When the sun comes out and the days get longer, it signifies the commencement of okra season. The vegetable can be boiled, steamed, fried, or baked — as long as it's cooked well, we're happy.

Drizzle a pan with 1 1/2 tsp of refined oil. Add okra, season it with salt and let it fry. Cook the okra in low heat for 2-3 minutes.

Add okra to Dutch oven and simmer until tender, 15 minutes. Stir in chicken meat and season gumbo with salt, pepper, and Tabasco. Discard bay leaves, then ladle gumbo over rice. Garnish with ...

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As Elie learned in his Creole gumbo-adhering household, people traditionally used filé to thicken gumbo when okra wasn’t in season. Roux arrived later, with the Cajuns, who used it to thicken ...

Spread okra on top in an even layer. Season with salt. Attach a candy thermometer to the pan and pour in oil. (The okra will not be completely submerged at first.) Set pan over high heat.

In a clip from the new season of Fieri’s Food Network series Tournament of Champions, shared exclusively with PEOPLE, one contestant uses a curveball ingredient to hit a home run. In the clip, chef ...