Ingredients
- 2 cups brown rice, cooked
- See Common Threads Brown Rice Base recipe
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 10 ounces grape tomato, halved
- 8 ounces okra, sliced
- 1 pound shrimp, fresh, or frozen and thawed, peeled and tails removed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Sauté okra and garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil until tender, about 5-8 minutes. Stir frequently.
Add the onions and tomatoes to the pan and cook until lightly caramelized. Transfer to bowl.
Clean the sauté pan.
Heat sauté pan over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon olive oil, fresh or thawed shrimp, red pepper flakes, paprika, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook until shrimp becomes opaque.
Stir in okra, tomatoes and onion mixture into the sauté pan. Remove from heat.
Serve over prepared brown rice.
Garnish with parsley.
Recipe in Action
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5 Servings
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Difficulty: Intermediate
Nutrition Tip 
Okra is rich in many nutrients and particularly high in vitamins C and K. This fruit is unique, as it provides protein, a nutrient that many other fruits and vegetables lack
Sauteing is a cooking method that uses a small amount of fat to cook meats or veggies over high heat in a shallow man.
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