This stewed tomatoes recipe is tomatoes simmered with onion and butter until soft and spoonable. It is not a tomato sauce or a fresh tomato salad.
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Stewed Tomatoes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Stewed Tomatoes. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can (28 ounces) whole tomatoes
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup crushed saltine crackers, optional
Instructions
- Soften the onion in the butter.
- Add tomatoes with their juice, sugar, and salt. Break the tomatoes up.
- Simmer 20 minutes. Stir in the crackers if you want it thicker.
Notes
The crackers are the old thickener. Skip them if you want it looser.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Tomatoes
Whole, then broken. Diced cook down smaller.
Sugar
A spoon, to take the edge off the can.
Onion
Soft before the tomatoes go in.
Butter
At the start, not a pat at the end.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Fresh tomatoes?
Use 2 pounds, peeled and chopped, and add a splash of water.
Storage
Fridge, 4 days.
Bread?
Some people add a torn slice instead of crackers.
Herbs
A pinch of basil at the end.
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