Fried Green Tomatoes
This summer we are growing a whole lot of tomatoes. There is always a point where you have a huge abundance of green tomatoes but no ripe ones. Enter: fried green tomatoes.
I never cared for this dish growing up, but after making it myself, it might be a new favorite!
Ingredients:
2-3 big green tomatoes
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup bread crumbs (I toasted some old sourdough and threw it in the food processor!)
1/2 cup buttermilk
Salt & paprika
Oil to fry (I used olive)
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees if you’re making these for dinner and have other things to cook. This will keep them warm while you do everything else!
Get 3 bowls ready: one with flour, one with buttermilk, one with the crumbs, cornmeal, pinch of salt, dash of paprika. Heat a large skillet to medium-high heat and add in enough oil to coat the pan plus some.
Slice the tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick. Dunk in the flour, then buttermilk, then cornmeal mixture. Carefully place in the hot skillet. Cook about 4 minutes each side.
We ate them as a dinner side with some ranch! Plus chicken thighs and a salad with arugula, beets, and goat cheese.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 2-3 large green tomatoes
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- salt and paprika
- oil to fry
Instructions
- Get 3 bowls ready: one with flour, one with buttermilk, one with the crumbs, cornmeal, pinch of salt, dash of paprika.
- Heat a large skillet to medium-high heat and add in enough oil to coat the pan plus some.
- Slice the tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick.
- Dunk in the flour, then buttermilk, then cornmeal mixture.
- Carefully place in the hot skillet. Cook about 4 minutes each side.