Stewed Okra

Name: Stewed Okra
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons, garlic powder; 1 teaspoon, onion powder; 1 tablespoon plus 1¼ cups, water, divided; 3 slices, bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces; 1 , small onion, chopped; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, smoked paprika; ¼ teaspoon, pepper; ⅛ teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 , vine-ripened tomato, cored and chopped; 12 ounces, fresh okra, caps trimmed and cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; , Hot sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2021

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SERVES4 to 6

TIME55 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a full-bodied, spiced, and smoky okra stew, we started by rendering bacon fat until a rich fond formed on the bottom of the pot, and then we built on its flavor base by sautéing onion along with onion and garlic powders, smoked paprika,...

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