- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1h 25 min
- Serving: 4 - 6 servings
Stuffed tomatoes are perfect summer food, or anytime you can find great tomatoes in your supermarket. The basil and garlic and parsley in these tomatoes bring wonder Italian flavors to the dish. Super hearty and filling these stuffed tomatoes are a great option for a lighter, healthy dinner.
Ingredients
- tomatoes - 6 large heirloom
- ground beef - 1/2 pound, lean
- white rice - 1/2 cup, medium grain
- garlic cloves - 3, pressed
- onion - 1/2, finely diced
- parsley - 1/3 cup, chopped
- basil - 1/4 cup, chopped
- asiago cheese - 1/2 cup, shredded
- salt and pepper - to taste
- olive oil - 5 tbsp
how to
- Preheat the oven to 325 F.
- Cut off the top of each tomato, creating a 'lid'. Put a fine mesh strainer over a bowl, and use your fingers to carefully scoop the seeds out of the tomatoes into the strainer. Push on the seeds to get all of the juice, then discard the seeds.
- Use a spoon to scoop out most of the flesh from the tomatoes, then chop that up and add to the tomato juice.
- Put the beef and rice in a large bowl, add the garlic, onion, parsley, basil, cheese and the tomato pieces and liquid. Add 2 1/2 tbsp of the olive oil, salt and pepper, and mix together well.
- Fill the tomatoes with the meat filling and arrange in a casserole dish. Top each tomato with its lid and drizzle with the remaining olive oil.
- Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until the tomatoes are soft and the rice is cooked.
- Let stand for about 15 minutes before serving.
I love that I don’t have to cook the beef or rice before stuffing it into the tomato! Pinned and will try soon! Thanks! =D
No pre-cooking to put together! Looks delicious. I will definitely try these.
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Long prep time and rice was under cooked. Followed recipe exactly. If rice was cooked it would’ve been good.
Long prep time and rice was under cooked. Followed recipe exactly. If rice was cooked it would’ve been good.
I cover the rice with water in a saucepan and cook it covered until the water evaporates, then add it to the gr. meat when I make dishes like this. This partial cooking make the rice great.