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Fried Green Tomato BLT
Created by Chef Dean
A tangy, crunchy reinvention of the American diner classic, where cornmeal-crusted green tomatoes replace their ripe cousins, layered with shatteringly crisp bacon, cool lettuce, and a peppery herb mayo on bread toasted golden and honest.
The BLT is democracy on a plate. Three ingredients plus bread, each earning its place through honest flavor. But somewhere in the rural South, a cook looked at the unripe tomatoes hanging heavy on late-summer vines and had an idea that changed everything.
Fried green tomatoes bring what red tomatoes cannot: a tart brightness that cuts through the bacon's richness, a cornmeal crust that shatters against your teeth, and a texture that holds its own against the bread. This isn't a substitution. It's an improvement.
I've served this sandwich at gatherings where it disappeared before people found their seats. The trick is timing. Your tomatoes must come out of the oil within minutes of assembly. Your bacon should be resting on paper towels while you fry. Your bread wants to be warm, not cold. Everything converges in one glorious moment, and then you eat.
Ingredients
green tomatoes
Quantity
3 large
firm and unblemished
buttermilk
Quantity
1 cup
all-purpose flour
Quantity
1 cup
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| green tomatoesfirm and unblemished | 3 large |
| buttermilk | 1 cup |
| all-purpose flour | 1 cup |
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