Baked Vegetable Gumbo Creole Recipe - Cooking Index

Baked Vegetable Gumbo Creole

Cuisine: Cajun
Serves: 10 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb  Fresh okra - diag. Sliced
2 x  Frozen sliced okra - (10oz)
  Boiling salted water
1 x  Celery - diagonally sliced
2   Bell peppers - in strips
2 x  Frozen lima beans - (10oz)
8 x  Fresh corn kernels
2 x  Frozen corn - thawed(10oz)
  Butter or margarine
  Bread crumbs
1   Onion - chopped (small)
4   Ripe tomatoes - sliced
2   Serrano chiles - thinly sliced
1 teaspoon  Chopped fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon  Dried basil - crumbled
  Salt to taste
  Black pepper to taste
1/2 cup  Shredded Monterey Jack

Recipe Instructions

1. Cook fresh okra briefly in boiling salted water; drain.

2. Blanch celery in boiling salted water.

3. Add bell peppers and lima beans and cook until just tender; during last 30 seconds, add corn (do not overcook), then drain vegetables.

4. Butter a large baking dish and sprinkle with bread crumbs; add a layer of corn-bean mixture and okra.

5. Combine onion, tomatoes and basil; spoon layer of onion-tomato mixture over bottom layer in dish.

6. Sprinkle with chiles and season with salt and pepper.

7. Dot with butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs.

8. Repeat layering until casserole is filled.

9. Top with a layer of okra that has been dipped in crumbs and lightly sauteed in butter; sprinkle evenly with shredded cheese if desired.

10. Bake uncovered in preheated 300' over for 1 hour.

NOTE: This can be baked in the morning and reheated slowly before serving. It tastes even better the second day.

Source:
Tony Burke : 10 Preparation Time :0:00

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