Fried green tomatoes are a typical dish from the southern United States, made with tomato slices coated in wheat flour, corn flour, and breadcrumbs. They aren’t made with just any tomato; they’re usually made with the miltomate variety, which is of Mexican origin.
Will you join me in making my version of these fried green tomatoes? The ingredients we’ll need are:
For the fried tomatoes:
- 1 kg of green tomatoes
- 4 large eggs
- 1/3 cup of wheat flour
- 1/3 cup of corn flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 cup of breadcrumbs
- extra virgin olive oil
For the spicy mayonnaise:
- 8 tablespoons of mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon of ketchup
- 1 tablespoon of mustard
- 1 tablespoon of sriracha
- 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
We couldn’t find any Miltomate tomatoes, so we’re going to make this recipe with green Raf tomatoes. The Raf tomato is a ribbed tomato, very flavorful and aromatic, sweet, but with a slight acidity.
The original recipe is made with Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco; we made it with Sriracha and soy sauce.
Preparation:
The first thing we do is make the spicy mayonnaise. To do this, we mix mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, sriracha, and soy sauce in a bowl. We set it aside until serving time.
Now, let’s get started with the tomatoes. We wash and dry them well, slice them thinly, and remove excess moisture with absorbent paper.
We place kitchen paper on a tray and prepare a sauté with plenty of extra virgin olive oil, which we put on the heat.
In a bowl, combine the wheat flour and cornflour; add a pinch of salt and mix well. In another bowl, place the beaten egg, and in a third, the breadcrumbs.
We soak the tomato slices in the egg, then coat them in the flour mixture, then again in the egg, and finally in the breadcrumbs.
We fry the slices in plenty of very hot olive oil. When they turn golden brown, we remove them and place them on a tray lined with kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil.
Presentation:
We serve it on a platter and accompany it with the spicy mayonnaise in a bowl. We garnish with a few parsley leaves, which will add color to the dish.
I’d been wanting to try fried green tomatoes for ages, and I loved them. I was surprised that such an easy recipe could be so delicious.
And now, let’s enjoy this dish while watching the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”. It’s definitely a fantastic plan, don’t you think?
