Fried Green Tomatoes, Tennessee Style

Since I'm from Tennessee and since I love green tomatoes that's how the recipe got it's name. If you want to change the amounts of the seasonings, go right ahead. When turning over, use a pancake turner so coating won't come off. Submitted to "ZAAR" on August 5th, 2007.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 2
• Yields: 6 slices

Ingredients

• 1  large green tomato, sliced into 6 slices
• 1⁄2-3⁄4 cup buttermilk (if no buttermilk, just use same amount of regular milk with 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice let set fo)
• 1  egg

• Coating Mix

• 1⁄3 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1⁄2 cup self-rising flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, add tomato slices and coat with buttermilk; chill for 20 minutes.
2. While tomatoes are soaking, mix together coating ingredients in another medium size bowl.
3. Remove tomatoes from buttermilk--do not throw away buttermilk.
4. Coat each tomato slice in coating mixture; set aside.
5. Now in remaining buttermilk mixture add egg; beat well.
6. Return each coated tomato to buttermilk, making sure each side is well coated.
7. Return to coating mix one more time coating both sides.
8. In a medium size skillet over medium high, heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil till hot but not smoking.
9. Fry on both sides until coating is golden brown.