Southern Stuffed Tomatoes

Name: Southern Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Ground Pork 8 oz; 1 large white onion chopped; Celery raw 2 stalk medium (7-1/2 - 8 long) chopped; Green Peppers (bell peppers) 0.5 cup diced; Cilantro raw 3 tbsp; Salt 1 or 2 dashes; Pepper black 2 dash; Parmesan Cheese shredded 6 tbsp; PepperJack cheese 4 oz; Progresso Bread Crumbs - Italian Style 0.5 cup; Red Ripe Tomatoes 6 large whole (3 dia)

Minutes to Prepare: 15
Minutes to Cook: 35

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

Ground Pork, 8 oz 1 large white onion choppedCelery, raw, 2 stalk, medium (7-1/2" - 8" long) choppedGreen Peppers (bell peppers), 0.5 cup, dicedCilantro, raw, 3 tbsp Salt, 1 or 2 dashesPepper, black, 2 dash Parmesan Cheese, shredded, 6 tbsp PepperJack cheese, 4 oz Progresso Bread Crumbs - Italian Style, 0.5 cup Red Ripe Tomatoes, 6 large whole (3" dia)

Directions

In a medium skillet; add sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Cook on med/high heat, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile preheat oven to 350 degrees and cut tops off of the tomatoes. Don't waste the tops. Cut them up and add to sausage stuffing on the stove. Scoop the seeds and insides out of the tomatoes and discard them. Place the tomatoes in a greased large casserole dish. Once the sausage mixture is cooked (10-15 mins), reduce the heat to low. Add in the pepperjack cheese and bread crumbs. Stir mixture until well mixed. Next, evenly distribute stuffing into the each tomato cavity and top each with a tbsp of parmesan cheese. Transfer into preheated oven and cook for 20 minutes or until cheese has browned.

Makes 6 servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TREYRO.

Servings Per Recipe: 6

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