Barb’s Fried Green Tomatoes with Zesty Sauce

Description

An awesome recipe for southern fried green tomatoes.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup potato flakes
  • 36 thin wheat crackers (such as Wheat Thins®)
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup butter-flavored granules (such as Butter Buds®)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ cup butter flavored shortening (such as Crisco®)
  • 5 green tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • ¼ cup buttermilk ranch dressing
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank’s RedHot®)

Instructions

  1. Place potato flakes
  2. wheat crackers
  3. flour
  4. butter-flavored granules
  5. salt
  6. and pepper into a food processor. Pulse until the crackers are finely crushed
  7. then transfer mixture to a bowl.
  8. Melt the butter flavored shortening in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip the tomato slices one at a time into the eggs
  9. then the cracker mixture. Pan fry the tomatoes in the shortening until golden brown on both sides
  10. 7 to 10 minutes.
  11. Mix the ranch dressing
  12. sour cream
  13. and hot pepper sauce in a bowl. Serve the fried tomatoes with topped with the sauce.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Servings: 8

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