Fried Green Tomato BLT is a different twist on the traditional sandwich with a crispy Southern fried tomato on fresh ciabatta bread.
Fried Green Tomato BLT Sandwich
by Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Fried green tomato blt sandwiches is my recipe of the day as my blogging friends and I share recipes for various kinds of creative BLTs.
Perennial Favorite
One of everyone’s favorite sandwiches has got to be the BLT, stacked with crispy bacon, soft, tender baby lettuces and rich ripe summer tomatoes dripping with goodness on pieces of crisp toast.
But here is a Southern twist for you and one I am sure you will like.
Fried Green & Famous
A BLT on ciabatta bread with crispy fried green tomatoes. It is a real treat! Most people are familiar with fried green tomatoes, if only from the movie starring Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Louise Parker, based on the book by Fannie Flagg. But it only gets better from there, trust me!
The tomatoes are crisp themselves, so the bread doesn’t really need to be toasted, and the flavor is slightly zippy, as green tomatoes are. But if you have already eaten them, you already know that.
Corn Coating for Crispness
In my recipe I use masa harina as part of the coating, and I must insist on it if you want it to be good. It has a very fine texture, one that fits perfectly with the seasoned flour, so there isn’t any grit. And the coating sticks too. No worries there.
I hope you enjoy this one- doesn’t everybody love a good bacon sandwich? It can be one of our sinful pleasures.
Beyond Basic BLT Sandwiches
- Breakfast BLT Sandwich by Making Miracles
- Everything Bagel BLT Sandwich by Cookaholic Wife
- Fried Green Tomato BLT by Palatable Pastime (You are Here!)
- Grown Up BLT by That Recipe
- Lobster Roll BLT by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Ranch BLT Chaffle Sandwich by Big Bear’s Wife
- Salmon BLAT Lettuce Wrap by Art of Natural Living
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Fried Green Tomato BLT Sandwiches
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Ingredients
Fried Green Tomato Ingredients:
- 1 unripe green tomato cored and very thinly sliced (1/8 inch)
- 1-2 large eggs lightly beaten, whisked with 1-2 tbsp. water
- 1 cup seasoned flour
- 1 cup finely ground corn meal or masa harina
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cajun seasoning to taste
- Hot sauce
- Cooking oil
Sandwich Ingredients:
- 2 ciabatta rolls
- 6-8 slices bacon cooked crisp
- lettuce as needed
- mayonnaise as needed
Instructions
Fried Green Tomatoes:
- Place each of buttermilk, seasoned flour, beaten egg and masa/fine corn meal into four bowls.
- Heat 1-2 inches of oil in a large skillet to shallow fry the tomatoes.
- Coat tomatoes by first dipping in milk, then into seasoned flour, then into beaten egg, then finally into the corn meal.
- Fry coated tomato slices for 1-2 minutes per side, or until golden, and drain on paper toweling.
Sandwiches:
- Assemble sandwiches by slicing ciabatta rolls, spreading mayo on the bread and adding fried green tomatoes, lettuce leaves, and crisp sliced bacon.
Notes
This post has been updated from 06.23.14
