Best Moms Fried Red Tomatoes Recipes

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EVELYN'S FRIED RED TOMATOES



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An excellent way to cook tomatoes when they are in season before freezing them for a multitude of uses: in soups, casseroles and pasta dishes, as a sauce over meatballs and meatloaf, or on toast for a simple, healthy breakfast, brunch or snack. Evelyn, my mother, has been cooking tomatoes this way for 60 years - she's 82 - and didn't even consider this to be a recipe until I insisted on getting the steps involved from her. She said "everyone knows how to do this". Well, maybe everyone else does, but I didn't. And when I checked the Zaar files for a similar recipe, I failed to find one. So I concluded that either she's right - which means I'm really ignorant about basic cooking strategies, which is certainly a possibility - or that this IS indeed a recipe: her recipe. Evelyn is my mother's middle name, one she regrets not having decided to start using decades ago instead of the first name her parents gave her, so this posting is not only a celebration of HER recipe but the launch of her new name. Proportions are approximate and can, of course, be varied to taste. I have specified that the recipe provides 6 servings since I believe that 1 kilo (approximately 2 pounds) of tomatoes cooked in this way would provide an ample quantity of tomatoes for 6 servings, for example, as a sauce over meatloaf. Please correct this if you find this guesstimate to be wildly wrong when you are reviewing the recipe. I intend to post some more of Evelyn's recipes when I get them out of her!

Provided by bluemoon downunder

Categories     Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 kg tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar, to taste
1 tablespoon fresh basil leaf, to taste
2 eggs, lightly beaten

Steps:

  • Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and leave for 2 minutes.
  • Pour the water off, and peel the tomatoes: the skin should peel off really easily.
  • Slice the tomatoes.
  • Add a teaspoon of sugar to the tomatoes, and transfer them to a sauté pan.
  • Simmer the tomatoes until they are soft.
  • Add basil to taste.
  • Drain off excess juice.
  • Add 2 lightly beaten eggs, stirring for a few minutes.
  • Cool the tomatoes and transfer to freezer containers, to use as needed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 57.3, Fat 2, SaturatedFat 0.6, Cholesterol 70.5, Sodium 31.7, Carbohydrate 7.4, Fiber 2, Sugar 5.2, Protein 3.6

FRIED RED TOMATOES



Fried Red Tomatoes image

From Southern Living 1981. A person can only have so many magazines around the house before you get that over-run feeling. I'm cleaning out my stacks and posting the recipes that I've tried and wish to keep here.

Provided by Dreamgoddess

Categories     Vegetable

Time 25m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon red peppers
2 medium tomatoes, chilled and cut in 1/2 " slices
cornmeal, for dredging
hot bacon drippings, for sauteing

Steps:

  • Combine the mustard, worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt, papriks and red pepper in a small bowl.
  • Spread this mixture on both sides of the tomato slices.
  • Dredge the tomato slices in cornmeal.
  • Heat 1/4" bacon drippings in a skillet.
  • When hot, saute the tomato slices until lightly browned and crisp.
  • Drain and serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 19.4, Fat 0.3, Sodium 356.6, Carbohydrate 4.2, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 3, Protein 0.7

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