Oven Fried Okra

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 4 cups fresh okra
• nonstick cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 spray a cookie sheet or jellyroll pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• 3 combine corn meal, salt and pepper.
• 4 wash okra; drain.
• 5 trim ends and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
• 6 dredge in corn meal mixture to coat well.
• 7 okra should be moist in order for corn meal to adhere.
• 8 if necessary, rinse okra again in water before dredging.
• 9 spread okra in a single layer in prepared pan.
• 10 bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until crisp, stirring occasionally.