Fried Green Tomatoes

  Fried green tomatoes may be food related to usage of all those green tomatoes that will go to waste if not eaten at the end of the growing season, but I have a whole bunch right now and I don't want to wait for 3 months. I have eaten them fried before, but never made them myself until now. Once again I looked at everyone elses recipes and used that information as the basis for my own.

Fried Green Tomatoes

3 large green tomatoes cut into 3/8" to 1/2" slices

2 c canola oil for frying

1 c panko crumbs

1/2 c corn meal

1 c flour

1 c milk

2 eggs beaten

salt

pepper

  Lay tomato slices out onto a cookie sheet or similar surface, salt and pepper each side and let sit for 15 minutes. Heat oil in a skillet on medium high. Setup a four station assembly line: milk first, flour, egg followed by panko and corn meal mixture. Plates work well for the dry ingredients and bowls for the wet. Take each tomato slice through the assembly line. Coat each one with milk, dredge in flour, coat with egg and finally dredge in panko and corn meal mixture. Fry in hot oil until golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel. Season with salt as soon as they are removed from the oil. Serve with lemon wedges and hot sauce. They are pretty good with ketchup too. :-)

  This version came out very crunchy and will definitely be served here again.

TTFN

B