Italian Stuffed Tomatoes
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 6 large firm tomatoes such as vine ripe or hot house, stems removed cleaned and seeded
- 1 1/3 cups mild Italian sausage, diced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups chopped white onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/4 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
- 4 cups unseasoned stuffing or day old bread cut in to cubes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dry Italian seasoning
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet cook Italian sausage and set aside.
- In a large pot melt butter on medium heat. Combine onion, celery and garlic and cook until tender; about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and stuffing, remove from heat and stir until combined. Add salt, pepper and italian seasoning to stuffing mixture. Add Italian sausage to stuffing and stir until combined.
- Add stuffing to each tomato and put in a large casserole dish.
- Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of each stuffed tomato.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden brown.
- Serve immediately