Barb's Fried Green Tomatoes with Zesty Sauce recipe

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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®)

Nutrition Info

311.2 calories
carbohydrate: 21.4 g
cholesterol: 76.7 mg
fat: 23.4 g
fiber: 2.1 g
protein: 5.2 g
saturatedFat: 6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 585.1 mg
sugar: 3.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place potato flakes, wheat crackers, flour, butter-flavored granules, salt, and pepper into a food processor. Pulse until the crackers are finely crushed, then transfer mixture to a bowl.

  2. Melt the butter flavored shortening in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip the tomato slices one at a time into the eggs, then the cracker mixture. Pan fry the tomatoes in the shortening until golden brown on both sides, 7 to 10 minutes.

  3. Mix the ranch dressing, sour cream, and hot pepper sauce in a bowl. Serve the fried tomatoes with topped with the sauce.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

An awesome recipe for southern fried green tomatoes.

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