Fried Green Tomato With Spicy Crawfish & a Charred Tomato Lemon Butter

  

This is a dish that we had at Walker's Drive In in Jackson, Mississippi this weekend while attending the Zippity Doo Dah Weekend.  I have tried to recreate it and hope this fits the bill.  I swear the whole table was licking the plate!  I will dedicate this to all of the Vietnam Veteran's.

My Adaptation of Walker’s Drive In

Fried Green Tomatoes with Spicy Crawfish in a Charred Tomato Lemon Butter

Charred Tomato Lemon Butter

Ingredients:

• 2 each Roma Tomatoes
• ½ cup White Wine
• ½ tbsp. Chopped Shallots
• ½ cup Heavy Cream
• 1 tbsp. Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 8 oz. Cold cubed Butter
• Olive Oil

Directions:

1. Cut tomatoes in half and lightly brush with oil. Place on hot grill for several minutes turning several times until slightly charred then remove from grill.

2. In a 2-quart sauce pan, add white wine, lemon juice, shallots and coarsely chop charred tomato at med-high heat.

3. Reduce by ¾’s, then add heavy cream and reduce by ½.

4. Remove from heat and slowly whip in butter season with salt.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 3 medium, firm green tomatoes
• Salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning (optional)
• 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup peanut oil or other vegetable oil

Method

1 Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Sprinkle slices with salt. Let tomato slices stand for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place in separate shallow bowls: the flour and Cajun seasoning (if using), buttermilk and egg, and bread crumbs and cornmeal.

2 Heat the peanut oil in a skillet on medium heat. Beat the egg and the buttermilk together. Dip tomato slices in the flour-seasoning mix, then buttermilk-egg mixture, then the cornmeal-bread crumb mix. In the skillet, fry half of the coated tomato slices at a time, for 3-5 minutes on each side or until brown. Set the cooked tomatoes on paper towels to drain.

Sauteed Spicy Crawfish Tails

2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup minced onions

Salt and pepper
1 pound crawfish tails

Cayenne to taste

In a large saute pan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onions and season with salt and pepper. Saute for 1 minute. Add the crawfish tails and season with cayenne. Continue to saute for 2 to 3 minutes

To Plate

Place a bed of spring mix on a plate.  Layer slices of fried green tomatoes.  Cover with sautéed crawfish.  Spoon sauce over the top of it all. 

Dang.  I need to make this NOW!!!