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Рецепт Fried Green Tomatoes with Crabmeat and Chipotle Tartar Sauce
by Bill Harris

It’s been fun watching everyday food that I grew up with become chic over the last several years. Southern food has become mainstream in restaurants across the country where top chefs have given traditional southern fare a fresh makeover.

When I was growing up in Mississippi, my grandfather tended a large garden during the summer months and every morning he dropped off a basket of whatever was ripe for picking. Fried green tomatoes made it to our dinner table on a regular basis during growing season. My mom simply dipped them in cornmeal and fried them in vegetable oil. Those no-frills tomatoes usually shared the table with fried okra and other traditional southern vegetables.

For this post, I wanted to try a slightly updated version of fried green tomatoes from those of my childhood. I introduced a layer of goat cheese under the breading which adds a slightly creamy and tart element to the tomatoes. Traditional fried green tomatoes are breaded with corn meal, but I wanted more of a crunchy texture so I opted for panko bread crumbs. I finished the tomatoes with a chipotle tartar sauce and fresh lump crabmeat. The combination resulted in a delicious twist on an old southern classic.

If you’re preparing these tomatoes as an appetizer for a dinner party, make the sauce hours ahead of time and store in the refrigerator. Bread the tomatoes an hour or so before frying. I kept them on a baking rack until I was ready to cook them.

Local tomatoes are almost in season, so give this recipe a try and let me know what you think.

Fried Green Tomatoes with Crabmeat and Chipotle Tartar Sauce

Ingredients

For the tartar sauce:

For the tartar sauce:

In the bowl of a food processor, pulse mayonnaise and chipotle peppers until well combined. Transfer to a bowl and mix with pickles, scallions, Worcestershire, lemon juice, Old Bay, anchovy paste, and mustard. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

For the tomatoes:

1. Place flour and bread crumb in two shallow dishes. Create an assembly line with the flour, egg, and bread crumbs. Mix salt and pepper into bread crumbs.

2. Spread a thin layer of goat cheese on each tomato slice. Toss a tomato slice in flour, dip in egg, and coat with bread crumbs. Place on a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tomato slices.

3. Place 1/2 inch of oil in a large heavy skillet. Heat oil to 350 degrees. Drop tomato slices in oil in batches and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Do not overcrowd skillet. Remove and drain on paper towel Repeat with remaining tomatoes.

4. Top each tomato slice with a dollop of tartar sauce and crabmeat. Garnish with a parsley leaf. Serve immediately. 2.2

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I grew up in small town Mississippi eating traditional southern fare.A lifelong foodie, I started cooking and experimenting with food at a very young age. I started Southern Boy Dishes as a creative outlet and a way to share my love of food.

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