Fried Green Tomatoes With Crawfish or Shrimp Remoulade

Fried Green Tomatoes With Crawfish or Shrimp Remoulade

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 4 green tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick slices
• cajun seasoning, to taste
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups cornmeal, for breading (coarse or stone ground works best)
• 1/2-1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 lb crawfish tails or 1/2 lb shrimp, cooked
• 1 cup prepared remoulade sauce, Remoulade Sauce

Directions

• 1 Prepare the Remoulade sauce as per recipe, stir in the crawfish tails or shrimp, reserving several for garnish.
• 2 If you are using shrimp, chop them so they will be about the size of the crawfish tails or use salad cooked shrimp.
• 3 Preheat oil in heavy cast iron skillet until it sizzles when sprinkled lightly with water.
• 4 Season the sliced tomatoes with Cajun seasoning to taste and dust lightly with flour.
• 5 Please note: If the tomato slices are to heavily covered with flour the cornmeal will not adhere.
• 6 Dip the slices in the beaten eggs and then coat with cornmeal.
• 7 Fry in hot oil until browned, turning as needed; about 3 minutes on each side.
• 8 To serve, place 3 to 4 slices on a serving plate, top with sauce and garnish with reserved crawfish tails or shrimp. Can sprinkle lightly with chopped parsley if desired.