The BEST Stewed Tomatoes Ever recipe! This easy to make recipe simmers tomatoes for 30 minutes to make homemade stewed tomatoes that can be served as a dinner side dish or can be canned. This how to make recipe shows you how easy they are to make! Find out why everyone considers them THE BEST! We always use this as a canning recipe for our Summer garden tomatoes!
Homemade Stewed Tomatoes Recipe
Stewed tomatoes, sigh.
Our tomatoes are turning red quicker than I’m able to pick. So between oven roasted cherry tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, slow cooker tomato sauce tomato pesto, slow cooker tomatoes, tomato soup… there’s lots of tomato dishes going on in our kitchen! Oh and I did mention Fresh Tomato Salsa too – because you know August always means fresh salsa!
I will have many more upcoming tomato recipes…get ready tomato lovers! But for now… stewed tomatoes!
These stewed tomatoes are the best, I’m not fibbing either. If you are having a tomato harvest soon or would like to make your own instead of the canned version, please please please please please make these!
How to Make Stewed Tomatoes Video
These are really the best stewed tomatoes ever!
This is a recipe that might cause you to faint, I’m warning you now. I was expecting average stewed tomatoes, but I ended up sitting at the counter with a spoon eating them out of the pot when they were done. Matthew was in another room, so I knocked on the door.
”Matthew? Are you there?”
”What? What’s wrong”
”Can you come here?”
”Why are you crying?”
”I just made the best stewed tomatoes.”
”Are you crying?”
”Yes”
”Why?”
”Because they are so good.”
This was a actual conversation over stewed tomatoes. Seriously, they are that good!
How to Make Stewed Tomatoes From Scratch
So what kind of tomatoes work best for stewed tomatoes? I find that beef and roma/plum both work well. Don’t worry about mixing them if you have to either. I do it all the time.
Beautiful beef and roma tomatoes, I love you. I was making a few batches of stewed tomatoes today.
Don’t be scared of this quick boil tomatoes, it will be over quickly!
And look at that.. now you’re in a ice bath! Think of it as a pool and relax.
Because of the quick boil, the skins will peel right off.
Disregard the skins (compost!), or come up with something to do with them. I like to use the skins to make tomato powder which can be sprinkled in soups, casseroles, sandwiches, etc.
So now we have all our tomatoes, naked and bashful! Throw them in a large pot.
Add all our ingredients, stir and put on the stove. Simmer for about 30 minutes, until the consistency is how you prefer your stewed tomatoes. Be sure not to boil off all the juices, that’s one of the joys of stewed tomatoes.
When the stewed tomatoes are done, serve them up right away if you’d like…
They are quite pretty and delicious so they compliment so many dishes nicely!
Or throw them in a mason jar in the refrigerator for tomorrow…
Or throw them in a freezer bag and freeze them for dinner in December. How fun is it to grab homemade garden stewed tomatoes to add to a meal while it’s snowing out?
ENJOY!
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The Best Stewed Tomatoes Ever
PrintIngredients
- 10 tomatoes beef or roma variety
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to boil, plunge tomatoes in for 30 seconds. Remove, put immediately in a ice bath.
- Peel the tomatoes. Discard the skins.
- Dice the tomatoes up to desired size.
- In a large pot on medium heat, combine all ingredients.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Then serve fresh or you can freeze them.
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Andi Colmery says
Looking forward to trying this! Came home to an abundance of tomatoes😃. I can’t eat green peppers though. Have you ever used onions or red peppers instead?
Pamela says
Hey Andi, you can either use red bell peppers or add in onions (I’d use 1/4 cup!). Enjoy the tomatoes! 🙂
Treva mcmaster says
Love this recipe an over abundance of ripe tomatoes
Pamela says
So happy to hear you liked these stewed tomatoes Treva! 🙂
Charlie says
Very Good
CVelsini says
This is my THIRD year with this recipe! Tomatoes are ready to be p/u from the farm market tomorrow morning. By tomorrow evening, my stewed tomatoes will be canned for another year. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. In Jan & Feb, I’ll be singing your praises as I use them!!
Charlene says
This is my THIRD year with this recipe! Tomatoes are ready to be p/u from the farm market tomorrow morning. By tomorrow evening, my stewed tomatoes will be canned for another year. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. In Jan & Feb, I’ll be singing your praises as I use them!!
Melissa G. says
I used tomatoes from my garden and they turned out really good! Thanks for a great recipe
Sandra Williams says
We loved this recipe made it last night.Making it again tonight this time I added a1/4 cup of onions a little blk pepper and a half top minced garlic..thanks were really enjoying them planning on buying enough tomatoes to freeze some..yummy.
Dr. Lloyd says
Spot On!
Elizabeth Martin Davis says
I can’t wait to try this delicious sounding recipe
Laurel says
All I have to say is “Yum!”
Jerrie Sanders says
I made this tonight. It was so good!!! I’ll be making it again!
Paddy Bateman says
Just ate the last frozen bag of these Best Stewed Tomatoes I made from August, 2021. With bow tie pasta, bits of broccoli and topped with bacon and grated pecorino cheese is to die for! The flavour is out of this world. Am going to be making a lot more of this recipe this summer. Can not believe the taste, Chef Ramsay, step aside…this is DELICIOUS! I give it 10 ⭐️‘S and so does my husband!
Pamela says
I had 2 flats of fresh tomatoes on the Vine like you buy at HEB I found your recipe it is like the one I used 25 years ago and had lost the recipe. By the way I put up 75 tomatoes in quart size zip lock bags. They are so handy and so much better for you than the store bought ones Thanks Pamela Sparks
Robin says
I grew up on a farm and Grandma always made these but added celery & onion, which is what I did here. It was excellent! Could I freeze them in a glass jar instead of plastic? I don’t use plastic for anything. Thanks so much!
Brian says
I wouldn’t recommend freezing them in a glass jar… it will probably break the jar. Add ~2 tablespoons of lemon juice per quart and process them in a hot water bath for 45 minutes. Make sure the water is boiling and that the jars are fully submerged.
Nancy says
I was given some overripe tomatoes from the farm stand and decided to try this recipe. They are delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Pamela says
So happy to hear you liked the stewed tomatoes Nancy, thanks for commenting and letting me know you made them!
Dave S says
Hi!
I have no idea if you’re still monitoring this and can answer this question. I’m not lucky enough to have a garden of fresh tomatoes and hate to have to wait until they come into season. Would the recipe be any different if I used canned plum tomatoes?
Ricky Trimble says
Simple to make but very delicious to eat!!!!!!!!!
Diane Milligan says
I made this recipe about 4 – 5 times this past summer. I froze most of it it small freezer bags. I usually put it in soup or add to stuffed peppers. It is so good, I think the peppers that you add make a big difference. Already planning on next year. I also purchased a tomato peeler, makes it much easier in some cases.
Ann says
Can you boil them in a Watergate and store then in Mason jars in the pantry?
Darlene says
Loved this recipe put zuchinni in it also
Dee Jack says
I have made this recipe several times and it never fails. I have begun to add other ingredients to make it my own.
danleep11 says
Add a few other flavor ingredients to it. Add some chunks of zucchini or other summer squash to this recipe and have a great variation of it. Make enough to have leftovers and can it using appropriate method.
Mary S says
So good, even my daughter who is a very picky eater enjoyed it and asked me to definitely make this again! I did tweak it a little by adding onion, celery, and Italian seasoning. My daughter said way better than the can!
Diane says
I love this recipe it is easy and fast. I added garlic and sweet onions. I froze most of the 2 batches and made one in a quart jar, just to compare.
Kimberly says
I could eat these stewed tomatoes all day everyday! Love them!!! ( I actually added onions and celery to my second batch)
Linda in Texas says
I love this recipe! I have a small garden and I don’t can so when my tomatoes started coming in I used this recipe because it was for a small batch of tomatoes and can be frozen. I have used this recipe for two months and added a little garlic and sweet onion to it. I now have a freezer full of wonderful stewed tomatoes for lots of chili and soups this winter. Thank you for sharing!
Trinafabulously40 says
1st time making them, they’re so good! Cut the recipe to half, added turmeric and substituted honey for sugar….I definitely will be making this again! Thank you so much for making so it easy👏🏼