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tomatoes olive oil garlic cilantro ground pork shiitake mushrooms fish sauce sugar fresh ground pepper shallots scallion water fish sauce oyster sauce sugar
Viewed: 53 - Published at: 9 years agoIngredients
- 4 large ripe tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, ground
- cilantro (garnish)
- 7 ounces ground pork
- 2 large dried shiitake mushrooms (optional)
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1 scallion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
Method
- Slice off about 1/2" tomato top and scoop the seeds inside.
- Reserve pulp for sauce in a small bowl, set aside.
- Dry each side of tomato "cup" gently until dry with a paper towel.
- 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.
- Over medium high heat, add olive oil to cover bottom of saute pan.
- When oil is hot, place tomatoes with the meat facing down
- Cook until surface of meat is nice and golden, or approximately 10-15 minutes.
- Transfer all tomatoes to roasting pan and bake for 40 minutes.
- SAUCE PREPARATION: Add the reserved tomato pulp to small saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Simmer uncovered about 5-10 minutes and remove from heat.
- Mix with water, fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar then add it to your tomatoes.
- Serve over steamed rice and voila, you're done. =).
