How do you fry green tomatoes without breading?

7 responses so far ↓

• 1 Silver // Aug 9, 2008

  without the breading there really isn’t any reason to fry them. If you just use a light breadcrumb coat with no liquid added it will add the nice crisp texture and flavor that you get from frying without soaking up too much oil and being too terribly unhealthy (if that’s what your concern here is).

• 2 tangerinebean // Aug 9, 2008

  If you fry them without breading, they will not get that nice crisp on the outside. They will end up with the skin a little burnt, almost like roasted red peppers, and will end up more on the way toward being a tomato sauce than actually fried.

  Instead of doing a full-on breading, try dusting them with a little flour or even cornstarch and frying them quickly. I would use olive, peanut, or canola oil for this. The sesame oil will add too much of its own flavor.

• 3 Neal R // Aug 9, 2008

  Tomatoes (green or otherwise) tend to break down and become soupy when the are cooked. When you could with moist heat its reall a saute. In order to fry them you need to coat them with something that will crisp up and hold the tomato together. If you just don’t like breading try one of these: tempura batter, fried chicken seasoning like Dixie Fry or shake and bake. I like to bread vegetables and fish with oatmeal in the Scots tradition. You could also bread with hash brown potatoes. You still need to use fflour and egg wash or buttermilk.

• 4 Chetak. // Aug 9, 2008

  I would fry them the same way as you fry red tomatoes, slice them and put them in the hot oil, turning a couple of times.

• 5 emariekil // Aug 9, 2008

  We use regualr vegetable oil when we do it. We cut the slices about quarter inch and coat with flour. It gives them a crunchy outside but doesn’t take away from the flavor of the tomatoes. Let them fry to a light brown color and salt to taste.

• 6 Nathalie K // Aug 9, 2008

  season the tomatoes with salt and pepper .heat 2 tablespoons oil over med high heat.brown on both sides..

• 7 Cookin180 // Aug 9, 2008

  I would stay away from the sesame oil.
  Its flavor is very strong, and would mess with the tomatoes. Go for the vegetable or peanut oil. Very light, neutral, and high smoke point.

  And I would stick with the breading. It just tastes good. Nice and crispy texture, too.
  But if you really don’t want it, then theres no problem just frying them.