These fried green tomatoes are super delicious and honestly I could probably eat an entire batch by myself if left alone with them! They are pretty simple to make and cook up quickly. The sauce is equally as delicious!
The sauce is a mayonnaise based sauce with a touch of sriracha. You can leave out the sriracha if you aren’t a fan and it will still taste great minus the spice.
This recipe works best with green or under ripe tomatoes but you can make it with red tomatoes too, just make sure they are not too ripe or juicy because they can get really mushy. The cooking process will pull all of the juice out and riper tomatoes have more juice; making for a soggy situation. Since we want crisp outsides and a little juicy center, stick with under ripe tomatoes. The tartness from the green tomatoes is also an added ingredient that makes this recipe so good.
The breading for these fried green tomatoes can be made gluten free by subbing out the flour with a gluten free baking mix and the bread crumbs with gluten free bread crumbs. This recipe can also be made in an air fryer, if you don’t want it cooked in oil. I will add instructions below for that.
What you need to make fried green tomatoes:
serves 4 people
- 4 green or under ripe tomatoes
- 1/2 cup flour or gluten free baking mix
- dash paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- dash of cayenne pepper
- dash of black pepper
- 1/2 cup fine corn flour or corn meal
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs or gluten free bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon sriracha or hot sauce of choice
For dipping sauce:
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha (optional – this adds a little kick, reduce or leave out of you want a spice free dipping sauce)
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- dash onion powder
- dash back pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- Oil for frying – I love using corn oil (it can handle higher temperatures) or your preferred frying oil
Instructions
- Slice your tomatoes into roughly 1/3 inch slices.
- Get out 3 bowls.
- In one bowl, add flour, paprika, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper and stir together.
- In another bowl, add milk, egg and sriracha or hot sauce, whisk together.
- In the last bowl, add corn flour and panko or gluten free bread crumbs.
- Dip tomato slices into flour mixture, followed by egg mixture then into panko and corn flour mixture, It’s okay if it doesn’t stick to all sides/skin sides of tomatoes.
- Finish breading all tomatoes and lay flat on a piece of parchment paper or a dish.
- In a large frying pan, add enough oil to fill about 1/3 to 1/2 inch deep, we are shallow frying these not deep frying so there is no need to fill the pan too full.
- Heat oil until a little test piece of corn flour brings up bubbles or when it’s around 350 F. to 375 F., if you don’t have a thermometer you can also place a kernel of popcorn in the oil and when it pops it’s ready, reduce heat of it starts smoking and remove from heat before adding tomato slices.
- Add tomato slices and cook until it’s golden brown on the one side then flip over and finish cooking the other side until it looks the same.
- To make the sauce, add all ingredients and whisk together.
To make these in an air fryer:
- Follow steps 1- 7 then, use a perforated air fryer liner or parchment paper with holes in it, this is optional and not necessary. However, it will help the batter from falling through the little holes or getting caught when you remove the tomato slices.
- Spray each side of the tomato with a little oil and place in air frying basket so they are not touching each other.
- Cook on 375 F. for 6 minutes then carefully flip over tomatoes and cook another 7-9 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Here are a few other recipes you may love:
- Italian Rice Stuffed Tomatoes RECIPE HERE
- Tomato and Basil Gnocchi RECIPE HERE
- Sun Dried Tomato Chicken RECIPE HERE
- Corn, Bacon and Tomato Bucatini RECIPE HERE
Fried Green Tomatoes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 green or under ripe tomatoes
- 1/2 cup flour or gluten free baking mix
- dash paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- dash of cayenne pepper
- dash of black pepper
- 1/2 cup fine corn flour or corn meal
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs or gluten free bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon sriracha or hot sauce of choice
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha optional – this adds a little kick, reduce or leave out of you want a spice free dipping sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- dash onion powder
- dash back pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- Oil for frying – I love using corn oil it can handle higher temperatures or your preferred frying oil
Instructions
- Slice your tomatoes into roughly 1/3 inch slices.
- Get out 3 bowls.
- In one bowl, add flour, paprika, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper and stir together.
- In another bowl, add milk, egg and sriracha or hot sauce, whisk together.
- In the last bowl, add corn flour and panko or gluten free bread crumbs.
- Dip tomato slices into flour mixture, followed by egg mixture then into panko and corn flour mixture, It’s okay if it doesn’t stick to all sides/skin sides of tomatoes.
- Finish breading all tomatoes and lay flat on a piece of parchment paper or a dish.
- In a large frying pan, add enough oil to fill about 1/3 to 1/2 inch deep, we are shallow frying these not deep frying so there is no need to fill the pan too full.
- Heat oil until a little test piece of corn flour brings up bubbles or when it’s around 350 F. to 375 F., if you don’t have a thermometer you can also place a kernel of popcorn in the oil and when it pops it’s ready, reduce heat of it starts smoking and remove from heat before adding tomato slices.
- Add tomato slices and cook until it’s golden brown on the one side then flip over and finish cooking the other side until it looks the same.
- To make the sauce, add all ingredients and whisk together.
- Enjoy!
- To make in an air fryer: Follow steps 1- 7 then, use a perforated air fryer liner or parchment paper with holes in it, this is optional and not necessary. However, it will help the batter from falling through the little holes or getting caught when you remove the tomato slices. Spray each side of the tomato with a little oil and place in air frying basket so they are not touching each other. Cook on 375 F. for 6 minutes then carefully flip over tomatoes and cook another 7-9 minutes or until they are golden brown.