Back to Recipe

Fried Green Tomatoes, Tennessee Style

Here's how you make Fried Green Tomatoes, Tennessee Style
Pause Continue Reading
  • Servings: 2
  • Prep: 35m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 large green tomato, sliced into 6 slices
  • 1/2 to 3/4 cup buttermilk (if no buttermilk, just use same amount of regular milk with 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice let set for 5 minutes)
  • 1 egg, well beaten
  • COATING MIX
  • 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (I like the Smoked Spanish)
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a medium bowl, add tomato slices and coat with buttermilk; chill for 20 minutes.

  • Step 2: While tomatoes are soaking, mix together coating ingredients in another medium size bowl.

  • Step 3: Remove tomatoes from buttermilk--do not throw away buttermilk.

  • Step 4: Coat each tomato slice in coating mixture; set aside.

  • Step 5: Now in remaining buttermilk mixture add egg; beat well.

  • Step 6: Return each coated tomato to buttermilk, making sure each side is well coated.

  • Step 7: Return to coating mix one more time coating both sides.

  • Step 8: In a medium size skillet over medium high, heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil till hot but not smoking.

  • Step 9: Fry on both sides until coating is golden brown.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.

If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.

Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.