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    🏠Home » Recipes » Grill Side Dish Recipes

    Grilled Tomatoes - Stuffed Italian Style

    Jul 18, 2010 · Modified: Apr 16, 2021 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · 2 Comments

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    5 from 1 vote

    You will love these stuffed grilled tomatoes. Jammed full of cheeses and great Italian flavor, they are the perfect side dish to your grilling masterpiece. Simple to prepare with these easy step by step photo instructions.

    grilled tomatoes on a white plate

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    • 📋Ingredients
    • ♨️ The Grill
    • 📖Grilled Dishes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📝Recipe

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    Introduction

    I'm "into" grilled sides for my grilled meat. After the very successful grill peaches the other night, I thought a veggie was in order (yes, I do know a tomato is a fruit).

    My design:
    1) Use a fresh tomato for the grilling "container" for the good stuff.
    2) Add nothing that would need to cook like raw meat since I didn't know what internal temp I could get. But Italian sausage will be great here.
    3) I wanted to use common ingredients that I already had on hand.

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    📋Ingredients

    The Tomatoes

    Use a large firmer tomato for this, beefsteak tomatoes would be a good choice. A very ripe tomato will fall apart, so avoid those.

    The skin will come off the tomato during cooking, but do not remove it since it will help to hold it together.

    Stuffing

    I suggest feta, Parmesan, and Italian breadcrumbs along with chopped up solids from the tomatoes. Add-in some Italian spices and you have an easy excellent mixture.

    You could stuff with almost anything. I'm eying a pound of Italian sausage I have in the freezer that will, of course, need to be precooked.

    ♨️ The Grill

    The grill needs to be in the medium range. So it matches most chicken, pork chop and pork tenderloin recipes.

    This can be done near the end of other grillings. The temperature of a small part of the grill can be decreased, or you can just adjust the time.

    I would not do this on a grill hotter than 450°, or it will just fall apart before the center is hot. For beef recipes where the temperature is high, you will need to turn down the heat on a section of the grill to get in the 450° range.

    You can put the tomatoes directly on the grates or in a grill pan. After they are cooked, they will fall apart easily, so handle with care.

    📖Grilled Dishes

    Brown Sugar Cinnamon Glazed Grilled Pineapple

    Grilled Peaches

    Grilled Carrots with Honey Glazed

    Grilled Biscuits

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Grill Recipes, Grill Side Dish Recipes, Italian Recipes, Side Dish Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    clean and oil grill crates

    Preheat grill to about 400°- 450° surface temperature. Medium if you don't want to check the temp. Clean and oil grates. This can easily be done near the end of grilling the main dish.

    Prepating tomato for grilling

    Wash tomatoes and cut tops off making a bowl. Spoon out the inside being careful not to go through the outside. Wash out the shells and take the inner core that you removed and wash off any seeds. Chop the cores into ¼ inch cubes removing any tough parts.

    mixing stuffing for tomatoes in white bowl

    In a mixing bowl, combine chopped tomato, ¼ cup each feta, Parmesan, and Italian breadcrumbs. Add salt, pepper, parsley, oregano, basil, and garlic. Mix well then stuff the filling into the tomato shells.

    mixing topping of breadcrumbs and cheese in bowl

    Mix 1 tablespoon each of Parmesan, bread crumbs, and olive oil.

    adding topping to stuffed tomatoes

    Top each stuffed tomato with half of the mixture.

    brush tomatoes with oil on white plate

    Brush tomato skin with oil.

    grilled tomato browning on grill grates

    Cook with the grill lid closed for about 10 minutes until skin is falling off, and the top is browning. You can put them directly on a well-oiled grill grate or in a grill pan.

    grilled tomato with piece out on a white plate

    Be careful handling the tomatoes after cooking; they may fall apart easily.

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    📝Recipe

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    Grilled Tomatoes - Stuffed Italian Style

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    You will love these stuffed grilled tomatoes. Jammed full of cheeses and great Italian flavor, they are the perfect side dish to your grilling masterpiece. Simple to prepare with these easy step by step photo instructions.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 2

    Ingredients

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    • 2 tomatoes - Large and firm
    • ¼ cup Feta cheese
    • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese - plus 1 tablespoon grated
    • ¼ cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs - plus 1 tablespoon
    • 1 teaspoon parsley
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon oregano
    • ½ teaspoon basil
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 clove garlic crushed
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil plus some for brushing
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    Instructions

    • Preheat grill to about 400°-450° surface temperature. Medium if you don't want to check the temp. Clean and oil grates. This can easily be done near the end of grilling a main dish.
    • Wash tomatoes and cut tops off making a bowl. Spoon out the inside being careful not to go through the outside. Wash out the shells and take the inner core that you removed and wash off any seeds. Chop the cores into ¼ inch cubes removing any tough parts.
    • In a mixing bowl, combine chopped tomato, ¼ cup each feta, Parmesan, and Italian breadcrumbs. Add salt, pepper, parsley, oregano, basil, and garlic. Mix well then stuff the filling into the tomato shells.
    • Mix 1 tablespoon each of parmesan, bread crumbs, and olive oil. Top each stuffed tomato with half of the mixture.
    • Brush tomato skin with oil.
    • Cook with the grill lid closed for about 10 minutes until skin is falling off, and the top is browning. You can put them directly on a well-oiled grill grate or in a grill pan.
    • Be careful handling the tomatoes after cooking; they may fall apart easily.
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. Use larger, firm tomatoes.
    2. Stuff with what you want but my suggestions are very good.
    3. Cook directly on the grill grates or a grill pan.
    4. Time will vary by the grill temperature and size of the tomatoes.
    5. Leave the skin on until servered, they will hold the tomatoes together somewhat.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Nutrition Facts
    Grilled Tomatoes - Stuffed Italian Style
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 242 Calories from Fat 135
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 15g23%
    Saturated Fat 6g30%
    Cholesterol 25mg8%
    Sodium 1198mg50%
    Potassium 326mg9%
    Carbohydrates 17g6%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 5g6%
    Protein 10g20%
    Vitamin A 1230IU25%
    Vitamin C 17mg21%
    Calcium 288mg29%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Vegetable
    Cuisine : Italian

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    Originally Published July 18, 2010. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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    1. Dr Dan

      July 19, 2010 at 6:09 pm

      I had never had one before so I was very happy with the results. I'm going to follow a recipe someday.

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    2. Sage

      July 19, 2010 at 5:33 pm

      I love stuffed tomatoes; haven't made them in ages. But I never thought of putting them on teh grill; smart idea.
      Rita

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