Fried Green Tomatoes

About a year ago, my family and I went to a road trip through The South because my sister was looking at colleges at the time. In Tennessee we went to a barbecue restaurant where we ate the best fried green tomatoes I have ever had! Just the other day as my mom and I were watering my neighbor's garden we noticed that they were growing tomatoes, and some were green (unripe). We had the idea to make fried green tomatoes. They were delicious! The coating was crunchy and stayed intact with the tomato. I hope you enjoy my recipe for fried green tomatoes. 

Ingredients:
4 green tomatoes 
1 cup flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/3 cup corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika 
1/2 teaspoon pepper
About 1 cup oil


First, cut the tomatoes into 1/2 inch thick slices. 

Then, make an assembly line of flour, buttermilk, and corn meal. To the flour add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon paprika. To the corn meal add 1/2 teaspoon salt. 

Dip tomatoes into flour to coat. Then dip the tomatoes into the buttermilk. Dredge in corn meal to completely coat. In a cast iron skillet heat up about 1 cup of oil, or just under 1/2 inch of oil. Once the oil is hot, add the tomatoes to the pan and cook for about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. 

Once the tomatoes are done, serve with Sriracha aioli. (the Sriracha aioli is my lemon aioli without the lemon juice, and desired about of Sriracha. Here is the link to the Dijon Aioli recipe)

Enjoy!