Fried Green Tomatoes
That time of year again ya'll!
Raid your garden or go out and buy ya some fresh green tomatoes and lets get started.
Don't worry,this is a super easy recipe for fried green tomatoes with an extra dash of country. I call that butter!
You just mix up your batter mix, cut up your green tomatoes, coat them with a thin layer of the batter and then fry them up in your ole' favorite iron skillet.
Let's get started because I'm getting hungry!
You will need:
- about 5 or 6 green tomatoes for a meal or just 1 or 2 for trying it out
- about a cup of cornmeal
- 1 egg
- a dash of flour (about a teaspoon, not much more or the coating will be fluffy looking)
- butter (for adding to the skillet not the batter)
- salt and pepper
- bowl
- milk (just add it until thick, not too runny)
- iron skillet (my favorite way to cook about anything including cakes. Especially pineapple upside down cakes!
- cooking oil (I use vegetable oil) You want enough in your pan to cover the tops of the tomatoes too. Kinda like deep frying them in a skillet.
Okay now on to the cooking so we can get closer to eating'em!
1. Wash your tomatoes and set aside.
2. Mix up your batter mix:
- Add your cornmeal, egg, a dash of flour, salt and pepper and milk until you get a kinda thick consistency.
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Notice my batter is kinda thick. You don't want it too runny or it will drip off your tomatoes while trying to cook. |
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I add more butter and oil after cooking each batch. The more butter, the better brown I get them to turn out. |
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I like medium slices. If they are too thin seems you really can't taste the tomato that great after frying. |
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Look at those bubbles, now that is the heat I was waiting on. Don't worry if some of your batter does cook off, it will happen now and then. But they are still great. |
7. Take them out of the hot oil when they are browned good on both sides and lay them on some paper towels to get off the excess oil.
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I can never wait long until I chomp right into one... OMGOSH... sooo good! |
Yummy! And guess what goes great with these fried green tomatoes?
Fried cabbage and cornbread of course.
Watch for my next post on those if you love country food!
I have never had these, and have never heard of fried cabbage, I do love cornbread though!! xx
ReplyDeleteYum, they look delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE FGT! I have some smallish tomatoes right now. Looking forward to them getting a bit bigger!
ReplyDeleteThese look so good! Thanks for the recipe! 'Fried Green Tomatoes' is one of my favorite books and movie. :) Karen
ReplyDeletewish I could try yours!! Looks yummy!
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