Recipe - Fried Green Tomatoes - Southern Living

4 lg Green tomatoes; cut into
1/4inchthick slices
One fourth cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
3 tablespoon Bacon drippings
6 tablespoon Vegetable oil

Recipe by: Southern Living Magazine

Layer green tomato slices in a small, deep dish, sprinkling each layer with
sugar; let stand 1 hour. Drain, reserving sugar liquid. Combine allpurpose
flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish; dredge tomato slices in mixture.

Heat 1 tablespoon bacon drippings and 2 tablespoons oil in a large
castiron skillet over mediumhigh heat until hot; add about onethird of
tomato slices. Cook 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Drain on
paper towels. Repeat procedure twice with remaining tomato slices, bacon
drippings, and oil. Drain off pan drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon in
skillet. Stir reserved sugar liquid until sugar dissolves. Add to reserved
drippings in skillet; bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook, stirring
constantly, 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Drizzle over fried
tomatoes; serve immediately.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Formatted for you by: Bill Webster
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #784 by Bill thelma@pipeline.com on Sep 16,
1997