Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes

From possumqueen 16 years ago

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10 minutes to make
Serves 4

Found this recipe in Progressive Farmer.
We went to the expert for this fried green tomato recipe— Robert Lorino of The Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Ala. It's the restaurant that Fannie Flagg based her award-winning novel and movie "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Read more " To prepare them like Idgie and Ruth would have Lorino recommends that "you want a hard, green tomato that has not yet begun to turn." In other words, you need to use it when it's dark green and hasn't begun to change to a whitish-green color yet. Read on to really get cooking! See less

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Ingredients

2 medium green tomatoes, chilled shopping list
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard shopping list
1 teaspoon sugar shopping list
1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
1/4 teaspoon paprika shopping list
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper shopping list
1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce shopping list
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal shopping list
1/4 cup hot bacon drippings shopping list

How to make it

Cut tomatoes into 1/2-inch slices.
Stir together mustard and next 5 ingredients. Spread on both sides of tomato slices. Coat with cornmeal.
Fry tomatoes in hot drippings in a skillet over medium heat 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Drain.

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" It was excellent "
momo_55grandma ate it and said...
have made these this way and another way Make eggbatter dip sliced green tomatoes in and fry its good this way too {great recipe thanks
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" It was excellent "
trigger ate it and said...
I have made Fried Green Tomatoes before with a recipe just like this only using "Green Tomatoes"
not unripened tomatoes. They are green when ripe for real.
You got my 5 fork rating
Michael

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" It was excellent "
misterpeter ate it and said...
ok.. now this i gotta try. always grow tomatoes on my patio in containers (so the deer won't get them). at the end of the year i just cut them up and put them in some "Bubbies pickel juice" and let them brew fo ra few weeks. i have heard about these before and will try them this fall, fer sure. thanks queenie the the idea! 5 of course.
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" It was excellent "
auntybea ate it and said...
Nothing like a fabulous fried green tomato! I'm from way up north, but my grandmother was raised in Missouri -- lucky me!
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" It was excellent "
jenniferbyrdez ate it and said...
Nice to see ya PQ. Yep, that's how we do it too.
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knoxcop 16 years ago
Yeppers! That's the way we do it down here! Good to see you again, PQ! --Kn0x--
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Nice to see ya PQ. Yep, that's how we do it too.

jenniferbyrdez in kenner loved it
Nothing like a fabulous fried green tomato! I'm from way up north, but my grandmother was raised in Missouri -- lucky me!

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ok.. now this i gotta try. always grow tomatoes on my patio in containers (so the deer won't get them). at the end of the year i just cut them up and put them in some "Bubbies pickel juice" and let them brew fo ra few weeks. i have heard about these ...more

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