Fried Green Tomatoes

Ok...yeah, I know...I never told you about the great fried chicken disaster of 2010. I'm sorry, I just wasn't emotionally ready to relive that awful experience! Fear not, I really will tell you all about it. Just not this week! :)

This week we are gonna celebrate tomato season with a kick ass recipe for fried green tomatoes! Yay! I'm a southern boy so I was really into learning how to make these! This recipe is super easy and I must say they were delicious!!! Shout out to Diana Swenson-Siegel at allrecipes.com who I got the recipe from. Go girl! By the way, I made this as a serving for two...if you link to the original recipe it is for 4. This is my version exactly:

The Recipe:

2 large green tomatoes

1 egg

1/4 cup of milk

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup yellow cornmeal

1/4 cup garlic and herb bread crumbs

1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt

1/8 teaspoon of ground black pepper (I actually just ground the pepper mill about 5 times over everything instead of measuring it out)

2 cups canola oil

Easy ingredients! The hardest thing to find was the green tomatoes (I went to the farmer's market at union square).

Step 1: slice tomatoes in 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices and set aside. Discard the tops and bottoms.

Step 2: whisk the milk and egg together...on one plate pour the flour...on another plate mix the corn meal, bread crumbs, salt and pepper...heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat

Step 3: dredge the tomatoes in flour, dip in egg batter, then dredge in the cornmeal mixture

Step 4: place in skillet and deep fry until golden brown (about 4 minutes each side) don't crowd the tomatoes!!!

I had to cook them in three batches! Also, they will want to travel to the center of the skillet and touch sides...just don't let them!

Step 5: Drain on paper towels and then place on a cookie sheet in a preheated oven (200 degrees) until all the batches are done

These were awesome...I served them with a little organic chipotle ranch dressing (with a cute sprig of Italian parsley!) Sooo good!