Stuffed Tomatoes With Wild Rice, Beef & Mint
photo by breezermom
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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4 stuffed tomatoes
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup wild rice, cooked
- olive oil flavored cooking spray
- 1 onion, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 cup mushroom, thinly sliced
- 250 g ground beef, premium quality
- 8 large tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons mint, chopped fresh
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Spray a large pan with oil and heat over a medium-high heat; add the onion, garlic and mushrooms and saute until soft, stirring for 2 minutes; add the ground beef, stirring, and cook for 3-4 minutes or until browned. (You may prefer to remove the onions, garlic and mushrroms from the pan while browning the meat to prevent them from burning.).
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Cut a thin slice from the top of each tomato and set it aside; use a teaspoon to remove the tomato flesh (well drained of juice) and juice; place the tomato shells in a baking dish; chop the tomato flesh and set aside; and discard the juice or save it for possible use in a stock or soup or casserole.
- Stir the rice, chopped tomato flesh, cinnamon and mint through the browned beef mixture, adding the onion, garlic and mushroom mixture if this had been set aside earlier; season with salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; spoon the mixture into the tomato shells; replace a tomato top on each tomato; spray with a little olive oil; and bake for 20 minutes.
- Serve with your choice of salad greens.
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Reviews
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I decreased the amount of cinnamon, as I wanted just a hint of it in my meat mixture. There was just a hint of cinnamon flavor, which I liked a lot! My friend and her DH both enjoyed them along with me and gave them 5 stars, so 5 stars it is! The mint gave it a unique flavor and one that we thought was a nice addition to the mix. I will make these again, and next time might try Kitten's suggestion and try lamb or sausage! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us Bluemoon! Made for 123 Hit Wonders 3/09 Linda
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This had a very unique flavor. I have to admit, I increased the amount of ground beef, and also increased the amount of cinnamon. I halved the recipe, only making 4 stuffed tomatoes...but my tomatoes were huge, and I think I should have used the full amount of all the ingredients! I put cheese on top 2 of the tomatoes towards the end of cooking time to try and get a teenager to eat this....but I think the ones without cheese tasted better! I used couscous instead of rice, because I already had some leftover and needed to use it. I think it still tasted great! I am going to try this stuffed into bell peppers next time. I think that would be even better!
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This was quite good! I really enjoyed the cinnamon and mint flavors. I had more stuffing than tomatoes, so I also stuffed a yellow bell pepper and baked that alongside. I'm not sure which I like better. I served a tomato and a portion of the pepper together and it all disappeared. I did have to make one small adjustment, I found I did not have any fresh mint so I had to sub dried, to add back a bit of the freshness I did mince a couple teaspoons of parsley to add in as well.
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