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4.7 from 6 reviews

Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes

5 hours 5 minutes
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By: Pamela Reed
Posted:8/11/22
Updated:4/29/24
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Easy to make slow cooker cherry tomatoes bursting with sweet juicy flavor. Throw the tomatoes in a crockpot and they’re ready in 5 hours. You can serve over pasta, rice or as a healthy side dish!

slow cooker cherry tomatoes in white bowl

Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes

If you haven’t noticed from my past few recipes, I’m kinda obsessed with my slow cooker right now.   With a new baby and a garden in full harvest our slow cooker has been saving us (and my sanity!).  

August and September is always tomato season and we’re left with baskets filled with beautiful tomatoes, ranging from cherry (to make roasted cherry tomato sauce and pickled cherry tomatoes and cherry tomato with olives salad), beef (to make tomato pie )and roma (to make tomato soup and roma tomato sauce) varieties.   I wanted to try something new with them so I threw them in the slow cooker and this recipe was created!

You’re going to love how sweet and juicy these slow cooker tomatoes are!

Ingredients

This is a very fresh recipe, so you can almost find all these ingredients in your garden or at the farmers market.

  1. cherry tomatoes
  2. onion
  3. garlic
  4. olive oil
  5. salt

How to Make Tomatoes in the Crockpot

Now the taste is amazing, but you’re also going to love how EASY this recipe is to make.

Remove stems from the tomatoes and wash them.

Add all the ingredients into your slow cooker and cook on LOW for 5 hours. During these 5 hours they’re going to cook and release their sweet juices. Your kitchen is going to smell amazing!

Now they’re ready to serve. No I’m serious, that’s it. That was so easy wasn’t it?

juicy cherry tomatoes cooked in the slow cooker

How can I serve these Crockpot Cherry Tomatoes?

These cherry tomatoes are so versatile that you have a few serving options.

Side dish. These make a healthy side dish to serve alongside a meat, like chicken, pork chops or even steak. I often make these for large group dinners (like Thanksgiving) and double the recipe. I can even make them the night before and just heat them up before serving.

Tomato Sauce. These cherry tomatoes make such a delicious sauce! They almost taste roasted due to the slow cooker, so they’re very sweet! After cooking, add them to the food processor and pulse until smooth. Or you can use a immersion blender straight in your slow cooker and turn them into a sauce. After that, serve over pasta. Update: Here’s my slow cooker cherry tomato sauce recipe!

Over Pasta. Keep the cherry tomatoes whole, but mash them up just a little bit with a spoon, so they aren’t completely pureed. Now serve over some thick egg noodle pasta, like pappardelle or wide fettuccine. Sprinkle parmesan on top. So simple and so delicious!

Preserving. You can easily double, triple or even more this recipe and preserve these. Both freezing and canning works. I like freezing these and then turning them into a homemade sauce during the Winter months.

cooked cherry tomatoes in glass bowl on white plate

I hope you like these Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes!

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Easy to make slow cooker cherry tomatoes bursting with sweet juicy flavor.  Throw the tomatoes in a crockpot and they're ready in 5 hours.  You can serve over pasta, rice or as a healthy side dish!
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4.67 from 6 reviews

Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes

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Easy to make slow cooker cherry tomatoes bursting with sweet juicy flavor. Throw the tomatoes in a crockpot and they're ready in 5 hours. You can serve over pasta, rice or as a healthy side dish!
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours hours
Total Time 5 hours hours 5 minutes minutes
serves 6

Ingredients

  • 5 cups cherry tomatoes stems removed
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients into your slow cooker. Stir so the olive oil and salt completely coat the tomatoes.
  • Cook on LOW for 5 hours, or until the tomatoes are soft.
  • Serve immediately on top of pasta, rice, or as a side dish.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: slow cooker tomatoes
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  1. Sheila McLaughlin says

    August 10, 2020 at 4:58 pm

    To make pasta sauce with cherry tomatoes how do you deal with the skins and seeds? Should I peel the tomatoes first? Or do they cook down in the sauce?

    Reply
  2. Ginger says

    August 8, 2019 at 6:24 am

    Can these because bath canned?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 8, 2019 at 7:26 pm

      Yes, these can be canned. Enjoy!

      Reply
  3. Beverly Michael says

    November 10, 2017 at 9:54 am

    I was looking for a way to use up a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes. I made this and added it to mild Italian sausage and penne pasta with mozzarella and parmesan cheese and stuck it in the oven long enough to heat through and melt cheese. Wonderful!!!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      November 10, 2017 at 2:57 pm

      Hey Beverly, that sounds like a absolutely delicious meal! I am so happy you liked these slow cooker cherry tomatoes, thanks for commenting and letting me know!

      Reply
  4. Christina Makri says

    October 12, 2017 at 4:28 am

    They look so yummy! I love cherry tomatoes also… who doesn’t? Thank you for linking up at Sweet Inspiration Link Party

    Reply
  5. Jamie says

    October 10, 2017 at 3:55 pm

    Sounds delicious. I’m the only one in my family who likes cooked tomatoes. Which is fine with me because it means I get to eat them all. 🙂 I would love for you to stop by my blog Monday and link your tomato recipe and anything else you’ve been working on to my More the Merrier Monday link party! (first one will be this coming Monday the 16th!) diyhshp.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. Kathleen - Bloggers Lifestyle says

    October 8, 2017 at 11:36 pm

    I love cherry tomatoes, but I have never thought to slow-cook them. Sounds delicious.
    Kathleen
    Blogger’s Pit Stop

    Reply
  7. April says

    October 7, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    Hi! Visiting and pinning from the Pinterest parties. I’m really excited about this idea. It combines two of my LOVES: tomatoes & the slow cooker. 🙂

    Reply
  8. zeba says

    October 7, 2017 at 7:57 am

    This look amazing…I love roasting tomatoes but will try the slow cook method. Thanks for sharing on Fiesta Friday!

    Reply
  9. TurksWhoEat says

    October 6, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    Ooooh I’m sure these really are something, I wish I could reach into my screen and grab one!

    Reply
  10. Jhuls | The Not So Creative Cook says

    October 6, 2017 at 8:40 am

    I have yet to get my own slow cooker or instant pot! This is such a lovely recipe! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday party.

    Reply
  11. Sandra L Garth says

    October 4, 2017 at 7:37 pm

    I would love to use these in a hearty soup. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story, and I hope your week is going great.

    Reply
  12. Jess says

    October 3, 2017 at 10:38 am

    These sound delicious! 🙂

    I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
  13. Kelli says

    September 24, 2017 at 9:12 pm

    I, too, have an overabundance of cherry tomatoes right now and no clue what to do with them. I may have to try this!! Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      September 24, 2017 at 10:07 pm

      Enjoy Kelli!

      Reply
  14. Lyndsey says

    September 19, 2017 at 9:20 pm

    Wow, these sound amazing. But, can you really not peel them like that? The skins are okay? I love stewed tom’s, so I’m willing to try this and see for myself!

    Reply
  15. cakespy says

    September 19, 2017 at 8:00 am

    What a great way to preserve the late summer flavor of these lil beauties. Never thought to slow-cook tomatoes (cherry or otherwise) like this!

    Reply
  16. Sues says

    September 18, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    Oooh I’ve never tried tomatoes in my slow cooker, but clearly, I’ve been missing out!

    Reply
  17. Sue McKnight says

    September 18, 2017 at 11:26 am

    AND….. this is how I discovered YOU and your wonderful life to begin with ?
    It was the end of summer, I had a mere three VOLUNTEER cherry tomato plants that were overproducing tomatoes every day. If I didn’t own them myself, I would have thought the person telling the “Death-by-Tomatoes” story was made up. I couldn’t give them away because I live in Vermont & everybody here gardens— droves of people, daily, begging to please take the over abundance of their bounty. Even food banks are doing the “oh, thanks, but, no thanks” of offerings.
    So, I had containers of cherry tomatoes & no homes for them. I googled “tomato sauce made from cherry tomatoes”. Voìla!! Suddenly, there you were… a recipe, a story beyond my comprehension, and, a means to follow along in your innovative life. So, whenever you post ANY cherry tomato recipe, it makes me smile in remberance ?
    This is a whole different year… Again, I have (3) volunteer cherry tomato plants & I’m surrounded, once again. So, dear Mama Gardener, I shall be trying this. My slow cooker has nothing else to do with itself at the moment.

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    • Pamela says

      September 18, 2017 at 4:09 pm

      Sue, as always, your comment absolutely makes my day! <3 I'm so happy you enjoy the cherry tomato sauce and I hope you equally like this slow cooker recipe! Have a wonderful week!

      Reply
      • Sue McKnight says

        September 18, 2017 at 8:31 pm

        Well, Pam… you & your Matthew are bright & shining stars in this world full of people who don’t make their days on earth count.
        That little gorgeous “sprout” that the two of you grew is taking lots of your time (as well she should). Selfishly, I am missing your more frequent trips to your garden paradise, but first things first & her growing certainly takes priority over everything else? In fact, I don’t know how you’re doing all that you’re doing.
        It’s important that you know, that you bring joy to people… your story is inspiring, your talent is enviable, your sense of fun is contagious. And, those of us who have found your blog are the lucky recipients of being able to ride along on your journey (Kind of like “peeping Toms”… but in a non-creepy way!)

        Reply
  18. Kris Braunreiter says

    September 18, 2017 at 10:10 am

    Yum! I love slow roasting cherry or heirloom tomatoes. They are so good! You certainly made me hungry to have them again. 🙂

    Reply
  19. Kris Braunreiter says

    September 18, 2017 at 10:09 am

    Yum! I love slow roasting cherry or heirloom tomatoes. They are so good!

    Reply

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