Oven-Fried Green Tomato BLT

Name: Oven-Fried Green Tomato BLT
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 1 large green tomato (about 8 ounces); 1 large egg, beaten; 1 cup panko (Japanese) bread crumbs; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise; 2 green onions, thinly sliced; 1 teaspoon snipped fresh dill or 1/4 teaspoon dill weed; 8 slices whole wheat bread, toasted; 8 cooked center-cut bacon strips; 4 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves

I've used this cooking method on eggplant slices for years, so I decided to try it on green tomatoes. It worked! Now my family loves them in BLTs. —Jolene Martinelli, Derry, New Hampshire

Ingredients

1 large green tomato (about 8 ounces)
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup panko (Japanese) bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon snipped fresh dill or 1/4 teaspoon dill weed
8 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
8 cooked center-cut bacon strips
4 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves

Directions

Preheat broiler. Cut tomato into 8 slices, each about 1/4 in. thick. Place egg and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls; mix salt into bread crumbs. Dip tomato slices in egg, then in bread crumb mixture, patting to help adhere.
Place tomato slices on a wire rack set in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan; broil 4-5 in. from heat until golden brown, about 30-45 seconds per side.
Mix mayonnaise, green onions and dill. Layer each of 4 slices of bread with 2 bacon strips, 1 lettuce leaf and 2 tomato slices. Spread mayonnaise mixture over remaining slices of bread; place over top layer.

Test Kitchen tips

Bacon can be included in a healthy diet; just reach for the center-cut variety. It has much less fat and more lean meat.

Green tomatoes are simply unripe tomatoes. They have a slight acidic bite to them, and they're a little crunchier than ripe tomatoes.

Nutrition Facts

1 sandwich: 313 calories, 12g fat (2g saturated fat), 55mg cholesterol, 744mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 4g fiber), 16g protein. Diabetic exchanges: 2 starch, 2 high-fat meat, 1 fat.