Greek Recipes
Greek Baked Okra & Potatoes in Red Sauce Recipe
Baked Okra with Potatoes – two of my favourites come together to satisfy my palate and my hunger!!! Try it – it’s sooooo good!!!
Greek Baked Okra & Potatoes in Red Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cup extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and more for drizzling
- 2 medium brown onions, diced
- 1 kg desirée potatoes, skin on, cut into large cubes
- 3 cloves cloves garlic, crushed
- 1-2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 2 tsp salt
- Dried chillies, to taste
- 675 ml passata
- ½ bunch parsley, chopped
- 750 g okra, prepped
Instructions
Preparing the okra
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Using a paring knife, make an angled incision into the okra just below the visible line that separates the stalk from the fruit - continue cutting around the okra to form a conical pyramid at the top of the okra (see Okra 101 video for prep guide)
Preparing the baked okra and potatoes
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In a large baking dish, sauté the brown onions in the EVOO till they are translucent
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Add the potatoes and sauté till they just begin to brown
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Add the garlic and sauté briefly
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Add the pepper, salt, dried chillies and stir through
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Add the passata and parsley, stir through and simmer briefly
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Add the okra and coat them in the pan juices
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Place a sheet of vented foil on top of the baking dish
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Transferbaking dish to an oven preheated to 180°C fan-forced and bake for 1 hour
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Removethe foil, drizzle generously with EVOO and return to the oven for 15 minutesmore
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Removefrom the oven and allow to cool a little
Serving the baked okra and potatoes
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Drizzle with some EVOO beforeserving and enjoy as a meze, light meal or as side to some barbecued meat. KaliOrexi!