I put them on a Bison burger!! Did you know you can save this recipe and order the ingredients for. I used some green Polish tomatoes from our garden, they are my favorite tomato. Made this for my husbands birthday in April. Added Cajun spice to flour and used oat milk. The verdict at this house? Thank you for sharing the recipe! Perfect recipe! Set the cooked tomatoes on paper towels to drain. Elise Bauer is the founder of Simply Recipes. Yummy. Egg yolks can make fried foods a little greasy and sometimes soggy. Delicious. The flour made the breading too soft. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. The directions to cut the tomatoes so thick is definitely wrong in my opinion. 1 Slice and salt green tomatoes: Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. The were even good cold as leftovers the next day. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption. This was a perfect recipe- lots of green tomatoes this year in the PNW due to cold evening. What a great way to make use of end-of-the-season tomatoes. How to make Fried Green Tomatoes! Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. We have never tasted anything soooo goooood!! What follows is how to make fried green tomatoes that even first-timers can manage with great success. The only change I made was using almond milk instead of buttermilk because that’s all I had. I didn’t have any Cajun seasoning so I put Frank’s red hot sauce in with the buttermilk and egg. Rinse the salt off before preparing to fry……good recipe. They are delicious! Please try again later. I received many compliments and will continue to use this recipe. My mom recently tasted fried green tomatoes for the first time and asked me to make some for her. © Copyright 2020, 20 Things to Cook This Month That Have Nothing to Do With Thanksgiving, 15 Vegan Muffin Recipes for Easy Breakfasts, 15 Comfort Food Dinners That Start With Creamy Alfredo Sauce, 2-Ingredient Snacks That Are Too Easy Not to Make, Use Your Stale Bread in These Savory Bread Puddings, 13 Spiked Apple Cider Cocktails to Celebrate the Season, 15 Comfort Food Casseroles Inspired by World Cuisines, 12 Recipes to Turn Extra Chicken into Healthy Main Dish Salads, 15 Ground Beef Soup Recipes for Easy Weeknight Dinners, Ground Turkey Slow Cooker Recipes for Easy Weeknight Meals, 11 Top Chicken Casseroles That Lean to the Healthy Side, 12 Classic Italian Recipes Made Easy in the Instant Pot, Nutrition Allrecipes is part of the Meredith Food Group. I’ve seen fried green tomato recipes online that use Jiffy mix, so it should work fine. If you can find it, use fine white cornmeal, which is the primary cornmeal used in the South. Thank you! In a large skillet, pour vegetable oil (enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan) and heat over a medium heat. Curious as usual, we found some big green tomatoes at the farmer’s market last weekend and just had to try these fried green tomatoes. But these are incredible. We made the fried green tomatoes for lunch today and they were fabulous . Let tomato slices stand for 5 minutes. There were no leftovers. I've been cooking for 54 plus years, but am still willing to learn. Hi Rebecca, breaded fried foods are often not that great left over, unless you are into the sogginess. I treat myself to Fried Green Tomatoes once or twice a year - LOVE them! I was having a tough time with the ingredients sticking to the tomato. 510 calories; protein 12.6g 25% DV; carbohydrates 56.3g 18% DV; fat 27g 42% DV; cholesterol 95.4mg 32% DV; sodium 1136mg 45% DV. They are great and CRISPY!!! You can also fry up red tomatoes with this recipe but make sure they are not over ripe or they will be mushy. Oh, I love using panko for breadcrumbs, so crunchy! He is from the South we live on the West Coast and he thought they were great. JUST DELICIOUS!!!!!! We used buttermilk and traditional Tony Chachere’s Cajun seasoning blend. They are great and CRISPY!!! We’re here to help you put dinner (and breakfast and lunch) on the table with less stress and more joy. These turned out great. I find they will not get done or tender when cut so thick! Drain them on several UNCOATED (cheap) paper plates. All photos and content are copyright protected. Please do not use our photos without prior written permission. So glad you liked the fried green tomatoes! Drain them on several UNCOATED (cheap) paper plates. Thanks for a great recipe! !We had Sirloin Steaks with the Fried Green Tomatoes. Air fryers are great at crisping up fried foods! 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