Recipe

Rice with Tomatoes

Rice with Tomatoes
  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe Using Heirloom Tomatoes
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    betteirene's Notes: My mom would gussy up plain white rice with uncooked chopped tomatoes in their own juice, a comfort food that screamed "Summer!" to me way back then, and now this simple side dish calls the...

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Serves 1

  1. Cut out the stem end of the tomato. Slip the skin off by plunging it into boiling water for 30 seconds, then into cold water. Cut the tomato into large dice, place in a small bowl and sprinkle with salt. Set aside for 10 minutes.

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  2. Scoop rice onto a plate or into a bowl. Top with butter and allow the butter to melt through the rice. Top with tomatoes with their juice.

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