Grilled Okra

You came to the right place. I grill tons of it every summer.

Sprinkle the pods with a bit of olive oil and simply season with some salt, pepper and a bit of garlic powder. This is the blend I use but you can use whatever suits your taste. Get the grill hot first before oil and seasoning since the okra will absorb the olive oil a good bit.

Grill like any other vegetable. I like mine with grill marks and you want to take them off just before they start to split along the ribs. I grill on medium/high and it takes about 10 minutes to finish for my taste.

They will be soft and have a great grilled flavor and not really slimy like okra gets in a pot.

Forgot to ask. Just how much are the robber barons charging for okra in the markets in your area. I'm in N.O. and they are $3.99 a lb. at the local Rouses and Winn-Dixie stores.

Outrageous price for okra since it really doesn't come down during the summer months when in full production. I pick a couple pounds of it a day for almost 3 months every summer.

Yep. $3.99 a pound at Publix in Nashville.

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Okra is completely and utterly out of season right now; of course it’s expensive. It’s cheap as hell in July/August at any farmer’s market.

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I grow it every summer, so I know when it is, and isn't in season. Even in the summer months, it is priced at $3.99 a lb. at the local supermarkets, which, like I said, is ridiculous for something that grows so easily, profusely and under less than ideal conditions as they are heat and drought tolerant.

I have nothing to add except that I love grilled okra

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I have nothing to add except that I love grilled okra

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+1

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It's delicious with tzatziki.

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Definitely gonna try this

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vegetable

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Don't insult vegetables.

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I use a grill basket.

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Good idea. I've put them on skewers to make handling easier, but the basket sounds simpler.

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Sprinkle the pods with a bit of olive oil and simply season with some salt, pepper and a bit of garlic powder. This is the blend I use but you can use whatever suits your taste. Get the grill hot first before oil and seasoning since the okra will absorb the olive oil a good bit.

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I do this, but I use some lemon pepper blend instead of salt/pepper. Gives it
a great summertime grill flavor.

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Does roasting in the oven work with okra?

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I can see where it would, but I like the grilling flavor you get with using a grill and cooking over direct flame.

One of the people I give okra to in the summer does put his in the oven and he loves it that way, but he lives in an apartment and has no grill.