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low carb Japanese okra recipe

Low Carb Okra Recipe

An easy side dish or breakfast. Okra, as well as all the other ingredients, are low in carbs.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

  • ½ tbsp butter
  • okra about 8 small pods
  • 1 green onion (scallion) green top
  • 1-2 tbsp shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1-2 pinches salt
  • ground black pepper to season
  • ½ pack natto optional
  • 1 pack dashi (that comes inside natto packaging) optional
  • soy sauce to season- optional

Instructions
 

Prep- Ingredients

  • Wash okra thoroughly in cold water. Chop off all the ends and tips. Then, slice into coins about 1 cm thick. Set aside in a bowl. 
  • Wash green onion in cold water. Finely slice the green top (stem) horizontally. Set aside in bowl.
  • Crack egg into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Then, mix with a fork until the consistency is even.

Cooking

  • Turn on stove burner to low heat. Pre-heat frypan for a minute. 
  • Heat butter until melted. Swivel your fry pan in circles until the entire bottom of your frypan is coated with melted butter.
  • Add okra coins to the frypan. Turn the stove top up to medium-low to medium heat. Stir fry okra for 2-3 minutes or until it starts to soften and the edges begin to brown. Stir occasionally with a spatula.
  • Use your spatula or fork to turn all the okra coins so they lay flat in your frypan.
  • Turn heat down to low. Gently pour egg mixture to cover the entire base of the frypan.
  • Sprinkle shredded cheese on top of the eggs and okra. 
  • Once the eggs have formed a firm omelette-like sheet, (about 2-3 minutes), using a large spatula to flip the sheet of okra and egg.
  • Cook the cheese covered bottom until it begins to brown (about 1-2 min)

Plating and add toppings

  • Use a spatula or flip the okra omelette onto a plate for serving. (Cheese side up.)
  • Sprinkle katsu bushi (bonito flakes) on top.
  • (Optional): Open up package of natto and remove the plastic film. Using chopsticks or a fork, stir natto in a circular motion. Then, spoon natto on top of the okra omelette. 
  • Sprinkle sliced green onions on top.
  • (Optional): Pour the packet of dashi that came with your natto on top of the natto. 
  • (Optional): For extra seasoning, drip a small amount of soy sauce on top the natto.
  • Serve warm.

Notes

Eat with a fork or cut into small pizza-like pieces to eat with chopsticks.
Keyword eggs, healthy, keto, low-carb, vegetarian
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