Oklahoma's Finest Fried Okra | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh okra pods
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided, plus more, to taste, for serving
• vegetable oil, to taste, for frying
• 1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper, optional