Fried Green Tomatoes

We cleaned the garden and at the end of the year, you have a lot of green tomatoes. I usually make a salsa, but this year, I thought the kids and I could try Fried Green Tomotoes, and we stumbled upon a great recipe.


Most recipes are similar. They call for eggs, flour corn meal and bread crumbs. I went to the store and they were out of corn meal, and decided to picky up a Jiffy Corn Muffin mix. Essentially, a sweetened version of corn meal.


The flavor from sweetened corn meal was great. You can use either corn meal or the Jiffy mix. However we are going to stick to the Jiffy Mix.

Ingredients

1 Egg Beaten

5-6 Medium/large sized green tomatoes

1/2 cup Bread Crumbs

1/2 cup all purpose floor

1 cup of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix or Corn Meal.

Cracked Pepper

Cracked Sea Salt.

In a bowl beat the egg with a 1tsp of milk. Next prepare the batter. Add all the ingredients together.

In a sauce pan heat about a 1/4 inch of oil on medium heat. (Coconut Oil is a great alternative)

Dip the fried green tomatoes in egg and then the batter. Place in the fry pan cooking about 2 minutes on each side til golden brown. Set on a paper towel. Add cracked pepper and salt to your liking.

(Do not try ripened tomatoes. We did, and there is a reason why you only use green tomatoes.)