01 2 to 3 minutes

Okra can be cooked in 2 to 3 minutes. Wash okra, cook in boiling water for about 3 minutes until the color becomes crisp, then remove from the water and rinse with cold water to cool, then put on a plate. Okra can be served cold, stir-fried, deep-fried, stewed, in salads or soups, etc. It is important to blanch it before serving it cold or stir-fried. If you use okra to make coleslaw, you can also put it in the refrigerator for a while after it is done.

As okra contains mucus, oxalic acid, tannic acid and other substances, if not blanched directly, it will affect the body's absorption of proteins and other nutrients, so you need to blanch the okra, through the blanching can be removed most of the time, but if blanched for a long time, it will also lead to the loss of vitamins and other active substances, so after the water boils the okra under the pot to cook for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Blanch in a pot, add the right amount of salt in the water to keep the color of the okra. When the pot of water boiled into the okra, because the weight of okra is relatively light, usually floats on the water surface, this time do not stir it, so that it can be evenly heated. Observe the color of okra, okra color will change from lime green to bright green, this time you can fish out the okra.

The best way to eat okra:

1, okra scrambled eggs

okra washed and cut into small pieces, blanch. Eggs stirred, put into the pan and scrambled until the egg block sheng out and spare. Pan oil put okra stir fry pour into the egg block seasoning stir fry pan

2, okra fried meat

okra clean sliced, lean meat in advance with ginger, pepper, cooking wine marinade a little, hot oil in the pan lean meat stir fry browning, put okra with salt and chicken seasoning, put a little soy sauce willing to eat spicy friends can put a little chili pepper stir fry

3, cold okra

okra washed and cut into two halves blanched water over the cool fish out of the spare small bowl of garlic pepper oyster sauce a little balsamic vinegar pot of oil, seventy percent of the hot oil poured into a small bowl and stirred well, poured on the okra can be