Fried Green Tomatoes II

Submitted by troyh

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 medium green tomato (per person)
• salt
• pepper
• white cornmeal
• bacon drippings

directions

1. Slice tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick, season with salt and pepper and then coat both sides with cornmeal.
2. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to coat the bottom of the pan, and fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides.
3. This recipe was from the back of Fannie Flagg's novel, "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe".

Reviews

[madpots]

This recipe has been used in our family for many years. My problem now is that I have trouble finding green tomatoes! The recipe is very simple, but I salt and pepper the tomatoes a little and add a little white flour to the cornmeal. My mother would sprinkle a little sugar - white or brown - on the tomato after she turned them. When the sugar melts and is crusty the tomato is done.

 

[riffraff]

This is exactly how I make them. I have taken to not using the bacon fat and using canola sometimes. My local vegetable market guy keeps green tomatoes most of the year so we can enjoy these just about anytime.

 

[Mini Ravindran]

This one is truly WOW and goes with all my Indian meals as a wonderful, quick and inexpensive side dish !

 

[sloe cooker]

Delicious, there is nothing quite like it. Tis the season for these gems. I enjoy fried green tomatoes about twice a year. Thanks for sharing troyh

 

[Renee Brimer]

being a southerner.. this dish is a staple at our dinner table. However.. I double batter my tomatoes by using a egg and milk wash. Dust the tomaotes in white cornmeal that has a wee bit of salt and pepper and sugar in it, then dip in the milk wash and redip in the cornmeal. Into the oil it goes.... They are amazing.. everywhere I have taken them.. people just rave about them.