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Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

Ingredients

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  • 2 large green tomatoes
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal
  • 1/4 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
  • Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Core and slice tomatoes into ¼ to ½ inch slices. Place tomatoes slices on a platter and pat dry with paper toweling.
  2. in a medium size, bowl whisk together the egg and milk.
  3. in a wide dish, like a pie dish, mix together the cornmeal, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.
  4. Place the flour in a separate wide dish.
  5. First roll the tomato slices in the flour, and then into the egg mixture; roll them into the corn meal bread crumbs mixture to coat.
  6. Place about a ¼ inch of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook tomato slices until nicely browned on both sides. Do not crowd the slices – cook in batches if necessary. Place them on a plate covered with paper toweling.