Old Fashioned Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe - Mama's Southern Cooking - How to Cook Tutorial

This step-by-step tutorial teaches how to cook Mama's Southern-style Old Fashioned Fried Green Tomatoes.
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Fried Green Tomatoes (Vol. 2 Cookbook)
2-3 YELLOW/GREEN TOMATOES
1 CUP WHOLE BUTTERMILK
Choose Flour or Cornmeal Batter:
Flour Batter:
2/3 CUP SELF-RISING FLOUR
3/4 TSP. PEPPER
1 1 /2 TSP SALT
Cornmeal Batter:
1/8 CUP SELF-RISING FLOUR
1/2 CUP CORNMEAL SELF RISING MIX
3/4 TSP. PEPPER 1 1/2 TSP. SALT
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[@PepperplacewithShawna]

My mom made fried green tomatoes all summer long. She just used cornmeal. No buttermilk in hers. I do mine by soaking in buttermilk, dip in flour, and go back to buttermilk and then dip in cornmeal. So yummy.

[@kristinakellogg1732]

Sounds so delicious 😋

[@lildebra7941]

That’s all my family did was wet the sliced tomatoes with water and then cornmeal salt and pepper.

[@user-nh1bn1ez9k]

Give me a big plate, love fried green tomatoes.😋

[@lavonnalavender9574]

Green tomatoes fried in Italian bread crumbs are also great. Also a fried green tomato, bacon, and lettuce sandwich with mayo. Yum

[@melissamccool8953]

This sandwich really sounds good.

[@janbond8460]

Indiana here. I bought your cookbook stand, but I put my Bible on it with the stand on my lap. Works great! ❤

[@jw77019]

We used to have fried chicken, fried okra and fried tomatoes with fried cornbread and it worked.

[@thomasoxley5527]

I am also from Georgia and my mother use to make them this way I love mine with country style ribs and biscuits

[@macy3578]

Hey,grew up having fried green tomato's.I just fixed my daughters favorite meal this past week. I fix mine with buttermilk, and I combine flour and cornmeal, we had fresh corn,green beans,macaroni salad and cornbread.❤

[@susanlogan3426]

When I was a waitress at Ryan's family steakhouse we would pass out food items that the cooks made that the business was trying to test and see how well people liked it. I remember passing out fried green tomatoes and they of course were a huge hit and we ended up adding them to our buffet bar menu on Sundays

[@DandyLioness83]

Oh my goodness how I miss Ryan's! That was some good eating!

[@lanebashford3982]

I really miss Ryan's. Ours shut down years ago and they had such good food.

[@sheilabundren2037]

My mom and dad always used cornmeal on green tomatoes and fried okra. I love both. We always had pinto beans, fried potatoes, cornbread with green beans and fried corn. Tennessee

[@lildebra7941]

Yep that’s what my family did

[@tonyathompson3228]

We make our fried green tomatoes i dice my green tomatoes and put butter molk on them n self rising flour n fry them in skillet n they are delicious 😊i am from Kentucky

[@nitat4601]

My mom & dad made great fried green 🍏 using yellow corn meal mixed with a touch of flour (they were southerners) cooked in canned Crisco. I'm a northerner in Michigan & make mine as they did. We eat our's with fried chicken, greens, & cornbread 😊 I make mine like they did & my family enjoys them as much as I do 💚

[@timhouston2408]

Bacon grease and it would been much better,, but ain't no bad fried green tomatoes

[@jennymoore7623]

Me, too !! That's, the way my granny made them. If, it was good enough for granny is is good enough for me !!! MY, granny passed and a big piece of my heart went with her !!

[@texasgirl907]

Fried green tomatoes is good with just about anything. Especially fresh vegetables. About 35 years ago I had a huge tomato patch in my garden. A neighbor came by and asked if I ever Fried the green ones. At that time I had never heard of them. I tried them and was a huge fan at first bite.

[@DandyLioness83]

We love our fried green tomatoes with any veggies, but especially with field peas and collard greens.

[@TeressaJ1960]

Oh, man, my mouth is watering! My granny taught my mama and mama taught me how to make fried green tomatoes. We usually had them with a pot of pinto beans, fried potatoes, salt pork, and biscuits. We make them by cutting them real thin and dipping them in flour seasoned with salt and lots of black pepper, like Tammy did but without the butter milk. Nowadays it's only me who will eat them so I just fry one when I can get ahold of one and eat it with some beans and hot pepper kraut. They're so good!!

[@Es_Elle]

I do fried red tomatoes. I like the touch of sweetness that the red ones give!

[@jennifermurphy4925]

Dayton Ohio here ! Thank you! I know how to make fried green tomatoes, but, didn't know about the buttermilk, I just bought buttermilk today for cornbread and I'm sure going to try it for fried green tomatoes.

[@thrifting_in_the_ozarks3887]

Mom used a mixture of flour and corn meal mix. Which she also used on okra and squash

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Sounds great!

[@joannixon2845]

My mother made fried green tomatoes, country ham, fried eggs, toast, and most important Louisiana hot sauce. Much love from Nashville Tn.❤

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Sounds great!

[@marciaprewitt1836]

This was great, fried green tomorrow was a staple for supper ! This brought back beautiful memories

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@janetpayne6686]

Green tomatoes with a touch of pink make the best fried green tomatoes. So much flavor

[@lorelireynolds3541]

Here in central Alabama, we love fried green tomatoes anytime!

[@kathyhanks2750]

Grew up eating fried green tomatoes and fried pumpkin blossoms. My grandma and mom soaked the green tomatoes in salt water. Mom always used a cracker breading recipe she came up with, laid them out to dry a bit on wax paper then stacked them up with the wax paper in between and frozen them. They tasted fresh out of the garden in the winter

[@karenzurek9141]

I agree, I prefer green tomatoes that have a little pink on it. The totally green ones are too tart/sour. Also add some Cajun seasoning to the tomato before breading them.

[@lisabyrd6437]

I live in Eastern NC and a local restaurant serves fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. They top them with their homemade pimento cheese and crumbles of real bacon they fry up. They are amazing. I always thought I hated them until I tried these when out with my coworkers celebrating a birthday and didn't want to be rude when I was offered one.

[@andrear596]

The air fryer makes the best fried green tomatoes. I prep them and coat. Then I freeze them between wax paper and just throw them in air fryer, spray with oil and cook. Awesome!

[@jennyturnmire7266]

Being from Minnesota I didn't have fried green tomatoes until I visited Charleston, South Carolina. I've had them at Magnolias in Charleston and Blueberry Grill in North Myrtle Beach and they are delicious. I can't wait to try your recipe. Thank you!

[@sarahgriffith8790]

I could eat "fried green tomatoes" like eating popcorn, as a snack, or as a side dish, Tn. girl here, born and raised I love all "southern" dishes ❤️

[@eileenriker2262]

I live in florida. my mom made fried green tomatoes with flour and so do I, love them.

[@user-ud7fc9xj9m]

I. Would have fried green tomatoes, boiled summer crock near squash, and fresh slice cucumbers with homemade biscuits 😋. From north central Texas, ya'll.

[@dariusmagby31]

Cornmeal and flour. Marinated and soaked in buttermilk. Could never do just cornmeal. So many restaurants are messing it up. Glad I had the original to go off of not the new "cornmeal or breadcrumbs". And some hot sauce. Real southern thangs yum yum

[@sallywasagoodolgal]

We've always had fried green tomatoes. Me, Mom, Grandma, everybody. Later at the end of tomato season we all made chow-chow from the tomatoes still on the vine when the frost got 'em. (Waste not, want not was branded on our backside in my family.) I'd like yellow squash and pickled onions and cucumbers, and maybe Swiss steak.

[@monadavis2617]

Fried green tomatoes would be good with my mouth! 😂

[@charo19581]

I'm from Mobile, Alabama. I was raised on country cooking

[@iamwhoiamd7056]

A juicy onion burger with fried green tomato on top with carmalized red onion.

[@sherryhudson9075]

I love fried green tomatoes. I use a cornmeal/flour mixture for mine ❤️. Texan here🤠

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Sounds great!

[@nancybarnett2832]

I have never seen green tomatoes at the store or at the farmers market. Brenda Gantt says to cut the tomatoes into bite size pieces then fry them. She said you can get more in the pan that way. We are in Iowa.

[@triciadowns8340]

I just watched that video this morning! Love her!

[@nancybarnett2832]

@@triciadowns8340 me too, she is so sweet.

[@grammyb3548]

Brown beans, cornbread, fried taters....that's all I need with these 😋💜

[@davidvinson4681]

Finger licking good ,made with love,not many women left like you, I love how you make your man feel good.

[@claudetteatcheson6806]

Yes I have cooked green tomatoes. I love them. I like flour better and I do use White Lily. I live in Knoxville, Georgia now. Claudette

[@beverlyoliver9934]

I would have Pork Roast or Pork Chops with Corn on the cobbler and Fried Green Tomatoes here in Dallas Yum!

[@earlenem5745]

I used to live in Georgia right down the street where they made the movie fried Green tomatoes ..went down there and shop around cuz now you can shop or at least back in the day.. and I bought me some fried green tomatoes earrings. I do live in Texas I cannot find no green tomatoes nowhere in my of Big d I do love fried green tomatoes yummy yummy wish I had some😊😊😊😊

[@johnsinclair3067]

A big thick pork chop to go with them fried green tomatoes (Kentucky)

[@sgalla1328]

I make my fried green tomatoes with two tablespoons of oil and a 1/2 stick of butter per pan load. I put the tomatoes on white bread. Sunbeam was the bread i grew up on but i cant find it anymore.. Mmmm mmm.

[@rhondarenard2129]

Yes my mother made them and we loved it she use self rising flow or some all purpose when she didn't have any thing else. And corn meal too

[@marshaschmidt690]

I always just use plain flour. Just like my mom, grandma and great grandma did. Eat them on bread with a little salt. Yummmy! Just had some last week while camping.😊

[@stacydavis3317]

Here in Deep South Mississippi restaurants serve them with homemade comeback sauce

[@litaheffley6990]

Bring s back great memories thanks Tammy and Chris

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@llm4132]

My mom would mix flour with cornmeal. I do it the same way, but hers were so much better.

[@tammyslash7251]

Love seeing you all together ❤️. Give him a bite😂

[@403MOBTV]

Fried Green Tomato BLT and Fried Green Tomato Sausage Biscuits also Fried Green Tomato Burgers are our favorites Raised in Kentucky mountains now live in Lincolnton NC

[@debbiealtman5373]

Never had fried green tomatoes. When you’ve been cooking for x amount of years you basically know how much is 1/2 cup. You can eyeball it for some things. That looks delicious.

[@harrietlivengood6793]

Love fried green tomatoes! That made me want to make some. I’d have fried green tomatoes, fried okra, fried squash and fried potatoes, pork chops and cornbread with a slice of vidallia onion. 😋

[@coleensouthern1926]

My granny used to make pickled green tomatoes and onions. Her and I were the only ones that ate them.

[@yvettemonique4330]

In Germany I've had to grow the tomatoes in our house with artificial lighting because of the climate differences. You have shown me how easy these are to prepare. I was preparing the tomatoes with egg wash then dip into a flour mixture seasoned with sal and Herbs de Provence but every time the Herbs would burn and ruin my oil. Thank you .

[@marilyn4318]

My mother would make fried green tomatoes a lot she would cut them in smaller pieces and fry them in with okra she loved that along with cream style white corn and biscuits she used flour for the green tomatoes but she always used corn meal for okra and squash. I have never made any myself but I will try making some

[@pattipair2863]

Milton, GA- just ordered my cookbook! We use cornmeal for a thinner crust but will eat floured too 😊

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Sounds great!

[@TRIOMOMC]

My mama made fried okra and cubed up green tomatoes and fried them together. She used a mixture of cornmeal and flour. I made this in memory of her a few weeks back. So good. Not quite like hers but still good. Alabama

[@brendaaustin9366]

When my family eats it is a fresh vegetable meal. Tomatoes, corn, fried zucchini, cucumbers, bacon, toast. Yummy 😋

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Sounds great!

[@mommacheryl]

My husband loves fried green tomatoes, I am definitely going to get some buttermilk. Also, thank you so much for sharing the Bible. Your beliefs, and always being so positive.

[@newtondak]

Salt your tomato slices and let them sit a few minutes to release some of the moisture before breading and they'll fry up crisper.

[@garylaney1333]

My mamma always fried in a cast iron skillet, sure miss the flavor.

[@jeffthompson2376]

Tell Chris to give a glimpse of Greg's house.

[@judithbullard6676]

Oh, I have to try these. I really enjoy your videos. You explain things so well and your sayings sometimes crack me up. "Simple dimlpe" You never get flustered if things aren't exactly how they should be, you just work with it. You make cooking fun!

[@auntgeriskitchen8238]

I actually like fried green tomatoes for breakfast with over easy eggs!!! I'm originally from Maryland but live in South Carolina. ❤

[@debbieschultz106]

My family they just used egg wash and flour with salt and pepper. Mom always fried everything with crisco shortening. I like it the best. But this is interesting. I may try it.

[@hermalisa]

I just roll mine in flour, fry and sprinkle sugar on them....like my momma did

[@emmachruscinski8454]

My grandma and mama made them with buttermilk and would most of the time make them in cornmeal. I love to make them and have some greens , a mess of fried fish, and grits. ❤❤❤ Originally from Apalachicola Florida on the river.

[@susangolden9963]

It is November, and i just got some very green tomatoes from a friends garden...

[@valgarvin6026]

I love fried green tomatoes! I love tomatoes. And I would rather have the tomatoes pink too.

[@nancyleitner6396]

I make mine with corn meal, flour and parmesan cheese. So good.

[@melissamccool8953]

My grandmother and mama has fried green tomatoes. I have also and I use White Lily flour. I like the flour best.

[@sharonpothast6350]

I’m from Iowa. We’ve never had fried tomatoes. I’m going to try them.

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

Hey, Tammy and Chris 💗💚. Love this video! I always use a mixture of White Lily self-rising flour and corn meal cause I just love the flavor of the corn meal ❤. Fried okra is my very favorite! I don’t use buttermilk cause I don’t buy it 😂. Gotta have my pintos, fried potatoes, sliced cucumbers, fresh banana peppers, green onions, ripe tomatoes and corn bread ❤. East Tennessee ❤

[@Casper7762]

Fried tomatoes, Southern Green Beans, Carrots, with BBQ’d Chicken (on the charcoal grill), and some Steamed Shrimp.

[@vickeybenshoof]

I’m from Iowa and I love fried green tomatoes. I would eat baked beans with mine

[@toniakers8204]

One of my summer favorites. My mom made them when I was growing up. She would let me have the first one that was ready to eat.

[@angiehunt8057]

I like Aldi's buttermilk , it is always thick ! 😊

[@CollardValleyCooks]

It's so good!

[@migo308]

Mama made it with egg and cornmeal. Never had it in buttermilk flour before

[@joycebryant3261]

Looks so good!❤

[@GlendaNorris-qx3in]

I too prefer a tomato that is turning just a speck. Have yall ever made a fried green tom, BLT? AWESOME!!!!

[@lynanneconnors2688]

I’d like a New York strip loin on a large slice of garlic bread with fried green tomatoes as my side. They look so delicious Tammy!

[@pegsmith1110]

Growing up in the Midwest (Nebraska) we didn't hear about fried green tomatoes. When I moved to E. Kentucky I certainly heard about them and ate them alot. I loved them! I've only eaten them with corn meal.

[@user-xn9cg8kx9d]

Yes my Momma made hers like this and so do I. We. always used self rising flour…

[@MrTonyharrell]

I use a mandolin to get safe consistent slices.

[@elizabethneville3086]

My Grammy always fried ripe tomatoes (with flour), so we do too! 😋😋😋

[@beckyvasquez8930]

My momma and grandma made them. Today I am making fried green tomatoes.

[@user-hc9oe3hh7g]

My mother used flower also with oil/butter and when she took them out she sprinkle a little sugar on one side, so delivious

[@Chellem13]

My mom and I both made fried green tomatoes. We like using the Whistle Stop batter mix. I grew up in N Florida and now live in AL.

[@betsyhurlebaus2580]

I always use corn meal also the White Lily brand!! Love them❤

[@vickiegandiello7393]

I made these tonight. I had never soaked them in buttermilk before. They turned out beautifully, and my husband loved them! I did, too! Thanks!

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Wonderful!

[@carolspencer9396]

Hi! My mother used to make these for my Dad. I always thought they were a little acidic (bit my toung?). My Mom and my Auntie used to can green tomatoe mince meat, in the fall. I absolutely love mince meat pie. Also, to break the seal on your jars, flip the jar upside down, firmly tap it on the counter top, flip it over and firmly tap the jar bottom, flip it back,wait a couple seconds and the lid should turn. Works for me every time. Love you ❤☕️👍

[@williamphillips6247]

Wow! Love Fried Green Tomatoes. My father loved to make them. ☺️

[@garygnagey3569]

Live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania but was raised with a southern Mama! You bet I am going out to check to see if my tomatoes are big enough to make these for lunch with leftover pinto beans and green beans, corn muffins,

[@Darkangel-83]

Fried green tomatoes are a big thing in my family & we fixed soup beans , cornbread , mustard greens and fried tomato's & fried potato's on sunday's from east tenn town called jonesborough tn

[@user-jz1tr6vs6e]

FROM MINESOTA. i LOVE FRIED GREEN TOMATOS. WHAT IS FRIED CORN??

[@brendamoore447]

My mama always used just cornmeal, salt and pepper. She used straight green tomatoes. She would slice them, dip in water, sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in cornmeal and fry. I don't care for the ones in flour. That's how most restaurants here, and Alabama cooks do them. In south Mississippi, where I grew up, it was always straight cornmeal.

[@brendamoore447]

And that's how she did her friend squash too. She sliced them length ways instead of round. My little sister thought they looked like "little fishies" and she would eat them if they were sliced that way. Lol

[@brendamoore447]

But of course, self rising cornmeal mix, had just a TAD of flour. You just can't really tell unless you read the label.

[@debbiewarner2789]

I have never had fried green tomato but they sure look very very good

[@lindahunley-ge6ml]

My Mom also used a beat up egg and dipped the green tomatoes into it before dipping into the flour and I always put Catsup on mine 😊❤

[@cyndyrn1]

My favorite vegetable/fruit fried with dill dressing on the side

[@phyllisfricks8698]

I live in eastern North Carolina, but grew in in Rome, Ga and I know where Collard Valley is.. lol

[@brucenome989]

🍽 i would love to have some of that. 😛