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Marinated Overnight Italian Diced Tomatoes

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Posted:9/19/16
Updated:1/17/20
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Marinated Overnight Italian Diced Tomatoes with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!  Bonus how to make tomato paste below the recipe!

Let me welcome you to tomato week!  If you didn’t see in last week’s garden video it’s raining tomatoes for us in New York so I’ve been spending lots of quality time with our lovely tomatoes in the kitchen!  Today I’m going to show you these Marinated Overnight Italian Diced Tomatoes which are easy and delicious!

Tomorrow is all about creamy tomato soup!  Later this week I’m giving you a quick tomato/rice dish that is perfect for taking to work for lunch! And finally I’m going to pick tomatoes, lots of them, and show you many photos of them like any proud tomato Mother would.  So let’s jump in to tomato week!

These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

We use diced tomatoes frequently in recipes so I like to always have some on hand.   Last year I only made a few homemade batches but we went through them quickly so this year I was determined to make at least twice the number of batches to freeze.  

Diced Tomatoes With No Boiling or Peeling

There’s 2 ways to go about making diced tomatoes, there’s the longer process of boiling and removing the peels (which is delicious but it takes time), or there’s this way whith is also delicious but is quick!  We are picking at least 50 pounds of tomatoes a week right now so I need to be careful of time, or I’ll have to quit my job because preserving vegetables can sometimes be a full time job!  I

n this recipe, all you have to do is cut them up, marinate them over night in the refrigerator and then cook for 30 minutes.   You can also duplicate this recipe as many times as you need per how many tomatoes you are picking.  For example the recipe calls for 5 tomatoes but I quintupled it because I had so many tomatoes!   

These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

Enough chatting, let’s get cooking with our tomatoes!

Diced Tomatoes Recipe

Cut up your tomatoes.  Beef tomatoes are great for this recipe,  but you can also use plum tomatoes.
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed! 1

Add salt, sugar, basil and parsley.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.  If you need quick diced tomatoes you can skip this step but for full flavor marinate them overnight.
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

Place tomatoes in a pot over medium heat. Cook for 30 minutes and ta-da you have diced tomatoes ready to serve or freeze!
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

Each bite of these diced tomatoes is so full of flavor!
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

When making a big batch of these diced tomatoes I always store some in a mason jar in the refrigerator because I know I’ll use them up in the next 2-3 days. The rest I freeze. 

These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

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Marinated Overnight Italian Diced Tomatoes with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

Ingredients

  • 5 big beef tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley

Instructions

  • Wash your tomatoes. Remove stem from each tomato. Dice tomatoes.
  • Put tomatoes in bowl. Add spices and stir. Cover.
  • Place your tomatoes in the refrigerator overnight. If you need quick diced tomatoes you can skip this step but for full flavor marinate them overnight.
  • Place tomatoes in a pot over medium heat. Cook for 30 minutes.
  • Serve immediately or you can freeze them.

Notes

If you want to do 10, 15, 20 or more tomatoes just double the ingredients accordingly.
If your tomatoes are juicy and you are left with lots of liquid afterwards, turn it into tomato paste! Simply put juice in a pot over medium-high heat and cook until tomato paste consistency forms. This usually takes a few hours depending on the amount of juice you have.
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Note:  When these tomatoes cook you might be left with lots of tomato juice. Don’t throw this away. Turn this tomato juice into tomato paste! It’s really easy to do.   Put the tomato juice into the pot and cook on medium/high heat.  You want a consistent light boil until the juice boils off and you’re left with paste.  This will range from 2-8 hours depending on how much juice you have.  For example I had 16 cups (!) of juice and it took 6 hours to turn into tomato paste.  Keep a eye on it and stir every 30 minutes to make sure it’s not burning or sticking to the pot.

This is the full 16 cups of tomato juice of to the left.  This is 4 hours later to the right.
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

This is 1 hour later… tomato paste!
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

I like to store the tomato paste in my Ball cube trays and throw them into any sauces that need thickening up.
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!

Have fun making this recipe!  You won’t believe how yummy homemade tomato paste is until you’ve tried it!
These Italian Diced Tomatoes are marinated overnight with spices for full flavor. Unlike other diced tomato recipes no boiling, water bath or peeling is needed!
 

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  1. Judy Rossano says

    August 29, 2020 at 9:15 am

    Can I can these instead of freezing them

    Reply
  2. Emma @ Bake Then Eat says

    September 23, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    Both of these recipes are awesome!

    Reply
  3. Sharon says

    September 21, 2016 at 5:02 am

    So yummy! I can’t believe this only takes 30 minutes (after marinating them). I rarely make soup because I thought it was super labor intensive. I gotta give this a try!

    Reply
  4. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    September 20, 2016 at 4:58 am

    Wow! This is such a fun and useful post, Pamela. Love this idea for fresh, delicious diced tomatoes! Tomato paste is a fantastic idea. Loved it.

    Reply
  5. Amy (Savory Moments) says

    September 20, 2016 at 4:25 am

    This is a great idea! You are correct – preserving can be a full-time job in itself once harvest time comes!

    Reply
  6. Suzanne says

    September 19, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    I love seeing lots of recipes using tomatoes. The diced marinated tomatoes sound so good and making tomato paste is something I never thought of. Wonderful!

    Reply
  7. Debbie says

    September 19, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    Wow!! Like you, I am processing tomatoes right now in a billion different ways for the freezer – this looks great, I’m going to have to give it a try!! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  8. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    September 19, 2016 at 2:14 pm

    Pamela, I love this idea for super fresh, delicious diced tomatoes! Btw, your harvested tomatoes look wonderful!

    Reply
  9. Jennifer Wakumelo says

    September 19, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    I’m trying these tonight!

    Reply
  10. Beth says

    September 19, 2016 at 10:47 am

    Perfect! Pinning this. I have a counter full of tomatoes I was wondering what to do with!

    Reply
  11. Rachel says

    September 19, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Fantastic — I love that you also get tomato paste of of this recipe, too!

    Reply

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