this year our garden is stocked with dozens of tomato plants. with the plants weighted with big green tomatoes, i decided to cook up one of my favorite southern foods….fried green tomatoes! this simple recipe is a great way to enjoy the fruits of the tomato plant before they ripen. serve them with your favorite dipping sauce or make a sandwich….try a BLT or a pimento cheese and fried green tomato sandwich.
recipe
ingredients
-green tomatoes
-a pint of buttermilk
-equal parts of all purpose flour and cornmeal
-salt
-olive oil
directions
-slice the tomatoes, about 1/4 inch is fine
-salt the tomatoes and place on a paper towel or a wire rack
-let tomatoes sit and sweat for about 20 minutes or longer
-pat dry with a paper towel
-pour about 1/4- 1/2 cup of oil into a cast iron pan.. you may need to add more as you fry more or clean out the old oil and start fresh again
-turn the heat on to medium high to heat up the oil
-in one bowl, pour your buttermilk
-in another bowl, mix your AP flour and cornmeal together
when the oil is ready… prepare yourself to fry
-dip a tomato slice in the buttermilk, then the flour mixture
-with tongs, gently place the tomato in the hot cast iron pan
-repeat until you have about 4-6 tomato slices in your pan (more or less depending on the size of your pan)
-keep an eye on them and flip when brown
-when tomatoes are done place on a wire rack or on a plate covered in paper towels
-salt to taste
ready to serve!
mm i love friend green tomatoes! i haven’t seen any green ones in ny yet
This sounds delicious.