Baked Okra Fries

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F. Clean and dry your okra. Next cut okra into strips. This is the part that takes a little bit of time. We lightly tossed them in some coconut oil (about 1-2 teaspoons) to help make the flour and spices stick.

Grab a Ziploc bag and place your cut okra strips into the bag. Toss in your brown rice flour and spices. You can spice them any way you like.

Toss the bag all around till all the okra fries are covered in flour and spices!

Take okra out of bag and place the now covered okra fries on a pan. We ended up adding a little bit more coconut oil on the pan (about 1 Tablespoon) to help make the fries crispy. Bake the okra fries in oven for 25-30 minutes.

If you like, you can heat a large skillet and the remaining oil over medium heat and cook the okra some more, until your desired texture is reached. They ended up not getting as crispy as we were looking for by the time we pulled them out of the oven. Next time we will try it from the beginning on the skillet to see how it compares to baking them. Our batch of okra fries was a mix of crispy and soft, chewy okra fries. Not a bad attempt for our first time.

Serves 2-3