The classic BLT meets the South. I have been obsessed with fried green tomatoes lately and could not resist substituting them for the tomato in a traditional BLT, thus the BLFGT was born – the perfect mix of spicy, acidic, crunchy, and salty.
BLFGT
November 6, 2023
: 5 min
: 15 min
: 20 min
: Easy
Ingredients
- Sourdough bread toasted
- Bacon - 2 pieces per sandwich
- Air fried green tomatoes (recipe below)
- Iceburg Lettuce
- Goat cheese
- Cajun aioli (ingredients listed below)
- 1 tsp cajun seasoning
- ¼ cup kewpie mayo
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- Handful celery leaves chopped finely
- Air-fried green tomatoes
- 2 green tomatoes cut thick
- 1 cup cornmeal
- ½ cup flour
- 1 egg
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tbsp cajun seasoning
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- Oil
- Salt
Directions
- Step 1 Mix all of the ingredients together for the cajun aioli, set aside and make the air fried green tomatoes.
- Step 2 Preheat your air fryer to 450 degrees.
- Step 3 In a medium-sized bowl add the milk, white vinegar, and 1 egg, and mix everything together to combine.
- Step 4 Cut your tomatoes into thick slices and place the bowl with the milk mixture.
- Step 5 In a separate bowl add the cornmeal, flour, and cajun seasoning.
- Step 6 Spray the bottom of the air fryer with oil.
- Step 7 Take a slice of tomato and coat it in the cornmeal mixture, shaking off any excess, and then place it in the air fryer.
- Step 8 Complete until the air fryer is full in a single layer.
- Step 9 Spray the top of the tomatoes with oil and cook for 15 minutes in the air fryer, flipping halfway.
- Step 10 Repeat until all of the tomatoes are cooked.
- Step 11 When you take the tomatoes out of the air fryer, season lightly with salt.
- Step 12 Toast the sourdough bread and then spread the goat cheese on both sides of the toast.
- Step 13 Then smear on the cajun aioli (don’t be shy with it).
- Step 14 Stack your lettuce, then bacon, fried green tomatoes, and then even more of the aioli.
- Step 15 Place the top sourdough slice on top and enjoy the crunch as you cut it in half and enjoy!
