Okra in Lemon Butter

"Completely simple and wonderfully tasty. From the Southern chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 4 cups okra pods (young and tender are best)
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
  • salt, to taste
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directions

  • Wash okra weell; trim stem end, leaving enough on the pod to keep the juice inches.
  • Cover with boiling water and boil gently until tender, approximately 15 minutes.
  • When half done add a little salt.
  • To serve, drain very well, pour into a hot dish and add melted butter and lemon juice.

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Reviews

  1. I love lemon, okra and butter all separately but this wasn't as good as I thought it should have been. I used a good quality frozen baby okra which needs no trimming, freshly squeezed lemon juice, & sea salt which I added after cooked.
     
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