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Fried Green Tomato BLT


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  • Author: Valerie Harrison
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

Description

Before the first frost I was happy to recreate a twist on a standard bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich with savoury fried green tomatoes, peppery arugula,and salty bacon all balanced with a creamy basil mayonnaise.


Ingredients

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Sweet Basil Mayonnaise:

  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Sandwich:

  • 16 (1/8-inch thick) slices bacon
  • 8 slices country sandwich bread
  • 1 cup loosely packed arugula
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Fried Green Tomatoes from Simply Recipes

  • 3 medium, firm green tomatoes
  • Salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (optional)
  • 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup peanut oil or other vegetable oil

Instructions

For the mayo

  1. In a food processor, puree the basil, mayonnaise, lemon juice and mustard. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

For the sandwich

  1. Place the bacon slices in a large nonstick saute pan set over medium heat and saute on both sides until crispy, about 3 minutes per side. Set aside on a paper towel-lined plate until ready to assemble the sandwich.

Fried Green Tomateoes

  1. Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Sprinkle slices with salt. Let tomato slices stand for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, place in separate shallow bowls: the flour and Cajun seasoning (if using), buttermilk and egg, and bread crumbs and cornmeal.
  2. Heat the peanut oil in a skillet on medium heat. Beat the egg and the buttermilk together. Dip tomato slices in the flour-seasoning mix, then buttermilk-egg mixture, then the cornmeal-bread crumb mix. In the skillet, fry half of the coated tomato slices at a time, for 3-5 minutes on each side or until brown. Set the cooked tomatoes on paper towels to drain.

To assemble the sandwich

  1. Slather each slice of bread with a generous amount of the basil mayo. Top 4 of the bread slices with 4 pieces of crispy bacon, 2 fried green tomatoes and top with arugula. Finish by topping the sandwich off with the other slice of bread.
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
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