Vietnamese (French Inspired) Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Vietnamese (French Inspired) Stuffed Tomatoes
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Slice off about 1/2 tomato top and scoop the seeds inside.
  2. Reserve pulp for sauce in a small bowl, set aside.
  3. Dry each side of tomato cup gently until dry with a paper towel.
  4. Fill each cup with the filling ingredients (pork, shiitake mushrooms, 2 TB fish sauce, sugar, ground pepper, shallots and scallion), making sure they are tightly packed in tomato.
  5. Over medium high heat, add olive oil to cover bottom of saute pan.
  6. When oil is hot, place tomatoes with the meat facing down
  7. Cook until surface of meat is nice and golden, or approximately 10-15 minutes.
  8. Transfer all tomatoes to roasting pan and bake for 40 minutes.
  9. SAUCE PREPARATION: Add the reserved tomato pulp to small saucepan and bring it to a boil.
  10. Simmer uncovered about 5-10 minutes and remove from heat.
  11. Mix with water, fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar then add it to your tomatoes.
  12. Serve over steamed rice and voila, you're done. =).
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 467.68 Kcal (1958 kJ)
Calories from fat 358.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 39.78g 61%
Cholesterol 35.72mg 12%
Sodium 513.83mg 21%
Potassium 842.51mg 18%
Total Carbs 21.29g 7%
Sugars 12.16g 49%
Dietary Fiber 3.86g 15%
Protein 8.58g 17%
Vitamin C 31.2mg 52%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 55.5mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 147.21 Kcal (616 kJ)
Calories from fat 112.69 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.52g 61%
Cholesterol 11.24mg 12%
Sodium 161.73mg 21%
Potassium 265.19mg 18%
Total Carbs 6.7g 7%
Sugars 3.83g 49%
Dietary Fiber 1.22g 15%
Protein 2.7g 17%
Vitamin C 9.8mg 52%
Iron 0.2mg 4%
Calcium 17.5mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.9
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top