Baked Sweet Potatoes

Gary Henry Side Dishes

Ingredients

  • 4-6 sweet potatoes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425.
  • Wash sweet potatoes and pat dry.
  • Bake for 60-90 minutes, depending on size of sweet potatoes, or until soft when pierced with a fork.
  • Serve with butter and cinnamon sugar.

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Cinnamon & Sugar Carrots

Gary Henry Side Dishes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups carrots, sliced
  • 2 TBS butter or margarine
  • 2 TBS brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Cook carrots for 20 minutes, or until tender.
  • Combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in small saucepan. Melt over medium heat.
  • Add mixture to carrots. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.

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Fried Apples

Gary Henry Side Dishes

Ingredients

  • 6 medium apples
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 4 TBS butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Peel and core apples. Slice thinly. Put apples in the water, butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a skillet and cover.
  • Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes or until tender.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Gary Henry Side Dishes

Ingredients

  • 4 large green tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 TBS salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup self-rising cornmeal
  • 2 cups vegetable oil
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Cut tomatoes into 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick slices. Place in shallow dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour buttermilk over tomatoes.
  • Combine flour and cornmeal in a shallow dish. Dredge tomato slices in flour mixture.
  • Fry tomatoes, in batches, in hot oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
  • Drain tomatoes on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt to taste.

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Fried Okra

Gary Henry Side Dishes

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs okra
  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 cup bacon drippings or vegetable oil

Instructions

  • Slice okra pods. Put cornmeal in a bowl and roll okra in the cornmeal until well coated.
  • Heat bacon drippings or vegetable oil in a skillet. Add okra and fry until well browned and crisp. Drain on paper towels.

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