Answer: OKRA
OKRA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 301 times.
Referring Clues:
- Gumbo vegetable
 - Plant also called lady's-finger
 - Gumbo
 - Southern soup ingredient
 - Soup pods
 - Creole vegetable
 - Gumbo ingredient
 - Gumbo plant
 - Some pods
 - Stew ingredient
 - Pod vegetable
 - Podded plant
 - Mallow family plant
 - Gumbo staple
 - Gumbo pods
 - Staple of Southern cuisine
 - Soup vegetable
 - Gumbo component
 - Tapered pods
 - Gumbo veggie
 - Bourbon Street vegetable
 - Soup pod
 - Gumbo pod
 - Gumbo thickener
 - Plant with pods
 - Food that may be pickled
 - Pod holder
 - Vegetable and egg on capsized boat (4)
 - Pod that's sometimes pickled
 - Food whose name comes from a language of West Africa
 - Creole cooking pod
 - Vegetable in Cajun cuisine
 - Vegetable sometimes grown as a flower
 - Southern staple
 - Member of the mallow family
 - Cajun veggie
 - Cajun cooking pod
 - Vegetable in a pod
 - Pod veggie
 - Gumbo need
 - Vegetable in Cajun cooking
 - Creole cookery pod
 - Veggie used in gumbo
 - Creole veggie
 - Edible pod
 - Stew pod
 - Cajun staple
 - Podded plant for Prudhomme
 - Cajun cook's vegetable
 - Gumbo tidbit
 - Bourbon Street veggie
 - Slimy veggie
 - Callaloo component
 - Soul food veggie
 - Podded plant for Paul Prudhomme
 - New Orleans veggie
 - Creole cuisine staple
 - Cajun vegetable
 - Cajun pod
 - It's sometimes deep-fried in the South
 - Fried Cajun veggie
 - Callaloo ingredient
 - Stew vegetable
 - Shrub of the mallow family
 - Creole stew vegetable
 - Creole staple
 - Popular fried vegetable of the South
 - It's also known as lady's-finger
 - Sticky pod
 - Side dish that might accompany chicken-fried steak
 - South side?
 - Church's Chicken side dish
 - Fighting ___ (unofficial mascot of Mississippi's Delta State)
 - Ingredient in the Middle Eastern stew bamia
 - Creole pod
 - Mallow family shrub
 - New Orleans staple
 - Pod in a gumbo
 - Cajun Bloody Mary garnish
 - Cook's pod
 - Creole cookery staple
 - Cajun cookery ingredient
 - Beaked pods
 - Louisiana vegetable
 - Creole cooking staple
 - Edible beaked pods
 - Creole cookery item
 - Pods used in stew
 - Green pod
 - Plant used by Prudhomme
 - Prudhomme veggie
 - Lady's finger
 - Creole soup veggie
 - Podded vegetable
 - Stew ingredient, perhaps
 - Creole cuisine veggie
 - Lady's-finger
 - Relative of hibiscus
 - Southern dish
 - Pods used in soups
 - Vegetable pod
 - Vegetable found in many Southern recipes
 - Southern vegetable
 - Cousin of hibiscus
 - Southern-fried veggie
 - Pod used in gumbo
 - Cacao cousin
 - Cajun soup ingredient
 - Soup thickener
 - Tempura veggie
 - Sticky, green pods
 - Sticky green pods
 - Cajun cuisine staple
 - Cajun cuisine vegetable
 - Pod plant
 - Gooey gumbo ingredient
 - Soup veggie
 - Staple of Cajun cuisine
 - Vegetable that's often pickled
 - Veggie called bhindi in India
 - Veggie used in callaloo
 - Southern food plant
 - Side often fried
 - Frequently fried vegetable
 - Edible pods
 - Pepper pot pods
 - Pepper pot pods
 - Pepper pot pods
 - Southern side
 - A soup base
 - Gooey veggie
 - Louisiana cooking pod
 - Gumbo bean
 - Veggie in Creole cooking
 - Gumbo base
 - Gumbo item
 - Slimy pod
 - Creole stew veggie
 - Gumbo soup ingredient
 - Popular Gulf Coast veggie
 - Cajun cooking ingredient
 - Pods often pickled
 - Caribbean cuisine staple
 - Side with chicken-fried steak
 - Greengrocer's pods
 - Southern side dish
 - Gumbo essential
 - Cajun ingredient
 - Vegetable that's often fried
 - Pickled or deep-fried veggie
 - It's a lot less slimy if you roast it, actually
 - Creole cuisine pod
 - Vegetable also called lady's-finger
 - Southern pod veggie
 - Gumbo bit
 - Slimy pod vegetable
 - Pod in many cajun dishes
 - Jambalaya ingredient
 - Cajun cookery pod
 - High-fiber veggie
 - Creole food veggie
 - Pod veggie that's a cotton cousin
 - Food often with pentagonal cross sections
 - Oft-fried vegetable
 - Southern vegetable that's often deep-fried
 - Plant also known as ladies' fingers
 - Southern cuisine staple
 - Pod used to thicken gumbo
 - Pod component in bhindi masala
 - Fried Southern side
 - Gumbo stuff
 - Deep South delicacy
 - Stew thickener
 - Southern stew thickener
 - Southern-fried vegetable
 - Gumbo green
 - Southern fried side
 - Plant also called lady's finger
 - Another Creole staple
 - Jambalaya veggie
 - Bayou side
 - Pickled Southern fare
 - Vegetable that's a good source of protein
 - Gumbo soup vegetable
 - Pod that might be pickled
 - Item of Creole cookery
 - Tempura candidate
 - Pod in some soups
 - Fried ___ (Southern dish)
 - Vegetable that becomes gooey when cooked
 - Signature Southern vegetable
 - Pod in southern cuisine
 - Jambalaya pod
 - Pickling candidate
 - Pod for pickling
 - Pod in some stews
 - Podded veggie
 - Veggie in gumbo
 - Vegetable with a pentagonal cross-section
 - Vegetable with pods
 - Vegetable in gumbo
 - Pod in Cajun cookery
 - Southern veggie
 - Part of Cajun stews
 - Vegetable with a slimy texture
 - Stew veggie
 - Jambalaya ingredient, at times
 - Gummy gumbo vegetable
 - Gumbo add-in
 - Cajun soup
 - Gooey vegetable
 - Edible pod veggie
 - Pods that may be pickled
 - Pod in gumbo
 - Edible pentagonal piece
 - Pod in Creole cuisine
 - Staple in Cajun fare
 - Ingredient in gumbo
 - Fried side with a po'boy
 - Southern-fried fare
 - Veggie served with catfish
 - Fried Southern vegetable
 - Veggie favored by "Southern Living"
 - Pod in Cajun cuisine
 - Creole cooking vegetable
 - Green ingredient in gumbo
 - Southern fried fare
 - Slimy side
 - Succotash ingredient, at times
 - Vegetable that can get slimy when overcooked
 - Pods that might be pickled
 - Bhindi masala ingredient
 - Vegetable that's frequently fried
 - New Orleans side dish
 - Vegetable in Creole cooking
 - Southern superfood
 - Vegetable in kurkuri bhindi
 - Pod in Cajun cooking
 - Often-fried veggie
 - The ___ Project (food security initiative)
 - Bhindi bhaji ingredient
 - Food also known as ladies' fingers
 - Cajun mainstay
 - Bhindi kadhi veggie
 - Pod in Southern cooking
 - Ingredient in bhindi masala
 - Fried Southern pod
 - Bhindi, on Indian menus
 - Cajun cooking staple
 - Fried side
 - Pods in some stews
 - Cajun food staple
 - Side that might be fried
 - Easily bruised Cajun veggie
 - ___ Ohitashi (Japanese salad)
 - Veggie aka bhindi
 - Vegetable also called ladies' fingers
 - West African food staple
 - Bhindi masala vegetable
 - Vegetable used to thicken stews
 - Vegetable also called "ladies' fingers"
 - Southern cooking staple
 - Vegetable in bhindi masala
 - Pods paired well with natto
 - Vegetable with pentagonal cross sections
 - Bamia vegetable
 - Bhindi masala pod
 - Pod that may be fried or pickled
 - Often-pickled pods
 - Garden plant in the mallow family
 - Natural stew thickener
 - Vegetable in Creole cuisine
 - Vegetable pod that thickens gumbo
 - It helps make a stew a goo
 - Pods that might be fried
 - Pod ingredient in gumbo
 - Vegetable that can be slimy when cooked
 - Pod vegetable in gumbo
 - Vegetable pod in some callaloo recipes
 - Vegetable sometimes called "ladies' fingers"
 - Vegetable pod also called lady's fingers
 - Vegetable that's baked, fried or roasted
 - Pod whose cross sections are pentagonal
 - Bharwa bhindi veggie
 - Vegetable whose name comes from Igbo
 - Vegetable often found in soul food
 - Gumbo-thickening pod
 - Veggie aka quimbombo
 - Some pickled pods
 - Green pod that thickens gumbo
 - Some fried pods
 - Veggie in some maque choux
 - Vegetable in bamia
 - Stew-thickening pod
 - Vegetable also called lady's fingers
 - Side dish that's commonly fried
 - Pod in Creole cooking
 - Pod that may be pickled
 - Oft-pickled pod
 - Pod veggie that gets gooey when cooked
 - Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 30, 2025
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 - New York Times - February 26, 2025
 - USA Today - February 18, 2025
 - LA Times - February 16, 2025
 - LA Times - February 07, 2025
 - USA Today - February 04, 2025
 
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