Fried Green Tomatoes

Mom always made us the best fried green tomatoes every spring and summer. She’d start with green tomatoes right out of the garden and within a few minutes she’d whip up a great snack or a wonderful side dish! To this day I still make them myself and never can get enough.

Here’s what you’ll need:
4 large green tomatoes
1/2 cup of self-rising cornmeal
1/2 cup of plain bread crumbs
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
2 eggs
1/4 cup of buttermilk (you’ll love the tang it gives)
bacon drippings for frying, if you don’t have bacon drippings you can use shortening or a combination of the two.

Here’s what you do:

In a large dish, mix together the self-rising cornmeal, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.

In a seperate bowl, scramble together the eggs and milk.

Heat the shortening and/or bacon drippings in a large skillet.

Slice the green tomatoes about 1/4 of an inch thick. Dip in the egg mixture ad then into the cornmeal mixture. Shake off excess.

Fry the green tomatoes in hot shortening until crisp. Turn over and fry until crisp on the other side.

Drain on paper towels.

Enjoy your green fried tomatoes!