Add the 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ... reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook. Once the okra is cooked, add it to the gumbo pot. Continue cooking the gumbo for 60 minutes.

Sure, there's something comforting about a thick and hearty gumbo or jambalaya (and yes ... should be a classic and ...

Okra, known as lady’s fingers or the perfect villager’s vegetable, is a culinary symbol that goes beyond its distinct taste ...

This chicken and okra gumbo comes from chef Rembs Layman, who served a version of it at his restaurant Tupelo in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For home cooks, he suggests using store-bought ...

West African slaves brought okra from their native lands to the southern United States. The vegetable, which they called kimgombo, also gave gumbo its name. In the 1840s, hundreds of Louisianans ...

Add the chopped tomatoes, the cooked vegetables and the okra. Stir to combine and then ... then place on top of the gumbo, put a lid on and place over a low heat for 10 minutes.