Creole Tomatoes
Creole Tomatoes is a flavorful dish featuring stuffed tomatoes filled with a savory mixture of eggs, bacon, onions, and herbs. Baked until golden and heated through, it offers a delightful combination of smoky, tangy, and herbaceous flavors, perfect as a hearty appetizer or side dish for special occasions.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cook bacon until crisp. Drain, chop and set aside.
- In a skillet, leave just enough bacon grease to saute onions until transparent.
- Add to this the pulp, scooped carefully with a teaspoon, from the tomatoes, without scraping shells too thin.
- Add the mashed eggs and enough bread crumbs to make a firm mixture.
- Season with butter, salt, pepper, and parsley. If necessary, add a little canned tomato juice.
- Add bacon last and stuff the tomatoes with the mixture.
- Sprinkle the tops with buttered bread crumbs.
- Place stuffed tomatoes in a baking dish and bake at 350°F until thoroughly heated and bread crumbs are browned.
- Do not cook long enough for tomatoes to lose their shape.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
698
kcal
35% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).