Fried Green Tomato Salad
Take a favorite southern recipe and turn it into a dinner salad! This Fried Green Tomato Salad fits a great summer keto recipe.
Servings: 4
Calories: 352kcal
Ingredients
- 8 thick slices of bacon
Fried Green Tomatoes
- 1 large green tomato
- 1/2 cup crushed pork rinds
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Per Salad
- 8 cups romaine lettuce
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1/4 cup carrots
Instructions
- Cook bacon on stove top until crispy. Drain bacon and save bacon fat.
- Crush pork rinds into a fine powder.
- Add parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to pork rinds.
- Slice a tomato into 4 large slices.
- Crack the egg into bowl and whisk with a fork.
- Dip the tomato slices into the egg mixture and then into the pork rind mixture.
- Heat the bacon fat in the skillet over medium low heat.
- Add coated tomatoes to the cast iron skillet with bacon fat.
- Cook over medium heat for about 2.5 minutes on each side depending on the thickness of each slice, until golden brown.
- Place the tomato on a paper-towel lined plate to drain.
- Prepare the salad by placing the lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and carrots in 4 bowls or plates.
- Top each plate with 2 slices of bacon and 1 fried green tomato.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 579mg | Potassium: 707mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 10260IU | Vitamin C: 29.6mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 2.2mg