Fried Green Tomatoes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium firm green tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups cornmeal
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 eggs
• milk (splash)
• cooking oil
• salt and pepper
• onion salt
• garlic powder
• cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 choose your tomatoes wisely. they should be neither too young nor have any ripening coloration. slice your tomatoes from side to side, not from top to bottom, no less than a quarter of an inch thick. (hint: cut off the top and bottom and discard them. no one really wants to eat a hunk of tough tomato skin.).
• 2 for the batter, mix flour and corn meal, and add salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and onion salt all to taste. tasting is the trick- you want to make sure it is salty and flavorful enough to compliment the twang of the tomatoes.
• 3 beat eggs and add a splash of milk. make sure this consistency stays viscous, not runny.
• 4 in frying pan, heat on medium about 3/4 inches of cooking oil.
• 5 dip your tomatoes in the egg/milk mixture, then transfer to batter. make sure the batter sticks on the tomatoes thickly. (this is a messy job!).
• 6 when the oil is warm enough to produce bubbles larger than pinheads, add your tomatoes. make sure they are brown on both sides.
• 7 remove and let cool. they are wonderful warm, room temperature, or even straight from the fridge.