Green tomatoes are in season, and it’s the perfect time to try out some new recipes! Here is a roundup of 21 mouth-watering green tomato recipes for you to try!
If you’re looking for a creative way to use up all of those green tomatoes that have been sitting on your countertop waiting to be used, this list is just what you need.
If you’re just getting started growing tomatoes, check out my post: Beginner’s Guide to How to Grow Tomatoes.
But even if you’re not a gardener, lots of farmer’s markets will have green tomatoes for sale just for using in some of the recipes below!
What are Green Tomatoes?
Green tomatoes are immature and unripened, usually too tart to eat.
The most common methods for cooking green tomatoes include sauteing or roasting them until they become tender like a tomato would be when it’s ripe.
The skin of a green tomato should also peel off easily once it has been cooked enough so that you may discard it at your own discretion before eating if desired.
Can You Eat Unripe Tomatoes?
Green tomatoes are too tart to eat as they are, but cooking them releases their natural sugars and they are delicious!
Even if you don’t have time to cook them, you can embrace their natural tartness and pickle them.
Can Unripe Tomatoes be Eaten Raw or Cooked?
How long can uncooked green vegetables stay in the fridge before going bad? How about canned ones?
Unripened fruits and vegetables will usually not have developed their sugar content fully so they may taste sour or tangy when consumed.
As such, these should be either cooked (raw) or preserved by pickling before eating depending on your preference.
What Can I do With an Abundance of Green Tomatoes?
If you have a ton of end of the year green tomatoes, the recipes below will give you weeks of green tomato recipes to try!
21 Green Tomato Recipes to Try
Green Tomatoes Recipes
Similar to a green tomato chutney, this recipe was gleaned from a cookbook from the 1800's. It is delicious way to use your large green tomatoes!
Green Tomato Pickles with a sweet dill brine are crunchy and slightly tart, like the best pickle you’ve ever had. No pressure canning required – these are refrigerator pickles!
If your tomato plants have a ton of tomatoes left at the end of the season, these canned green tomato slices can be put away in your pantry for fried green tomatoes all year long.
Fresh and pleasantly tart green tomatoes are batter-coated and pan-fried until soft on the inside and perfectly crispy on the outside. Cajun seasoning adds a Louisiana-style kick!
Make this goat cheese toast with plump green tomatoes, plenty of fresh herbs, and some slivered red onion.
Crispy, crunchy on the outside, tender and full of fresh, tangy flavor on the inside... Mexican Fried Green Tomatoes are a twist on the classic, and a perfect side dish for your healthy Mexican mains!
These air fried green tomatoes taste just like they were deep fried! They’re crispy and even freezer-friendly!
Air fryer "fried" green tomatoes are a low carb snack we all love.
Roasted Salsa Verde Mexicana Restaurant Recipe - BellyRulesTheMind
This tastes JUST like Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa, their version of Salsa Verde / medium salsa as they call it. This medium-heat copycat recipe is easy, flavorful, and so delicious pair this with some Chips or a condiment to your Burrito bowl. Sure to become everyone’s favorite salsa
This Tomato Galette with Basil Whipped Feta is the perfect vegetarian lunch or light dinner recipe to make with ripe red and green tomatoes!
10-minute Green Tomato Onion Salad is a delicious summer garden salad recipe. Serve it as a side dish or make a light meal along with a rustic loaf of bread.
A classic bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich with a twist. My version blows the regular BLT out of the water!
This Fried Green Tomatoes recipe is the perfect summer appetizer. This southern classic is super crispy and ready in about 20 minutes.
Oven fried (or air fried) green tomatoes are a healthier, less messy way to make this delicious appetizer. This recipe has an Italian twist with Parmesan cheese, Italian seasonings and a Caesar dressing dip.
You may have heard of or even tasted a regular tomato pie before, but I'll bet you never had a green tomato pie! Unlike its cousin, savory tomato pie, this pie is made with unripened green tomatoes and is sweet.
These spicy Pickled Green Tomatoes are a quick and easy way to use up the last of your garden’s harvest! These green cherry tomatoes are pickled with vinegar, garlic, dill and red pepper for a tasty bite size refrigerator pickle.
Easy green tomato sauce for pasta, a surprisingly delicious green tomato recipe perfect for the end of the season.
BLFGT Sandwich replaces the vine ripe red tomatoes with the southern staple fried green tomatoes in this classic, simple sandwich!
Spiked with chiles and garlic, these fermented green tomatoes are deliciously sour with a punch of heat.
Shrimp and Grits…one of those iconic southern meals that make can make any Northerner embrace “y’all”
