Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Fungee with Okra and Bacon

Fungee with Okra and Bacon. Another video, another fun time Im playing with my brother qPep, A friend of mine Bacon, and Bacon's friend MarkiiMuchii Thanks for watching :) MarkiiMuchii. This bacon and okra skillet is a yummy southern side dish for summer! Growing up in New York, I never ate okra growing up.

Bacon is most commonly cooked on the stovetop or in the oven. Place in a large bowl, add the salt, and toss to combine; set aside. Fungee and pepperpot is the national dish of Antigua and Barbuda, and although one may think that they are going to be served some kind of mushroom and pepper stew, the truth is far more interesting than the unusual Fungee is a bread ball similar to polenta, consisting of cornmeal mixed with okra. You can have Fungee with Okra and Bacon using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Fungee with Okra and Bacon

1. You need 4 strips of bacon (cooked, drained, and crumbled).
2. Prepare 2 cups of okra.
3. Prepare 1 cup of water.
4. You need 1 of hot kettle of water standing by.
5. You need of Bacon grease (saved over from the bacon).
6. Prepare 1 cup of cornmeal of your choice.
7. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.

A southern favorite, okra is sliced and cooked in bacon drippings and Vidalia onion, garden or canned tomatoes and a can of Rotel tomatoes for a little extra kick.. Smothered Okra with Bacon and Tomatoes. Place water, okra and salt in a pan. Bring to boil until okras are cooked.

Fungee with Okra and Bacon instructions

1. Cook your bacon to be crispy and save your grease in a dish to the side..
2. Cook the okra until tender. Do not drain the cup of mucilage and water..
3. Crunch up the bacon into small pieces. Do not wipe out your pan from the bacon..
4. Put your cornmeal into the hot pan..
5. Add the okra and mucilage onto the cornmeal and stir furiously!.
6. Continue to let it cook and add hot water little by little from your kettle until the cornmeal has fluffed and a spoon can stand upright in the fungee. Take care to press out the lumps. (About 20 minutes).
7. Add the bacon and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper to your tastes..
8. Grease a dish with the bacon grease you saved. Pack the fungee firmly in the dish. Let it set..
9. Slice the fungee and serve..
10. Tip: Fry fungee in a pan until it's browned, if it's cold from the fridge..

The corn meal is mixed to a pasty batter by adding cold water then stirring & mixing this. Serve with okra fungee rolled in butter or margarine. Place bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Seafood: The waters around the islands abound with delicious fish. Pepperpot: Hearty vegetable stew with salted meat often served with fungee.