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Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes

July 17, 2017

Fried green tomatoes are Southern food at its best, but oven-fried green tomatoes take the messy, popping oil factor out of the equation! (Scroll down for video!)

an overhead photo of a basket of oven-fried green tomatoes with a bowl of Alabama white sauce

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Fried Green Tomato Obsessed

Regular readers of my blog are fully aware of my undying love for fried pickles and fried green tomatoes. I can resist neither when I encounter them on a restaurant menu, unless they’re both there, at which point I have to make a choice. It’s never an easy choice but it usually comes down to (a) mood; (b) prices; and (c) dipping sauces. Both have been featured here, most recently oven-fried pickles…swoon.

Oven-Fried is Better!

And since I mentioned it, you may have noticed that I do an awful lot of oven-frying around here. I already have a pan-fried green tomatoes recipe, but let’s be honest…on a weeknight, who really wants to fool with a big pan of popping hot oil? If I’m really speaking the truth, I don’t want to deal with it ever. Usually I just let other people (i.e. restaurants) do the frying for me.
a photo of slices of green tomato on a cutting board

Where to Find Green Tomatoes

Green tomatoes are plentiful right now if you know where to find them. Some grocery stores have them but often by the time you get to them, they’re already striped pink. My produce stand keeps them in the refrigerator, delaying the ripening process and keeping them green, so that’s where I usually get them. Right now I have a bunch of green tomatoes on a vine in my front yard, but they’re all so tiny that they’re going to be better for eating ripe than for frying.
a close-up picture of a basket of oven-fried green tomatoes with a bowl of Alabama white sauce

Fried Green Tomato Success!

These tomatoes here were given to me by my pal Becky from A Calculated Whisk (I call her Blogger Becky so my husband knows that I am talking about her and not my other friend, OT Becki). Truth time again: we took these pictures in November, when she got a few green tomatoes from the end of the tomato crop at her CSA, Big Sycamore Farm (that’s her hand dipping that tomato!). Becky had never had fried green tomatoes or Alabama white BBQ sauce, so we sliced these up and made some quick oven-fried green tomatoes with some white BBQ sauce for dipping. I think that she was sold, and I doubt that I’ll ever actually fry green tomatoes again.

Just FYI, oven-fried green tomatoes are pretty flipping tasty on fried green tomatoes po’boys. You can take my word for it or you can give it a try for yourself.

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a photo of a hand dipping an oven-fried green tomato into a bowl of Alabama white sauce
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Yield: 8-10 slices

Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes

15 minPrep Time:

20 minCook Time:

35 minTotal Time:

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup cornmeal (not self-rising cornbread mix)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 large green tomatoes - cut into 1/4 inch slices
  • Alabama White BBQ Sauce , Remoulade Sauce , or [ranch dressinghttps://chattavore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pantry-ranch-dressing.pdf], for dipping

Instructions

  1. Preheat a baking sheet or stoneware pan in the oven at 450 degrees. Set a wire cooling rack over another baking sheet.
  2. Set up a breading station with the 1/2 cup flour in one bowl, the egg and buttermilk beaten together in another, and the cornmeal combined with the salt, pepper, and cayenne in a third.
  3. Dip each tomato slice into the flour, egg mixture, and the cornmeal to coat completely. Set on the wire rack as you finish each.
  4. When all of the tomato slices have been coated, remove the preheated pan from the oven and spray generously with olive oil spray or cooking spray. Place the tomatoes on the pan and spray the tops with oil spray or cooking spray. Bake for ten minutes. Flip, respray the tops, and bake for another 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.
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Comments

  1. brandidcrawfordgmailcom says

    July 17, 2017 at 8:56 pm

    I love fried green tomatoes. I love that you baked them! That means I can eat a lot more!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 17, 2017 at 9:44 pm

      Right??? And they're SO much easier this way!
      Reply
  2. teri stephens says

    July 17, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    Thank you so much for this recipe. I've been looking for the perfect way to bake my green tomatoes, and I will give this a try.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 17, 2017 at 9:44 pm

      I hope you love them, Teri!
      Reply
  3. Lisa Bryan | Downshiftology says

    July 17, 2017 at 9:49 pm

    Love this healthier take on fried green tomatoes. I'm like you and all for no oil splatters and mess!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 17, 2017 at 9:59 pm

      Thank you! Yes, frying makes me nuts!
      Reply
  4. Debra C. says

    July 17, 2017 at 10:00 pm

    Oh my goodness those green tomatoes look delish! I love that they are baked and not fried - YUM!!!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 18, 2017 at 8:08 am

      Thanks, Debra! They're SO much easier this way!
      Reply
  5. Manju Mahadevan says

    July 18, 2017 at 12:10 am

    Fried green tomatoes are an absolute favorite of mine! I havent mad eany myself yet. This recipe looks good, I might try it out! :)
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 18, 2017 at 8:07 am

      Thank you, Manju! Let me know if you try it!
      Reply
  6. Melissa says

    July 18, 2017 at 3:53 am

    These look great, Mary. I have some green tomatoes on the counter. What a great idea!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 18, 2017 at 8:07 am

      I hope you'll try it! Let me know what you think if you do!
      Reply

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