Pimiento Cheese And Fried Green Tomato Sandwich

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• pimento cheese
• 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 3/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons roasted red peppers, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt
• fried green tomato
• 2 large green tomatoes, sliced 1/2 in thick
• salt and pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs or 2 cups breadcrumbs
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 4 ciabatta rolls, split
• 8 slices bacon, cooked crisp

Recipe

• 1 mix the pimiento cheese ingredients together well and set aside.
• 2 pat tomato slices dry. beat eggs and hot pepper sauce in bowl. mix flour with garlic powder and paprika in a shallow bowl. put panko or breadcrumbs in another shallow bowl. heat oil in a frying pan.
• 3 dip each tomato slice first in flour, then in egg, then in breadcrumbs and fry. set aside on a paper-towel lined plate.
• 4 spread pimiento cheese on cut sides of rolls. place cheese-side-up on a baking sheet and broil until cheese is hot and bubbly. place tomato slices and two slices bacon between halves of each roll.