Recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes

If frost is forecast and you still have green tomatoes on the vine, you might like to try this Southern recipe.

Fried Green Tomatoes

1 egg

1 Tablespoon milk

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/3 cup yellow cornmeal

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

3 firm green or underripe tomatoes (1 1/2 pounds)

vegetable oil for frying

Beat egg and milk in bowl. Combine flour, cornmeal, salt, paprika, cayenne and black pepper on waxed paper.

Core tomatoes; cut thin slice from top and bottom of tomatoes. Cut each tomato crosswise into 4 slices. Dip tomato slices first in egg, then in cornmeal mixture to coat.

Heat 1/4 inch of oil in large nonstick skillet until hot. In batches, brown tomatoes on both sides, turning once, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove with slotted spatula to paper toweling to drain. Serve immediately. 6 servings.

Nutritional value per serving:

202 calories, 3 g. protein, 15 g. fat, 15 g. carbohydrates, 375 mg. sodium, 36 mg. cholesterol.

Exchanges: 2/3 startch/bread,

1/8 meat, 3/5 vegetable, 2 3/4 fat