Fried Green Tomatoes
2 quarts water
2 Tbsp. salt
4-6 medium green tomatoes, unpeeled and sliced
1 cup flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
salt (to taste)
In a mixing bowl, mix salt and water. Soak sliced tomatoes in salt water mixture for 30-40 minutes. Drain and drop slices a few at time into a bag in which you have placed the flour. Shake thoroughly to coat. Heat the oil in a large skillet and carefully place the slices into the hot oil. Brown until crisp on both sides. Salt to taste.
You can also use squash, zucchini or eggplant in place of or with the green tomatoes. Serves 4-6.
From A Reader:
Hi Tawra, I love your site!
You may want to try a trick my mother taught me about fried green tomatoes. After slicing the tomatoes, place them in a single layer on paper towels or a microwave safe plate. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. Cool until able to handle them and proceed as usual.
This allows you to fry them at a higher temperature, which speeds up the cook time (saving power) and keeps the tomatoes from soaking up as much oil.
Nan S.
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Photo By: trekkyandy
the picture looks like the tomato is in egg but the receipe doesn’t call for dipping in egg.
Sorry Brenda you are right. I use egg with mine once in awhile and wasn’t thinking when I picked out the picture. Sometimes my right hand doesn’t know what my left is doing. We’ll fix it. thanks
is there a difference in the taste if u use egg or not? .. just curious .. .. just curious ..
Rose I don’t think it will change the taste too much. I think the egg is really more of a binder to hold the crust together. There are a lot of batter recipes I have used and just haven’t put the egg in it for what ever reason and I couldn’t tell a difference so you might try it without and see.
Rose you might want to reread the article too because I just up dated it with a faster way to make them from a tip of one of our readers.
oh ok jill .. i will . thanks for responding to my ?? .. i appreciate it ..
Love fried Green Tomatoes! Thanks for recipes. : )
I use corn meal instead of flour. Makes the tomatoes real crispy on the outside.
Just bought some green tomatoes the other day – thanks for the “reminder” recipe.