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    Stuffed Tomatoes | Delicious With Turkey, Chicken or Pork!

    by Mindi Cherry

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    Stuffed Tomatoes using turkey, chicken or pork

    We are heading in to tomato season (although it probably already is in "full swing" in the South already) and pretty soon you are going to be looking for a way to use all those tomatoes in your garden (or just take advantage of the cheap tomatoes at the grocery stores).

    I usually like using Marzano tomatoes for just about everything (except I like cherry or grape tomatoes for my salads), but I always make sure to have at least 1 beefsteak tomato plant and I know that many people prefer them for most things.  Lucky for those people, beefsteak tomatoes are the perfect tomatoes for this (mostly due to their size, as they tend to be bigger).

    healthy dinner recipes santa fe stuffed peppers
    These Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers are another great way to take advantage of the cheap summer produce prices!

    My family prefers when I make these with ground pork, but I have made them with ground chicken and turkey and they turned out just fine...although I did reduce the amount of bread crumbs when I used turkey or chicken.  You can even make these vegetarian (not vegan - there is egg in it) by just using those "meat-substitute crumbles" instead of ground meat.  I'm not really good with using those crumbles - I guess you would just saute the veggies and then add the thawed crumbles to it?

    Like my Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers, you are going to want to watch these closely as you get in to the last 15 minutes of cooking.  Tomatoes have a lot of water in them and since the filling is already cooked, you are just baking them long enough for the tomatoes to get tender.  The problem is, once they start to get tender, they will get "mushy" really quickly.  Just keep an eye on them and be ready to pull them out of the oven as early as 30 minutes after you put them in the oven (it's really going to depend on how fresh/firm your tomatoes are).

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    Stuffed Tomatoes | Delicious With Turkey, Chicken or Pork!

    These stuffed tomatoes can be made with ground turkey, chicken or pork. You can even make them vegetarian by using meat substitute crumbles!
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    Author: Mindi

    Ingredients 

    • 6 medium Tomatoes
    • 1 lb Lean Ground Pork Chicken, or Turkey (or 1 lb Meat-Substitute crumbles)
    • 2 teaspoon olive oil
    • 1 small Red Onion diced fine
    • 2 teaspoon Minced Garlic
    • ¼-1/2 cup chopped Bell Peppers optional
    • ¼ teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • ½ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
    • 1 cup Bread Crumbs use slightly less if using chicken or turkey
    • 1 Egg beaten
    • 2 teaspoon chopped fresh Parsley

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350.
    • Split tomatoes in half and scoop out the center/pulp into a bowl.
    • Place hollowed tomatoes into a baking pan and set aside.
    • Chop the tomato pulp/center.
    • Put the olive oil in a large skillet and add the meat and saute for about 4 minutes.
    • Add the diced onion, minced garlic, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes.
    • Cook and stir until meat is no longer pink.
    • Add bell peppers and diced tomato pulp and cook for 2 more minutes.
    • Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly (just enough so that it isn't hot enough to "cook" the egg when you add it in the next step)
    • Add beaten egg and bread crumbs mixing well.
    • Fill tomato halves with the filling mixture.
    • Place stuffed tomatoes in oven for 30-45 minutes until tomatoes are tender

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    Comments

    1. Steph @ The Silly Pearl

      July 07, 2015 at 12:17 am

      5 stars
      Mmm I love tomatoes, even more when they're stuffed with yummy ingredients. Thanks so much for sharing at this week's Project Inspire{d}!

    2. Leah

      July 09, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      My husband keeps asking me for stuffed something....peppers, tomatoes anything....I am not a huge fan but these actually look tasty....perhaps I have found an answer for him.

      Thanks for stopping by the Living with Style Linky Party and linking up! I hope you come back next week. We love to have great ideas.

      Leah
      http://briickbybriick.com

    3. Sandra Garth

      July 28, 2016 at 8:53 am

      Very filling and satisfying. Not to mention easy on the wallet, thank you!

    4. Dee

      July 30, 2016 at 2:57 am

      I love tomatoes, and this recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday!

    5. Laura

      July 30, 2016 at 8:06 am

      Delicious and healthy!
      I love the idea of usung home grown tomatoes.
      Thank you for sharing this at Thoughts of Home.
      We are so glad you are here.

      Laura
      White Spray Paint

    6. Brett Martin

      August 02, 2016 at 2:43 pm

      Thanks so much for joining us at Delicious Dishes! We love your Stuffed Tomatoes recipe and hope you'll join us again this week!

    7. real recipe

      September 04, 2017 at 5:03 am

      I love tomatoes, and this recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing
      :d

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