Fried Green Tomato BLT

I love fried green tomatoes and was intrigued by a recipe from Kelsey Nixon for Fried Green Tomato BLT.  This sandwich has lots of great zing.  I made the bacon on the foreman grill while I fried up the green tomatoes and along with French Fries it was a great meal for a busy weeknight.

We haven’t gotten any green tomatoes from the CSA, but maybe.  Thanks again to Grandma’s garden for the green tomatoes!

 

Thursday Menu – Fried Green Tomato BLT, French Fries

Farm Share Food – Arugula

Other Local Produce – Grandma’s Green Tomatoes

 

Fried Green Tomato BLT

 

Printable Version

Spicy Mayonnaise:
 
½ cup mayonnaise
1 T lemon juice
½ t Dijon mustard
salt, to taste
1/8 t cayenne pepper
 
Whisk ingredients together and store in fridge until it’s time to build the sandwiches.
 
Fried Green Tomatoes:
 
1 cup flour , divided
1 egg
¼ cup buttermilk
½ t baking powder
¼ t baking soda
½ cup cornmeal
salt, to taste
¼ t cayenne pepper
8 slices green tomato, about 2 medium tomatoes
oil for frying
 
In a shallow dish add ¼ cup flour.  In a second shallow dish beat the egg and add buttermilk, baking powder, and baking soda.  Stir to combine.  In a third shallow dish add ¾ cup flour, cornmeal, salt and cayenne pepper. 
Dredge the tomatoes in flour, egg mixture and then coat with cornmeal mixture.  Place on a wire cooling rack in a rimmed baking sheet until ready to fry.  Repeat for all the tomato slices.
Heat oil in a skillet and fry tomatoes until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.  Fry tomatoes in batches and allow to cool on another rack until it time to build the sandwiches.
 
Sandwiches:
 
1 pound turkey bacon, cooked
1 cup arugula, heavy, rough stems removed
8 slices of thick bread
 
Spread spicy mayo onto 2 slices of bread.  Add arugula and 2 fried green tomato slices to one side and bacon to the other.  Build 4 sandwiches.