![]() ![]() 3 cups peanut or canola oil (or just enough to fill 1/3 inch deep in the skillet).I always eat my fried green tomatoes with ranch dressing – if you are ambitious then homemade ranch is definitely worth the extra effort.įried Green Tomatoes adapted from The Lee Bros. Basically, you need to talk to a local tomato grower or grow your own. I wish I had known this earlier! They also have a section on how to source green tomatoes, since they rarely make it to the market. Since the Lee Bros have spent a lot of time in New York where green tomatoes are about as popular as they are in in Australia, they include instructions on how to turn firm unripe tomatoes into the tangy taste of green tomatoes – just slice, sprinkle with a little salt and lemon juice before dredging. Definitely pick up a copy if you are interested in Southern American cooking. At first, I was skeptical about two yankee transplants’ ability to write a cookbook on Southern food but they’ve done their research and it’s an incredible book that includes some good stories behind the recipes. When it came to treating these green tomatoes with the respect they deserved I turned to my Southern Cooking bible – The Lee Bros. ![]() It didn’t take long before I had those beauties coated in dredge and sizzling in oil in my trusty cast iron skillet. Luckily, my search efforts were rewarded with a few green tomatoes at the market this weekend that were hiding in a box full of hundreds of tomatoes. Living in Australia during the holiday season makes me crave Southern food from home since it’s summer and doesn’t really feel like Christmas. ![]()
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