Chinese home cooking

Blanched Okra with Garlic Dressing

Name: Blanched Okra with Garlic Dressing
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: okra; as needed salt; a little sugar; cooking oil; garlic; scallion whites; red pepper, shredded; hot oil; 2 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful vinegar; 1/2 spoonful oyster sauce; a little pepper

白灼秋葵

Whole okra is briefly boiled, cooled and dressed with garlic, scallion and a savory vinegar sauce.

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Published 2026-10-12

Split green okra arranged on a plate with garlic and red pepper. — Blanched Okra with Garlic Dressing

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Ingredients

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okra
as neededsalt
a littlesugar
cooking oil
garlic
scallion whites
red pepper, shredded
hot oil
2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonfulvinegar
1/2 spoonfuloyster sauce
a littlepepper

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Bring water to a boil with salt, a little sugar and oil. Boil the whole okra for 3 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
02
Trim the stems, split the okra and arrange on a plate.
03
Put garlic, scallion whites and shredded red pepper in a bowl. Pour over hot oil and mix in light soy sauce, vinegar, oyster sauce, salt, sugar and pepper.
04
Pour the dressing over the okra.

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Cooking Method

Blanching

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