook, turning, about 10 minutes or until brown on all sides. Remove chicken to warm bowl.
• To Dutch oven, add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic; stir and cook about 5 minutes. Add okra and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes more.
• Stir in tomatoes, parsley, paprika, bay leaf and salt. Return chicken to Dutch oven and spoon vegetable mixture over top.
• In small bowl, mix together chicken broth, wine and hot pepper sauce; pour over all.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and cook about 30 minutes or until fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Serve with rice, if desired.

TURKISH OKRA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• If using fresh okra, trim away any tough stems.
• If frozen okra is used, defrost and drain.
• Trim off the ends of the eggplant and cut unpeeled eggplant into one-inch cubes.
• Trim the ends of the zucchini and cut into unpeeled zucchini into one-inch cubes.
• Using a vegetable peeler, peel away the skin of the bell peppers; halve them and remove cores, veins and seeds.
• Cut bell peppers into one-inch pieces.
• Peel and dice onion into one-inch pieces.
• Peel, core and seed and dice tomatoes into one-inch pieces.
• Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
• Heat the oil in a large, heavy casserole (stove top/oven ware) and add the onion and eggplant cubes.
• Cook, stirring often, about five minutes.
• Add zucchini, tomatoes and green pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, about two minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, pepper flakes, parsley, bay leaf and thyme.
• Add the drained okra and salt to taste.
• Place in the oven, uncovered, and bake for about one hour.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.

CAJUN CHICKEN WITH OKRA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Add tomatoes, chicken broth, garlic, salt, and cayenne. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 8 minutes. Add okra, cover, and simmer for 3 minutes more.
• Combine water and flour in a small bowl and add to the skillet. Simmer, uncovered, until thick and chicken is no longer pink in the centers, about 2 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Stir in hot sauce. Serve over rice.

CHICKEN CREOLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, onion, celery and bell pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender (about 4 minutes). Add the tomatoes, bay leaf, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook this Creole sauce 3 minutes longer, stirring often.
• Arrange the chicken breasts in an 8 x 11 inch baking dish. Pour the Creole sauce over the chicken.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until the chicken is tender and white throughout.

CREOLE CHICKEN AND OKRA GUMBO

Steps:

• Stir vegetable oil and flour in large saucepan over high heat until smooth and dark brown, about 3 minutes. Mix in okra, then chicken broth and tomatoes with their juices; simmer 3 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with thyme, salt and pepper. Add to saucepan. Simmer gumbo uncovered until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season gumbo to taste with hot pepper sauce , salt and pepper and serve.

MARTHA'S VEGETABLE SAUTE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large high-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions, okra, eggplant, and peppers; cook, stirring until vegetables have softened, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in parsley and basil; season with salt and pepper. Add 1/3 cup water and cover skillet; let cook until vegetables are tender about 2 minutes. Serve with farro or brown rice; drizzle with olive oil just before serving.