Fried Green Tomato Sliders

This is literally one of my favorite dishes I’ve ever made. I cooked it on Valentine’s Day, and wouldn’t have wanted anything else. Seriously.

Fried green tomatoes themselves are a southern ‘specialty.’ I could have them plain all day long, but I decided to fancy ‘em up a bit and put ‘em on a slider. I’ve shared a few fried green tomato recipes before, and the only reason I think these are my favorite is because I’ve had them the most recent.. I remember the others being super amazing too →

• Fried Green Tomatoes with Cajun-Dill Buttermilk Sauce
• Saute of Shrimp over Fried Green Tomatoes with Warm Remoulade Sauce

These sliders are inspired by an awesome restaurant down here in Gulf Shores called Bill’s by the Beach. Tourists (and locals), I recommend you go… It’s definitely a new favorite in town, and they have amazing seafood (they’re known for their 100% Wild American Shrimp). This dish doesn’t include seafood, but a similar version is on their appetizer menu.

Be sure to make the slaw and Cajun sauce first so the flavors get a chance to meld together.. meld? is that the word? Anyways, you know what I’m saying.

The slaw was the best I’ve ever made myself. In fact, I took the leftover slaw to work the next week and added it to my spicy turkey/pepperjack sub. Sounds a little strange, but it was a good change to our normal lunch rotation of like the 5 restaurants we frequent. A great change actually… I could’ve had more, but didn’t want to stuff my face.

Anyways, the Cajun sauce was also a yummy component, and the fried green tomatoes themselves were killer. I fried them in a large fry pan in shallow canola oil about 3-4 at a time, making sure they don’t touch. Flip them halfway through to make them equally brown on each side. They didn’t take long to fry, just about 3-4 minutes each, just make sure they’re nice and golden brown.

I kept the batter simple with buttermilk and panko since there was so much else going on in these little sandwiches. I, of course, added a nice crispy slice of bacon to each slider, because bacon makes everything better, duh!

I ended up having plenty of leftovers, so I froze the battered tomatoes, bagged them, and gave them to my grandmother and aunt and uncle. They were easily fried once removed from the freezer and they all gave me a big thumbs up for how they turned out! The slaw got extra compliments :)