Best 2 Baked Tomatoes With Quinoa Corn And Green Chiles Recipes

BAKED TOMATOES WITH QUINOA, CORN, AND GREEN CHILES

Steps:

• Preheat broiler to high. Cut the chiles in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes. Place chile halves, skin side up, on a foil-lined baking sheet; flatten with hand. Broil 8 minutes or until blackened. Place in a paper bag; close tightly. Let stand 10 minutes. Peel chiles. Coarsely chop chiles; place in a bowl. Add corn and onion to pan; broil 10 minutes, stirring twice. Add corn mixture to chopped chiles; stir in oregano, oil, lime juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, cumin, and black pepper. Cut tops off tomatoes; set aside. Carefully scoop out tomato pulp, leaving shells intact. Drain pulp through a sieve over a bowl, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract liquid. Reserve 1 1/4 cups liquid, and discard remaining liquid. Sprinkle tomatoes with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Invert tomatoes on a wire rack; let stand 30 minutes. Dry insides of tomatoes with a paper towel. Place quinoa in a fine sieve, and place sieve in a large bowl. Cover quinoa with water. Using your hands, rub the grains together for 30 seconds; rinse and drain. Repeat the procedure twice. Drain well. Combine reserved tomato liquid, quinoa, 1/4 cup water, and the remaining salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat; fluff with a fork. Add quinoa mixture to corn mixture; toss well. Preheat oven to 350°. Spoon about 3/4 cup corn mixture into each tomato. Divide cheese evenly among tomatoes. Place tomatoes and tops, if desired, on a jelly-roll pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Preheat broiler. Broil the tomatoes 1 1/2 minutes or until cheese melts. Place tomato tops on tomatoes, if desired.

BAKED TOMATOES WITH QUINOA, CORN AND GREEN CHILIES

Steps:

• Stir onion in a pan and sautee' until soft. Add corn and stir about a minute. Add green chilies and cook for another minute. Stir in Oregano, oil, lime juice, 1/4 tsp salt, cumin and black pepper.
• Cut tops off tomatoes, set aside.
• Carefully scoop out tomato pulp leaving shells intact.
• Drain pulp through a sieve over a bowl pressing with the back of a spoon to extract liquid.
• Reserve 1/1/4 cups liquid and discard remaining liquid.
• Sprinkle tomatoes with 1/2 tsp salt and invert them on a wire rack. Let stand 30 minutes.then dry insides with a paper towel.
• Place qkuinoa in a fine sieve and place sieve in a large bowl. AAACover quinoa with water. Using hands rub the grains together for 30 seconds. Rinse and drain. Repeat the procedure twice. Drain well.
• Combine reserved tomato liquid, quinoa, 1/4 cup water and the remaining sdalt in a medium pan and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
• Add quinoa mixture to corn, onion and green chilies mixture Toss well.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spoon about 3/4 cup corn mixture into each tomato.
• Divide cheese evenly among tomatoes.
• Place tomatoes (and tops if desired) on a jelly roll pan.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and pre-heat broiler.
• Broil tomatoes 1 1/2 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Placae tomato tops on and serve.