Fried Green-tomato Blt

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 green tomato, sliced into 4 (1/2-inch thick)
• 8 slices sourdough bread, toasted
• 4 leaves boston lettuce
• 12 slices bacon, cooked
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 2 tablespoons minced chipotle peppers
• 1 green onion, minced
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 spoon 1/4 cup flour into a shallow dish; set aside.
• 2 combine remaining 1/4 cup flour, cornmeal, 1/8 teaspoons salt, and 1/8 teaspoons pepper in another shallow dish.
• 3 in a third shallow dish, whisk egg with buttermilk.
• 4 in a 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat on stovetop.
• 5 evenly sprinkle each tomato slice with remaining 1/8 teaspoons salt and remaining 1/8 teaspoons pepper. dust tomato slices in remaining 1/4 cup flour, then dip in buttermilk mixture, and dredge in cornmeal mixture.
• 6 fry tomatoes, in batches, for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until lightly browned and tender.
• 7 to assemble sandwiches, evenly spread each slice of toasted bread with chipotle mayonnaise; then layer lettuce leaf, 3 slices bacon, and fried tomato.
• 8 to prepare chipotle mayonnaise combine all ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well.
• 9 cover and chill.