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I recall being served fried tomatoes for breakfast once, but they weren't green.
What follows is how to make fried green tomatoes that even first-timers can manage with great success.
The verdict at this house? - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
You can cook Fab fried green tomatoes using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Fab fried green tomatoes
- 🢂 1 large of Green tomato.
- 🢂 1/4 cup of Flour.
- 🢂 1/4 cup of Whole wheat flour.
- 🢂 1/2 tbsp of Parika.
- 🢂 1 dash of Cajun (red) pepper.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of Mrs dash chicken seasoning.
- 🢂 2 tsp of Salt.
- 🢂 1 cup of Fat free plain yogurt.
- 🢂 1 of Low fat or skim Milk.
- 🢂 1/3 cup of Coconut oil.
One of the things I remember most about the novel is the food imagery. My mouth watered as author Fannie Flagg poetically described those rich and mouthwatering southern recipes- fruit pies, deep fried chicken, and of course those iconic southern. I love them so much that every time I go somewhere and they're on the menu, I order them. Securing some green tomatoes from the farmer's market, I was excited to try this recipe out.
step by step Fab fried green tomatoes
- Wash and dry tomato. Slice into 6 slices. Place on paper towel to absorb excess moisture..
- In one bowl mix all dry ingredients..
- Pour approximately 1/3 of dry mixture into another bowl. You will use this as your dry coating on tomato..
- With the other portion of dry ingredients, add yogurt and enough milk to make the mixture a pancake batter consistancy. You will use this to dredge the tomato in..
- Heat coconut oil (or canola, vegetable, etc) on stovetop in preparation to fry tomato slices..
- Take each tomato slice and dust each side with dry flour mixture and then immediately dredge in wet flour mixture. Place in hot oil. Allow each side to cook on medium heat until golden brown..
- Remove from oil and place on paper towel to absorb extra oil. Serve hot. Enjoy..
I have rarely been so enthusiastic by anything I made in my own kitchen. Fried Green Tomatoes aren't the healthiest of foods. I typically fry mine in bacon fat in a cast iron skillet. Flagg's script for the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripter Award for best screenplay of the year. Fannie Flagg is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize.