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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Trim off both ends of okra pods. | 2. Slice 1/4 inch thick. | 3. Carefully place the tomatoes into a small pot of boiling water for about 30-45 seconds. Remove from water and peel off skin. | 4. Slice tomatoes in half and scoop out the runny insides, discard this part. Coarsely chop the fleshy part of the tomatoes. | 5. Dice the bacon and fry until crisp. Remove to papertowels. Save grease. | 6. Place all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil. | 7. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until the okra is just tender. | 8. *1-2 Tbl. bacon grease can (and should)be added to enhance the soup's flavor. | 9. **The lemon can be thickly sliced and cooked right in the pot of soup, or it can be zested and halved and the fresh juice can be squeezed over each portion when served to taste, and garnished with the zest. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
young okra pod	1	lb		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
tomato	2			65.52	14.1596	3.2032	0.728
corn	1	cup		124.7	27.115	4.7415	1.9575
water	2	cups	substituted	1104.0	26.592	10.992	114.432
bacon	2	slices		233.52	0.7168	7.0672	22.2264
lemon	1		zested sliced seeded	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
black pepper			coarse ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.