How to Make Fried Green Tomatoes

Name: How to Make Fried Green Tomatoes
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 servings freshly ground black pepper to taste; 177 milliliters bread crumbs; 1 Tbsp butter; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 177 milliliters cornmeal; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 inches green tomato; 2 teaspoons hot sauce, or to taste; 2 Tbsps mayonnaise; 2 Tbsps milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sweet pickle relish; 3 Tbsps vegetable oil

How to Make Fried Green Tomatoes might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 518 calories, 12g of protein, and 24g of fat each. If you have eggs, bread crumbs, pickle relish, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

Place tomato slices onto a rack over a paper towel.

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Tomato Slices

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Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and let slices stand for 15 minutes for the salt to draw out extra juices.

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Salt

Mix cornmeal and bread crumbs together in a bowl; stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste. Beat eggs with milk in a separate bowl.

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Cayenne Pepper

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Place flour into a third bowl.

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All Purpose Flour

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Pat tomato slices dry with paper towels.

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Tomato Slices

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Lay slices, one at a time, into flour; flip to coat both sides and let slices rest in the flour for about 30 seconds.

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All Purpose Flour

Remove each slice and dip in egg mixture, then into cornmeal mixture, coating both sides of each slice thoroughly.

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Spread crumbs onto all sides and into tomato crevices with a fork. Rest tomatoes on rack for 10 minutes to let coating set.

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Combine sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise, and hot sauce in a small bowl to make the remoulade sauce.

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Sweet Pickle Relish

Mayonnaise

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Place a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; heat vegetable oil with butter until butter melts, bubbles, and makes a sizzling sound. Fry tomatoes in the hot butter-oil mixture until tomato slices are slightly soft and coating is golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Use a spatula and a fork to flip.

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Tomato Slices

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Tomato

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Transfer fried green tomatoes to a serving platter and serve with remoulade sauce.

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Green Tomato

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Servings:

4servings

freshly ground black pepper to taste 177milliliters

bread crumbs 1Tbsp

butter 1pinch

cayenne pepper, or to taste 177milliliters

cornmeal 2

eggs 237milliliters

all-purpose flour 2inches

green tomato 2teaspoons

hot sauce, or to taste 2Tbsps

mayonnaise 2Tbsps

milk 1teaspoons

salt 2Tbsps

sweet pickle relish 3Tbsps

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.