Fried Green Tomatoes
published by Jo Oliver on Mar 23, 2009
You aren’t considered a good GRITS, or girl raised in the South, until you have mastered the art of fried green tomatoes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/2621545770/
Ingredients
- 1 cup of corn meal
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 1/8 cup of sugar
- 2 large eggs
- Canola oil
- 2 lbs of green tomatoes
- Cast iron skillet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soloflight/2701716000/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trekkyandy/2699282582/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2826692463/
Method
- Cut green tomatoes into ½ inch slices.
- Combine salt, sugar, corn meal, and black pepper in a small bowl.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat eggs.
- Fill cast iron skillet with a ½ inch of oil; heat to 360 degrees.
- Dip tomatoes in the egg. Allow excess to drip off.
- Dip the egg dipped tomatoes into cornmeal. You may need to press cornmeal into grooves and cracks.
- Fry tomatoes (in small batches) for four minutes; flip and fry another 4 minutes.
Serve!
Notes:
For traditional extra crunchy fried green tomatoes, replace the egg wash with ½ cup of buttermilk. Then, follow the same steps without the eggs.
You can garnish with parsley, chives, bacon, parmesan cheese, and/or pepper vinegar.
Get more recipes:
# 1 by NA Staffieri
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:28 am #
Never appealed to me, but thanks for the recipe.
# 2 by MF Raguett
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 am #
ummm…sounds good…I saw the movie now I can try the dish..thanks…mf
# 3 by thestickman
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 am #
This was always a favorite back on the farm.
~ ~~
-thestickman
# 4 by Joe Dorish
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm #
Never had fried green tomatoes but sounds good.
# 5 by Ruby Hawk
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm #
Fried green tomatoes is one of my favorites. Too bad we can’t have them all year.
# 6 by Melody Arcamo Lagrimas
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm #
Oh, this sounds super yummy. Would surely love to try this, thanks, Jo.
# 7 by Chris Stonecipher
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm #
Jo,
This looks delicious! I tried to make fried green tomatoes before but it did not turn out that well. I will use your recipe.
# 8 by CHAN LEE PENG
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm #
Delicious recipe. I’m feeling hungry!
# 9 by Lauren Axelrod
March 24th, 2009 at 7:03 pm #
You know, I have tried these before and I always failed. I will give it another go and tell you how they turn out.
# 10 by JK Kristie
March 26th, 2009 at 4:42 am #
That got my mouth watering! Can’t wait to try it.
# 11 by Humming Buzz
March 26th, 2009 at 11:55 pm #
Love these- I fry a mean green tomato. I am going to try your recipe- it’s only a little different from others I have tried.
# 12 by Tracker
April 4th, 2009 at 1:37 am #
I have never tried green fried tomatoes..but I have seen the movie and I loved it!!
# 13 by skylite
April 15th, 2009 at 11:28 pm #
I have heard of these before but never tried them
# 14 by Bullwinkle Muse
May 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm #
Ah, a Southern culinary classic. My wife got me into these. This recipe looks good.
# 15 by DA Cournean
May 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm #
Love ‘em…
# 16 by Debra.
May 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm #
A very tasty dish.
# 17 by Uma Shankari
May 29th, 2009 at 8:59 pm #
Hope to try …
# 18 by Lauren Axelrod
May 30th, 2009 at 7:18 pm #
Be still my heart. I love these. Yummy
# 19 by B Nelson
June 17th, 2009 at 6:10 pm #
I had these a few years ago when we had WAYYY too many tomatoes than we knew what to do with – pretty good as I recall, since then we havent had the surplus, but maybe this year..