Fried green tomato pimento cheese BLT. Spread remaining bread slice with remaining half of Pimiento Cheese. Fried Green Tomato BLT with Pimento Cheese A Southern twist on a BLT swapping out the ripe red tomatoes for crispy fried green tomatoes and adding some tasty pimento cheese. Sorry about the lack of updates this past week; I had some computer problems which are hopefully resolved now!
Mix the masa harina, cornmeal and creole seasoning and place it in a wide and shallow dish.
Trust me, you are going to want to, but probably not the best of ideas.
Dredge the green tomato slices in the flour mix, then the egg wash, and then the flour mix again and set aside.
You can have Fried green tomato pimento cheese BLT using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fried green tomato pimento cheese BLT
- Prepare 1 of green tomato.
- You need 1 of panko bread cumbs.
- Prepare 1 of flour.
- You need 1 of egg.
- Prepare 1 of salt, pepper, garlic & onion powder.
- You need 1 of prepared pimento cheese.
- You need 1 of bacon.
- You need 1 of ciabatta roll.
Once the oil is at the correct temperature, slowly place the green tomato slices in. Place a Tablespoon of Palmetto Cheese on a slice of tomato, top cheese with another slice of tomato and slightly press together. Yield for this recipe will depend on how large your tomato is and how thinly you slice the tomatoes. Spread cut sides of each roll with pimiento cheese.
Fried green tomato pimento cheese BLT step by step
- Slice 1inch slices of green tomato season with salt,pepper, garlic & onion powder.
- Create a breading station: 1plate for flour, 1plate for panko & 1 bowl for egg wash.
- Season a plate of flour & a plate of panko bread crumbs the same way as the tomatoes. *tomatoes take a lot of seasoning.
- Make an egg wash w/ 1 egg splash of water or buttermilk season well.
- Dip the tomato slices in egg wash-flour-egg wash & then panko shaking off the extra with each step.
- Fry the breaded slices in a pan of shallow(just enough 2 cover bottom of pan well) cooking oil. After cooking drain on paper bag or paper towels.
- Crisp up your bacon in oven or microwave figuring about 4 slices per sandwich. After cooking drain on paper bags or towels.
- Slice open your ciabatta roll & lightly butter the outside then sprinkle lightly w/ garlic powder. Spread the pimento cheese on the interior. Put together then grill sandwich in a pan.
- After sandwich is browned on both sides & cheese is melted remove from pan. Open sandwich add a few fried tomato slices & your bacon then enjoy!.
Butter the outside side of each slice of bread, place one slice in a pan buttered side down, spread on half of the cheese, then top with the the fried green tomato slices and bacon followed by the remaining cheese and slice of bread, buttered side up. Some of you may already be familiar with this sandwich combination. In certain parts of the country, it's a huge hit and is becoming a staple on restaurant lunch menus. I can remember having my first taste at a cafe in Raleigh, NC. Spread a thin layer of pimento cheese on one side of each piece of bread.
