The blackened shrimp and fried green tomato po’boy is one of my favourite sandwiches and when I found myself thinking that it would also make a great salad I just had to try it. The po’boy submarine style sandwich can have pretty much much anything in it with common ingredients being fried seafood but this flavour combo is what I usually go with so that’s where I started the salad out. The shrimp are simply tossed in some creole seasoning and then cooked at a high temperature in a pan and the fried green tomatoes are just sliced green tomatoes that are dipped in buttermilk followed by flour and/or cornmeal and fried until golden brown. The rest of the salad composed of lettuce and ripe tomatoes and I could not resist throwing some bacon into the mix! The final component of the salad is a tasty remoulade sauce thinned down a bit with buttermilk to make into more of a dressing. The po’boy sandwich salad experiment was a complete success with all of the flavours working well together and working well in salad form; I know I will be making this salad a lot in the future!
If you like things extra spicy, serve with hot sauce!
This salad is tossed in easy to make, spicy and tasty remoulade dressing.
Blackened Shrimp and Fried Green Tomato Po Boy Salad
A salad inspired by a po’boy sandwich with blackened shrimp and fried green tomatoes in a tasty remoulade sauce.
ingredients
- 1/2 pound shrimp, shelled and deviened
- 1 tablespoon creole seasoning
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 pound green tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup flour (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- salt and pepper to taste
- oil or bacon grease for frying
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon creole mustard
- 1 teaspoon horseradish
- 1 small clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon capers
- 1 green onion, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- salt pepper and cayenne to taste
- 4 strips bacon
- 6 cups lettuce, sliced
- 1/2 cup tomato, sliced
- 1/4 cup green onions, sliced
For the blackened shrimp:
For the fried green tomatoes:
For the remoulade dressing:
For the salad:
directions
- Toss the shrimp in the seasoning, cook them in the oil in a pan over medium-high heat until cooked, about 1-2 minutes per side, and set aside.
- Dip the tomato slices in the buttermilk, dredge them in the mixture of the flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper and fry them in oil over medium-high heat, until lightly golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side, before setting on paper towels to drain.
- Puree everything in a blender until smooth.
- Cook and crumble the bacon, mix everything and toss in the dressing.
For the blackened shrimp:
For the fried green tomatoes:
For the remoulade dressing:
For the salad:
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I like shrimps and I think I will like this very much, it looks so nice. I never have fried green tomatoes before, it is so special, I really have to try this. 🙂
This has me seriously craving shrimp!!
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Can't wait to try this recipe, looks delicious!
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WOW… this salad looks AWESOME, GORGEOUS, DELICIOUS and SO FLAVOURFUL. Great recipe 😉
Seriously craving this now!
Kevin, this looks awesome! What a delicious way to have the taste of New Orleans without the extra calories! I love this recipe…thanks for sharing!
These flavors! Amazing! : )
I have looked for green tomatoes for a whole. Where do you get them in Toronto ?
Anna B: The Loblaws at the Maple Leaf Gardens carries them pretty much year round. I am not sure if all Loblaws carry them or just that one. If you can't find them, tomatillos are a great replacement.
This looks to be an awesome meal! Thanks Kevin!
Kevin, this looks delicious! I love everything about this recipe!
Hi, love your salad too. How about adding it to the Food on Friday: Salads collection over at Carole's Chatter? Cheers
We were pulling the out the tomato plants last weekend and decided to save the green tomatoes that were left – Oh my goodness this recipe was perfect – the homemade remoulade was delicious
Hello….Question…do you use uncooked shrimp or ready to serve shrimp for this recipe?
You use raw shrimp; it is cooked in step 1. Enjoy!
Can’t wait to try this as I have loved all the recipes that I have tried on your blog. Have you tried frying the green tomatoes in an air fryer and if so, what is the best way to to do so. Not sure if using an air fryer is a healthier way of frying the tomatoes. Thank you.
Any way you might vision using the green tomatoes in this recipe without frying them. I have a load of green tomatoes but they’re cherries and smaller ones. Prob won’t fry well!
I can’t get buttermilk where I live. What could I use instead?
You can use regular milk! Enjoy!