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If you’re a Southern purist who doesn’t like people messing with Southern Cooking, especially loud-mouthed Yankees messing with Southern Cooking, you might want to skip this post, it will only make you angry.
The other day I bought some green tomatoes and they were quickly turning red, so I thought I’d make some fried green tomatoes, Unfortunately I had no corn meal, so I improvised.
Here’s what I did:
Sauce
3/4 cup good mayo
1 Tablespoon of ketchup
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4 sweet gherkins chopped
1 Tablespoon prepared horseradish (more if you like it hot)
(If I had capers I would have chopped about 3 Tablespoons and added them too, but I didn’t)
Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix till completely blended, cover and store in the refrigerator. (This is a great sauce for any fish dish, or crab cakes (Yum).
Next slice the tomatoes thickly, put two eggs in a bowl and whisk them for the egg wash, and put panko bread crumbs on a plate.
Before we move on, can we have a moment of silence for the gorgeous, cage free, organic eggs from my friend Janet’s hen house?
Heat a pan on med/high heat, put enough canola or vegetable oil in the bottom of a pan, when it’s hot start your assembly line.
Dip a slice of tomato in the eggs, then dredge them in the panko and put into the pan. Repeat until the pan is full, but not over-crowded, you may have to do this in batches. Let fry for about 3-4 minutes, or until the bread crumbs brown, flip and fry the other side too. When each one is finished cooking, transfer them to a paper towel lined bowl to catch the oil. Transfer to a serving platter and serve with the sauce.
What i learned: There’s a reason you do this with the green tomatoes only, the red ones fall apart.
This was very different from traditional fried green tomatoes, but it was good – lighter. I think I still prefer them the other way, but my kids and I pretty much devoured this.
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I’m going to the store today. I’m getting green tomatoes! I need to make these.
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Let me know how they come out! We really liked them!
I’ve never eaten fried tomatoes, but when I saw the picture on your blog, my taste buds woke up!
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You have to try them Tami! They’re so yummy!
Well I’ll forgive you because it does sound yummy.
As my mother married a “damn” Yankee when I was 4 I do have a soft spot for y’all.
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aw, I like this story! And any story where the Yankees are good guys.
Yummy! This will make a fantastic breakfast for me. Tomatoes and eggs, nothing can go wrong it with it. Thanks.
mmmmmmmmmm fried green tomatoes
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