I've been really looking forward to Today's Seafood Wednesday's recipe for three reasons:
(BTW - Chile celebrated 200 years of Independence this past Saturday, September 18)
I seriously went to the grocery store and got all the ingredients in less than 20 minutes. Now that's a record for me :-) I walked into the store and headed straight to the produce section. I found the tomatoes and sorted through them until I found eight beautifully shaped tomatoes. I split them into two bags to make sure they wouldn't get squished along the way.
Ingredients:
Fresh tomatoes (2 per person)
Corn
Canned Tuna in oil (2 cans to make sure we get a really amount of the fish)
Cooked Rice
Preparation:
1. Rinse off the tomatoes and remove the sticky labels.
2. Remove the stem of the tomato.
* This is what all your tomatoes should look like now:
3. Here comes the fun part - Scoop out each tomato.
- It includes some of my favorite ingredients,
- It's a very special dish that my Grandmother used to make for me when I was a young girl,
- It's a Chilean dish.
(BTW - Chile celebrated 200 years of Independence this past Saturday, September 18)
I seriously went to the grocery store and got all the ingredients in less than 20 minutes. Now that's a record for me :-) I walked into the store and headed straight to the produce section. I found the tomatoes and sorted through them until I found eight beautifully shaped tomatoes. I split them into two bags to make sure they wouldn't get squished along the way.
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| notice how well the tomatoes made it home |
Ingredients:
Fresh tomatoes (2 per person)
Corn
Canned Tuna in oil (2 cans to make sure we get a really amount of the fish)
Cooked Rice
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| ingredients |
Preparation:
1. Rinse off the tomatoes and remove the sticky labels.
2. Remove the stem of the tomato.
* This is what all your tomatoes should look like now:
3. Here comes the fun part - Scoop out each tomato.
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| I used a knife to remove the center part and scooped out the tomato. |
4. Almost ready to stuff!
5. Having your tomatoes in one bowl, add the remaining ingredients one at a time. Mix well.
I have got to tell you this was my favorite part of making this dish! The fresh smell of tomatoes with tuna and corn made my day!!!
6. Stuff the tomatoes - it took two full spoons to stuff them.
Now look at all of them:
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| I started feeling like a Chef at this point :) |
7. Get your plates ready! - It's time to eat!
It is Chilean tradition to garnish the stuffed tomatoes with a bit of mayonnaise at the top. You could also use a black olive with a small leaf of basil to decorate the dish.
It is also part of the tradition to serve this dish with white rice. It's served in a round shape; you could use a cup to obtain the same results.
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| Stuffed Tomatoes with Rice |
Time to eat!
~ The Wife
Comments
Hope you can try this recipe too :-)