Fried Green Tomato BLT
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. Stir to combine.
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 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.