Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich With Bacon and Fried Green Tomatoes

A grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bacon and fried green tomatoes? Absolutely!

I can’t remember when we started making this or what gave us the idea for this combination, but it is one you have GOT to try.

This sandwich is decadent. It’s not healthy at all.

But it tastes like summer and is about as southern as it can possibly be. Pimento cheese spread on two pieces of sourdough bread with bacon and fried green tomatoes and then all of that is grilled with butter in a skillet.

Seriously. Seriously delicious.

You can also check out some of our other favorite recipes with summer tomatoes!

Grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bacon and fried green tomatoes on a white plate on a red gingham tablecloth.

Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Fried Green Tomatoes

green tomatoes, bacon, buttermilk in a photo to make grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bacon and fried green tomatoes.

The minute that local tomatoes hit the farmer’s markets we pick up some of the green ones and come home and whip up this grilled pimento cheese sandwich aka the best summer sandwich EVER!

You are going to need sourdough bread, green tomatoes, bacon, and pimento cheese.

Good food starts with good ingredients so get the best sour dough bread you can find, great home-grown green tomatoes and some amazing thick bacon.

Here is my favorite recipe for homemade pimento cheese but you can also use the Palmetto brand if you don’t have time to make your own.

If you have an iron skillet to cook this in it is even better! I adore my Smithey skillet, but there are less expensive options that are also great.

Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Fried Green Tomatoes

Takes pimento cheese to another level!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine Southern
Servings 4 sandwiches

Ingredients
  

  • 8 slices Sourdough Bread
  • 8 slices Bacon
  • 1 16 ounce Palmetto Brand Pimento Cheese Original
  • 3-4 Green tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup White flour
  • 1/2 cup Cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 large Egg
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp Butter

Instructions
 

Cook the Bacon

  • Cook the bacon to your liking
    Bacon cooking on the stove
  • Set bacon aside on a plate with paper towels to drain
  • Reserve 4 Tbsp of bacon grease to use to make the Fried Green Tomatoes

Make the Fried Green Tomatoes

  • Slice the green tomatoes into 1/4 inch slices
    Slicing green tomatoes for fried green tomatoes to put on a grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bacon and fried green tomatoes
  • Mix the cornmeal and flour with a little salt and pepper in a shallow dish
  • Mix the buttermilk and egg in another shallow dish
    getting ingredients ready to make fried green tomatoes
  • Dip the tomato slices into the flour and cornmeal mixture, then into the buttermilk and egg mixture and then back into the flour and cornmeal.
    Green tomatoes being battered to prepare to fry
  • Coat the bottom of a skillet with vegetable oil and the reserved bacon grease – about 1/8 inch of oil in the bottom of the pan
  • Heat the oil to about 375 degrees
  • Fry the tomatoes about 2 minutes per side until golden brown
    Fried green tomatoes on the stove top
  • Set tomatoes on paper towels to drain and sprinkle with salt

Make the Sandwich

  • Put pimento cheese on two pieces of sourdough bread
  • Place 2 slices of bacon on the sandwich
  • Add one or two of the fried green tomatoes
  • Grill on both sides over medium heat in a tablespoon or two of butter until bread is golden and cheese is melty. Flip carefully.
  • Enjoy!!
Keyword pimento cheese, Sandwich, tomatoes

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

If you want to see some of our other favorite sandwiches check out this post about the best sandwiches in Central Arkansas!