Creole Okra & Tomatoes with Beef Sausage by Eric & Shanna Jones

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Creole Okra & Tomatoes with Beef Sausage by Eric & Shanna Jones

This recipe takes me to those special moments I spent with my grandmother, whom we called Grams. She would always make this dish on Sundays after church. I'm still amazed at how much I enjoyed it, because I was not too fond of vegetables as a kid. Recipes like this changed my mind.

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Servings: servings

Calories: 551kcal

Author: Eric & Shanna Jones

Ingredients

1 lb 454 g beef sausage with beef casing, thickly sliced
1 tbsp 15 ml olive oil
1 cup 172 g canned baby lima beans
½ tsp Himalayan pink salt
1 lb 454 g fresh or frozen whole okra
1 cup 136 g frozen corn kernels
2 cups 360 g fire-roasted crushed tomatoes, drained
2 tbsp 18 g minced garlic
½ cup 120 ml low-sodium chicken stock
2 tsp 4 g Creole seasoning
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground thyme
1 tsp black pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp cayenne pepper

Instructions

In a 10-inch (25-cm) cast-iron skillet over high heat, cook the beef sausage for 5 minutes, until it is browned. Remove the beef sausage from the skillet and set the sausage aside.
In the same skillet, combine the olive oil, lima beans and Himalayan salt. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the mixture, covered, for 5 minutes. Add the okra, corn, crushed tomatoes, minced garlic, beef sausage, chicken stock, Creole seasoning, paprika, thyme, black pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Stir the ingredients to combine them well. Cover the skillet and cook the mixture for 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.

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Notes

To put my spin on my grandmother's recipe, I combined two classics-succotash and stewed okra and tomatoes. Succotash uses sliced okra, sweet corn, lima beans, and tomatoes, and stewed okra and tomatoes is a vibrant yet straightforward pairing of whole okra and tomatoes in a tangy tomato sauce.

My healthier twist swaps pork sausage for juicy beef sausage, which adds depth and dimension to this dish. Plus, I include twice the amount of veggies compared to the traditional preparation. This recipe is so good, it can make anyone forget how light it is.

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