Ingredients:
- 3 or 4 large firm green tomatoes
- salt
- 2 cups oil
- 1 cup soy or almond milk
- egg replacer for 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
Directions:
- Slice tomatoes (about 1/4-inch thick) and sprinkle with salt on both sides.
- Place tomato slices in a colander for 25-30 minutes. (This allows the salt to pull the water out of the tomatoes)
- Mix milk and egg replacer.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan
- Dip the tomatoes into milk mixture, then coat with flour.
- Deep-fry until golden brown.
The Southern Vegan 
I’ve heard of fried green tomatoes, but never seen a recipe – we tend to make chutney with our green tomatoes in England. So, thank you 🙂
I love fired green tomatoes. There was even a restaurant named for them in Charlotte. Although a Southern dish, we ate fried green tomatoes in PA (my home state). We also made chutney, but the fried green tomatoes were a very tasty way to use up a lot of the fall tomatoes. We used egg and milk batter,a s we were not vegan then.
I keep coming across loads of recipes online for green tomatoes but they’re something we hardly ever seen in England. I may never get to try these bu they look lovely and crunchy on the outside.
Do you think they would work with a GF flour? Has anyone ever tried? The look amazing!
I have tried with GF flour and it works great. I would suggest using half GF flour and half cornmeal. Another option is using GF breadcrumbs. Enjoy 🙂
-Amanda
what is gf flour
I am looking into a Vegan lifestyle and saw this recipe. I thought milk wasn’t part of the Vegan diet. Is there a substitute for milk that I could use for this recipe?
Hi David! You are correct, milk is not a part of the vegan diet. I personally prefer almond milk over soy milk, but either works great in this recipe! Enjoy 🙂
what egg substitute do you use I am a new vegan can you use egg substitute
Soy or almond milk, which is called for in the recipe is a vegan alternative milk product.
almond milk
These look delicious! Reminds me of some pickled green tomatoes I had a week or so ago. Those are amazing! By the way, I wanted to let you know I like your blog and have nominated you for an award. 🙂 http://sparkleigh.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/first-award/
which egg replacer did you use for these?
Hi Stephanie, I use this egg replacer: https://www.iherb.com/pr/Bob-s-Red-Mill-All-Natural-Egg-Replacer-16-oz-453-g/10584?ccode=us&currcode=USD&langcode=en-US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuuLo4IqH1gIVSlgNCh3SagCBEAQYAyABEgJfK_D_BwE
I have always used white cornmeal for fried green tomatoes and am from the South. I have not always been vegan. I am wondering about coconut milk instead as it is thicker and has the consistency more of buttermilk which is what I used to use for this. Stephanie, I would suggest the one from Whole Foods though I am going to try a T of cornstarch instead as I have used that for vegan recipes and works nicely as it does not add flavor unlike some.
I used to use evaporated milk since it’s thicker. Now, use almond milk that I’ve reduced by about half. It’s about the same thickness and doesn’t have as strong a flavor as coconut milk.
the recipe lacks the cornmeal that the pictures seem to show?
ooops, didn’t read all the replies to the comments…..
This looks delish! I may have to try this one too!
i know this may sound crazy but where do they selll green tomatoes????