Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Marinara
All About These Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Marinara
If I’m ever at a restaurant and see fried green tomatoes on the menu, you’d be correct if you guessed that I’m likely to order them. Fried green tomatoes are one of my favorite appetizers! When my aunt gave me some fresh green tomatoes from her garden, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. In this recipe, I’ve lightened up this classic dish by making them in the air fryer in order to skip the oil, thus reducing the calories and fat pretty substantially. Topped with some zesty marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, you won’t even know that you are making a healthier choice with these Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Marinara.
What If I Don’t Have An Air Fryer?
Don’t have an air fryer? No problem! Baking these in the oven still works perfectly. Just arrange them on a baking sheet (if you have an oven safe cooling rack, you can use that as well) and bake at 425 degrees for about 12-15 minutes, making sure to flip halfway through.
Will Red Tomatoes Work In This Recipe?
Happily, yes! While green tomatoes have a bit of a tart element to them that I love, red tomatoes will work just fine in this recipe.
What You’ll Need
Equipment
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Paper towels
- Three plates
- Whisk or fork
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- Green tomatoes
- All purpose flour
- Egg
- Panko bread crumbs
- Salt
- Pepper
- Italian seasoning
- Garlic powder
- Marinara sauce (I use 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Fat Free Marinara Pasta Sauce from Whole Foods)
- Shredded mozzarella cheese (I use the Shredded Light Mozzarrella Cheese from Trader Joe’s)
How To Make These Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes
Slice the tomatoes into slices that are about 1/4 inch thick. Salt the tomatoes on each side and let them hang out for about 10 minutes. This pulls out some of the water from the tomatoes, which helps prevent them from getting soggy. After the 10 minutes is over, use a paper towel to pat them dry.
While the tomatoes are doing their thing, I like to go ahead and set up my dredging station. I grab three plates and fill one with all purpose flour, one with a whisked egg, and one with panko bread crumbs, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
Finally, I go down the assembly line, coating each tomato with flour, then egg, and then panko. I bake them in an air fryer at 400 degrees for 12 minutes, making sure to flip halfway through.
To serve, I place the tomatoes on a plate and top with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese.
Nutritional Information
These Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Marinara makes four servings. Each serving comes out to 135 calories, 4 WW Green SmartPoints®, 3 WW Blue SmartPoints®, and 3 WW Purple SmartPoints®.
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More Appetizers
Are you looking for more appetizer recipes? Be sure to check out my Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Roasted Red Pepper Aioli And Goat Cheese, Lightened Up Jalapeño Poppers, Balsamic Caprese Skewers, and Balsamic Watermelon Salad!
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Air Fryer Fried Green Tomatoes With Marinara
Equipment
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Paper towels
- Three plates
- Whisk or fork
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 2 green tomatoes sliced in 1/4 inch slices
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs whisked
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1/4 tablespoon salt plus more for salting the tomatoes in the beginning
- 1/4 tablespoon pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 cup fat free marinara sauce
- 1/4 cup shredded light mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes into slices that are about 1/4 inch thick.
- Salt the tomatoes on each side and let them sit for about 10 minutes to pull out some of the excess moisture. Use a paper towel to pat them dry.
- Get three plates to set up a dredging station. The first plate will have all purpose flour, the second plate will have a whisked egg, and the third plate will have panko bread crumbs, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
- Coat each tomato slice with flour, then egg, and then panko.
- Bake in an air fryer at 400 degrees for 12 minutes, making sure to flip halfway through.
- To serve, place the tomatoes on a plate and top with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese.
Notes
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