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Tomato Delights

Type: Cheese, Eggs, Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

6   Tomatoes - ripe
  Salt
1   Green pepper - diced (medium)
1   Onion - chopped (small)
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter - melted
1 cup 160g / 5.6ozRice; long-grain - cooked
1   Egg - well beaten
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlOregano
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGround basil
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozCheddar cheese - shredded
4   Bacon - cooked and crumbled

Recipe Instructions

Wash and cut tops off tomatoes; scoop out pulp. Sprinkle inside of tomato shells lightly with salt; invert to drain. Chop pulp.

Saute green pepper and onion in melted butter. Add tomato pulp, rice, egg, and seasonings; mix well. Stir in cheese and bacon, saving a small amount of each to sprinkle on top of each tomato.

Fill tomatoes with rice mixture. Sprinkle tops with reserved cheese and bacon. Place tomatoes in a greased shallow baking dish; add a small amount of water, and bake at 350F for 25 to 30 minutes.

Source:
Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1974.

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