Okra Pilau, or Okra Pilaf, is a low country favorite. White rice is cooked with bacon, onion, and sliced okra for a fresh and flavorful southern side dish.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern
Keyword okra pilaf
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
5slicesbacon,chopped
1/2mediumyellow or sweet onion,diced
1/2green bell pepper,diced
3cupssliced okra
pinch ofcayenne pepper
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonblack pepper
1cupuncooked long grain rice
2cupschicken broth
Instructions
Fry bacon in a medium pot until crispy. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside.Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease.
Add onion and bell pepper to the bacon grease in the pot and cook over medium-high heat for 3 minutes.
Add okra and cook 2 more minutes.
Add remaining ingredients. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook 20 minutes.