Ingredients
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1 small sweet onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup — sometimes it’s hard to find a small sweet onion, so use half a medium onion)
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2 cups okra, rinsed, trimmed and sliced (see below)
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3 medium tomatoes, peeled and chopped (or 1 14-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes with juice)
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2 tablespoons bacon drippings (or 1 tablespoon bacon drippings and 1 tablespoon olive oil)
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a saucepan or sauté pan with a close-fitting lid, sauté the onion in the bacon drippings over medium heat until softened, not browned.
- Reduce the heat to low, and stir in the okra and tomatoes.
- Add the salt, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the pepper.
Notes
If using small pods of fresh okra, just trim the stem ends, leaving the pods whole. If the pods are larger (over 2 inches long), slice them in half.
