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Fried Green Tomatoes

Traditional dish with tomatoes, yellow cornmeal, vegetable.

Ingredients

  • 4–6 green tomatoes
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper
  • to taste yellow cornmeal
  • to taste vegetable

Steps

  1. Slice the tomatoes ¼–½ inch (0.75–1.25 cm) thick.
  2. Salt and pepper tomato slices to taste.
  3. Dip slices in cornmeal and shallow fry in hot grease or oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes or until golden on bottom.
  4. Gently turn over, and fry the other side.
  5. Serve by themselves or, for a elegant addition, add a little goat cheese.

Adapted from “Fried Green Tomatoes”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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