The best fried green tomatoes recipe using garden green tomatoes! This Southern inspired recipe makes flavorful green tomatoes that are crispy on the outside but melts in your mouth in the inside! You'll love the crunchy tasty coating that doesn't fall off too!
Slice tomatoes into 1/2 inch thick slices. Some people discard the ends but I like to fry them up too.
In a shallow bowl mix flour, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper together. Add buttermilk into another shallow bowl. In a 3rd bowl mix cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt, garlic powder, paprika and parsley together.
Dip each tomato slice first into the flour mixture to coat both sides, and then dip in buttermilk and then dip in cornmeal mixture to coat. I like to have the coating on the light side, so you can still see pieces of the green tomatoes through the coating. Place tomatoes on a baking sheet or wire rack to sit until you're ready for them.
In a large skillet or frying pan, pour vegetable oil in so it's about 1/2 inch deep and heat over medium heat. Once oil is heated up, carefully place tomatoes in the skillet. You'll want to do this in batches so the tomatoes aren't overcrowded.
Brown the one side of the tomatoes, and then flip and fry the other side. Immediately remove from the skillet and move them to a baking sheet that's been lined with paper towels to remove excess oil.