Kaye's Okra Fry Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup cornmeal (i used a very course ground)
• 1 cup self-rising flour (i just used flour and baking powder)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 (16 ounce) bag whole okra, sliced into 1/2-inch rounds (i used fresh and it was better imo)
• 1/2 cup chopped vidalia onion
• 1 tablespoon clarified butter, plus more as needed (i used just regular unsalted butter)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour and salt.
• 2 whisk in water to make a thin batter.
• 3 stir in okra and onions.
• 4 over medium heat, add clarified butter to a cast iron skillet.
• 5 use a small ladle to pour batter onto skillet.
• 6 pan should be hot enough to make batter sizzle.
• 7 cook until underside is browned, about 3 to 4.
• 8 minutes, then flip and brown on the other side.
• 9 repeat with additional batter, adding more butter as necessary.
• 10 i baked this at 350 in the cast hot iron skillet like a loaf of cornbread and it was delicious.