Fried Green Tomato Burger

This is the secret to a good fried green tomato

I love fried green tomatoes. Come on, you sissy. Oh, yeah. I love you too, mama

This is one of those don't try this recipe at home. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Try it once and every now and then, because it's super good. It's super good, y'all

This is my butter burgers. I take my butter. And you see the way I'm cubing my butter up

in little bitty pieces, y'all. Look, I'm gonna salt these, y'all, and that helps draw out the moisture

is what Mama says. So I'm gonna salt them really good, and it'll draw out the moisture of the tomatoes

then I'm gonna pat them up before we deep fry them. Yes

The salt will pull so much of that water out. Juicy. Juicy

Juicy, juicy. Can I help you? All right, son, if you'll toss those tomatoes

just kind of toss them around, and why don't you go ahead and put them on that paper towel

and let them drain, okay? That might speed it up a little bit

Now, I've got more burgers than I need for just Jamie and me

It's probably a pound and a half of ground beef. And to it, I'm going to add one teaspoon

no, a half a teaspoon, I think, of a Creole seasoning. And I just going to mix that up real good Thank you son You already see the water coming out of that just that quick Now I going to add my little cubes of butter

And it's amazing, y'all, how good of a burger this makes. And I only do these on rare occasions

All right, so I'm going to pat these out. Those look so good

All right, you gonna do the next one? Yeah. So here we go

Whoa, that's way too thick, baby. We're just gonna make two. We don't need the two

We're only gonna make two? Yes. Oh. We're only gonna make... Oh, ouch

Nah, we're gonna make four. No, they asked me to just make two

They did? Yes. Okay. I thought this was the Paula D. Network

not the they network. Well, they just asked me to make my food, so. Don't press them

Don't press them. Well, I have to because that burger was too big

We're trying to cook them quick. All right, son, how about your tomatoes

There you go. How are they? Good. And we're going to put some buttermilk over them? Uh-huh

This is the secret to a good fried green tomato. We've got our, um..

We're going to dredge it through like a cup of flour. Yes. We want to take our tomatoes, and we want to make sure that we

turn them real good and get them really dunked well both sides in that buttermilk And to me this is the secret This is the way we cook our fried green tomatoes

at the restaurant. So a little bit more flour. All right, sonny boy

Your tomatoes are ready. We're gonna drop these in the deep fryer

All right, fryer cam. 350 degrees. Buddy, howdy

Uh-huh. I love fried green tomatoes. And you want to make sure that you flip them

Kind of constantly flip them. So look at there. Those are beautiful

Now at the restaurant, we serve these with a Vidalia onion sauce

Ooh, now what kind of cheese is that, son? Jack cheese. I think it's got a little jalapeno in it

Our fried green tomatoes are ready. You cut the slices, Jamie, perfectly

That's the perfect thickness for a fried green tomato. Yum, yum, yum

So, Mama, this is a Creole mayonnaise. It's got mayonnaise, some green onions, a little bit of Creole seasoning, and some hot sauce

Well, it looks delicious. There you go. Yes. Look-a there, y'all. a butter burger, jack cheese, butter lettuce

tomato purple onions and bacon With that yummy fried green tomato Look at that And look at that

Oh, look at that. All right, let's see. I think I'm gonna bite this side right here

where it's got a lot of stuff. Oh, look at that grease. Come have that burger. Mmm

It's so good. That's good, Mama. I know. No. Mmm. It's just great

It's just great when you got somebody that you love so much

that you try to kill them with a butter burger. I love you too, Mama

No, all kidding aside, I got one of my special buddies over here

I got Diane Cook over here. And Diane will eat after me

Oh. So I've just got to let her taste it. Oh, yeah

Keep talking about it. You hold the plate, Diane. I'm going to feed you. Okay

Oh, gosh. Big bite. Come on, you sissy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah

We'll see y'all next time