Eat meat or minced meat but don't know what to cook? There are many recipes for dishes! The perfect combination is meat and vegetables. Let's make tomatoes stuffed with meat and rice. A step-by-step recipe with a photo demonstrates the cooking sequence.
The tomato is considered the most delicious, beautiful and healthy vegetable. Fresh salads are made from them, they are stewed, salted, baked, pickled, juices, pastes and sauces are made. In addition, tomatoes are great as natural dishes. Cute little baskets with stuffing - stuffed tomatoes. Anything can act as a filling, but the appetizer turns out to be more satisfying and tastier if you stuff the tomatoes with a mixture of boiled rice and meat. This is a real treat for the stomach.
The dish is hearty and tasty. It is quite simple to prepare, and the result is truly fantastic. Tomatoes do not require an additional side dish and can be served on their own. They can be tasty to feed a family or serve on a festive table. Because the food looks delicious and beautiful. For the recipe, use ripe, large and firm-skinned tomatoes. Then they will not crack when baked. In addition, stuffed tomatoes can not only be baked in the oven, but also frozen for future use. If guests unexpectedly appear, then literally in half an hour you will arrange a real holiday.
See also how to make a zucchini and tomato appetizer.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 235 kcal.
- Servings - 10-12 pcs.
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 10-12 pcs.
- Hot pepper - 0.5 pods
- Rice - 50-75 g
- Greens (any) - bunch
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Meat (any sort) - 300-400 g
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Onions - 1 pc.
Step by step cooking of tomatoes stuffed with meat and rice, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the meat, dry it with a paper towel, cut off the films with veins and twist through a meat grinder. If you wish, feel the meat pieces in the filling, you can not twist the meat, but finely chop it with a knife. Wash the rice under several waters to wash off all the gluten and boil in lightly salted water. Peel the onions, wash and twist through a meat grinder. Peel the garlic and pass through a press.
2. Add finely chopped herbs to the food. Season with salt and pepper. Add different herbs and spices as desired.
3. Stir the minced meat until smooth. It is most convenient to do this with your hands, then it is guaranteed to mix evenly.
4. Wash and dry the tomatoes. Cut off the cap and use a teaspoon to remove the flesh from the inside, leaving the sides of the vegetable about 5 mm. Do this gently to keep the tomatoes intact. Turn the peeled tomatoes upside down so that excess juice flows out from the inside. Twist the extracted pulp through a meat grinder or chop in a food processor.
5. Stuff the tomatoes tightly with the filling.
6. Place the tomatoes in a saucepan or any other convenient container.
7. Pour the twisted tomato pulp on top. Close the container with a lid and send the pan to the stove. Close it with a lid and boil. Reduce heat and simmer the tomatoes stuffed with meat and rice for half an hour. Serve them warm or chilled.
See also a video recipe on how to cook tomatoes stuffed with meat and rice.
