{"id":12492,"date":"2016-06-29T17:49:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2021-07-04T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T23:39:07","slug":"fried-green-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/fried-green-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Green Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fried-green.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright aiif12542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fried-green.jpg\" alt=\"fried-green\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\"><\/a><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 to 6 medium sized green tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp black peppercorns<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp cayenne pepper<\/li>\n<li>3 garlic cloves &#8211; or garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 grated onion<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C corn meal<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL corn starch<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp sugar<\/li>\n<li>bacon grease or vegetable oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix salt, sugar and both peppers<\/li>\n<li>Slice the tomatoes into 1\/2-inch slices, discarding ends.<\/li>\n<li>Soak slices in buttermilk overnight &#8211; with peppercorns, grated onion, cayenne, and garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with salt mixture to taste, then set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Put corn meal into shallow dish and combine with corn starch<\/li>\n<li>Whisk egg and buttermilk together &#8211; put into shallow dish<\/li>\n<li>Prepare 1\/2 inch hot oil in a cast iron skillet &#8211; Bring to 375\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>Dip in the flour, then egg, then the flour again<\/li>\n<li>Let rest for 20 minutes in fridge before frying<\/li>\n<li>Fry in hot grease (or canola oil) or oil 2-3 minutes or until golden on bottom.<br \/>\nDo not overcrowd fry pan or they will become mushy<\/li>\n<li>Gently turn and fry the other side.<\/li>\n<li>Done when they are browned on both sides &#8211; approx 2-3 minutes per side<\/li>\n<li>Drain them on paper towels.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with salt while they are still hot<\/li>\n<li>Serve as a side dish &#8211; delicious with breakfast!<\/li>\n<li>Frequently served with BBQ sauce or lemon aioli<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS 4 to 6 medium sized green tomatoes 1 egg 1\/4 C buttermilk 1\/2 tsp black peppercorns 1\/2 tsp cayenne pepper 3 garlic cloves &#8211; or garlic powder 1\/4 grated onion 1\/4 C corn meal 2 TBL corn starch 1 tsp salt 2 tsp sugar bacon grease or vegetable oil STEP BY STEP Mix salt, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/fried-green-tomatoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fried Green Tomatoes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-appetizers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12492"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21905,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions\/21905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}