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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes: a sourced camp stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: ninjapoodles, CC BY 2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fried_green_tomatoes.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Fried Green Tomatoes

Photo: ninjapoodles · CC BY 2.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •4–6 green tomatoes
  • •Salt
  • •Pepper
  • •Yellow cornmeal
  • •Vegetable or olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1Slice the tomatoes ¼–½ inch (0.75–1.25 cm) thick.
  2. 2Salt and pepper tomato slices to taste.
  3. 3Dip slices in cornmeal and shallow fry in hot grease or oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes or until golden on bottom.
  4. 4Gently turn over, and fry the other side.
  5. 5Serve by themselves or, for a elegant addition, add a little goat cheese .

Camp tips

  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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