SMOKED SAUSAGE, TOMATOES AND OKRA SKILLET
This Smoked Sausage, Tomatoes and Okra is a great recipe to use up fresh garden vegetables but could be made with frozen and canned vegetables, too. This recipe makes a quick, easy meal served over rice. My family loves the fresh vegetables in this dish. You might also like our recipe for crock pot smoked sausage gumbo.
Smoked sausage, tomatoes and okra skillet ingredients needed:
Smoked sausage
Bacon drippings or cooking oil
Green onion
Green pepper
Fresh tomatoes 0r 1 (14 ounce can diced tomatoes)
Fresh okra (could use frozen)
Fresh or frozen corn (could use canned)
Salt
Brown sugar
Paprika
Minced garlic
Cajun seasoning, Optional
Hot sauce
You could add some fresh zucchini to this recipe, too. Just chop up a cup of zucchini and add when adding the vegetables.
Recipe feedback: “I had some homemade German sausage, and lots of garden vegetables, so this really hit the spot. Excellent recipe. I’ll be doing this again for sure” – Tonya
“I made this recipe for dinner and it was extremely easy and didn’t take long to prepare. I added shrimp to the recipe which my family loved.” – Lillian
“DELICIOUS dinner loved even by guests suspicious of okra! Just wanted to share that as a vegetarian, I had success using a package of Beyond Sausage hot Italian sausage flavor and achieved the smokiness simply by substituting smoked paprika for regular sweet paprika. Thank you so much for this recipe!” – Julia
Full recipe in recipe card below.
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Smoked Sausage, Tomatoes and Okra
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ouncpackage smoked sausage sliced in rounds
- 2 tablespoons bacon drippings or cooking oil
- 1 cup chopped green onion
- 1 chopped green pepper
- 3 cups peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes or 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups chopped fresh okra could use frozen
- 1 cup fresh or frozen corn could use canned
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning optional
- few drops hot sauce
Instructions
- Brown sausage, green onion and green pepper in bacon drippings. Add all the remaining ingredients and simmer covered 15-20 minutes until okra is tender. Serve over rice. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Notes
Don’t forget to Pin Smoked Sausage, Tomatoes, Okra for later!
If you like this recipe, you might also like my recipe for Cheesy Smoked Sausage Pasta Skillet.
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