Name: Mawmaw's Simple Fried Green Tomatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 firm green tomatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices; 1 quart ice water, or as needed; 1 cup canola oil, or as needed; 2 cups self-rising cornmeal; 2 cups all-purpose flour; salt to taste

Why it works: Tomato and canola oil work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 449 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Mawmaw's Simple Fried Green Tomatoes

8 servings

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

4 firm green tomatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 quart ice water, or as needed
1 cup canola oil, or as needed
2 cups self-rising cornmeal
2 cups all-purpose flour
salt to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

596Calories

14 gProtein

15 gFat

100 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Tomato + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together449 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Tomato + flourtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,065 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Canola oil + flourtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,194 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, flour):

Shallotfits better
Welsh onionfits better
Arrowrootfits better
Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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