Fried Green Tomatoes

No, this isn't about the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes." But it is about cooking them.

From my birthday gift garden, this week I had some tomatoes that were still green with no hope of ripening with the advent of dropping autumn night and day temperatures. So rather than waste the tomatoes I went in search of a recipe to use them and found one from fellow a fellow contributor to Examiner.com.

Examiner, by the way, enlists contributors from a variety of interests. I write about Baby Boomers. My fellow Examiner Chef John contributes recipes, including this one for Fried Green Tomatoes. This includes a spicy remoulade sauce as a garnish:

Ingredients

4 slices (about half inch each) of green tomato

1 cup flour

2 eggs

2 tablespoons milk

3/4 cup bread crumbs

3/4 cub corn meal

Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Cayenne

Vegetable oil

1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1) On a rack, salt the tomato slices and set aside;

2) In a bowl, create the breading mixture of the bread crumbs and corn meal, adding some pepper, salt and the cayenne to taste;

3) In another bowl, beat the two eggs with a splash of milk;

4) Put the flour in another bowl;

5) Use a paper towel to wipe the moisture from the tomato slices;

6) Take each slice through the breading process -- first dredge with flour, then dip into the eggs, then fully coat with the bread crumb/corn flour mix;

7) Let sit for about 10 minutes;

8) In the meantime, to make the remoulade, combine equal parts sweet relish and mayonnaise in a small bowl. Add hot sauce to taste and mix;

9) In pan over medium heat use about an eighth of an inch of vegetable oil and add butter;

10) When the butter is bubbly, cook slices 3-4 minutes on each side;

11) Serve with dollop of sauce.

They're perfect as a side to just about any meal. I increased the yield and we had them with Ground Turkey Enchiladas the other night, then I had the leftovers with a ham and cheese omelet for lunch the next day.

Here's a video of Chef John's Green Fried Tomatoes:

Fried Green Green Tomatoes from Foodwishes on Vimeo.