Southern Stewed Tomatoes

A pot of stewed tomatoes and a plate of toast cut into squares.

Stewed tomatoes can cook for as little as 15 minutes or as long as several hours making them easy to bring hot to the table at the same time as the rest of your dishes.

Course Side Dishes

Cuisine Southern

Keyword southern stewed tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, stewed tomatoes recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 151kcal

Author Jenn

Ingredients

1 large onion
1 T unsalted butter or oil for sauteing
4 bacon slices cooked and crumbled (or a package of Real Bacon bacon bits)
3 14.5 oz cans petite diced tomatoes
4 slices of bread toasted, cut into bite-size pieces
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Saute onions in a dutch oven.
Add bacon (or Real Bacon bacon bits) and continue sauteing until onions are translucent.
Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper.
Cover and cook over low heat for at least 15 minutes.
Just before serving, add toasted bread pieces to absorb the juice and make a thickened tomato stew.

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Notes

You can actually cook the stewed tomatoes for several hours. The longer you cook it the more flavor these Southern stewed tomatoes develop. 15 minutes is the minimum.

Shortcuts I love are using store-bought tomatoes and using Real Bacon Bits instead of cooking and crumbling raw bacon.

Don't be afraid to heavily toast the bread. You want it almost, but not quite, burned.

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