It is a canned tomato product where the tomatoes were cooked with onion and celery and sometimes spices before canning.
You can substitute diced tomatoes or tomato sauce for stewed tomatoes in the recipe.
Stewed tomatoes are cooked or stewed and diced tomatoes are cut into pieces but all tomatoes remain tomatoes no matter what you do to them. Not true at all. During processing of diced tomatoes a firmer less ripe tomato is used to hold up for a smaller cut, while stewed tomatoes are from fruit that is vine ripened longer and much more flavorful. Different tomatoes and lengths of ripening vary for all canned products which affects flavor.
A good substitute for stewed tomatoes in a recipe is canned diced tomatoes or tomato sauce.
Yes, stewed tomatoes or picante sauce can be substituted in equal amounts for any recipe that calls for tomato juice or ketchup. My family likes to put their ketchup on the meat loaf after it is cooked, so using tomato juice or ketchup in the recipe was to much, but the stewed tomatoes give the dish a milder flavor. The picante sauce spices it up.
sure why not
no because they have skin
Stewed tomatoes can be canned without using a pressure cooker by using a water bath canning method. This involves boiling the jars of stewed tomatoes in a large pot of water to create a seal that preserves the food.
Yes, provided the can is in date.
Sure, but it might have a slightly different flavor.
Yes, you can freeze stewed tomatoes.
To prepare stewed tomatoes, first, peel and chop fresh tomatoes. Then, cook them in a pot with onions, garlic, herbs, and seasonings until they are soft and saucy. Serve as a side dish or use in recipes like soups and stews.
Stewed tomatoes are just tomatoes cooked with other vegetables of your choice. Onions, celery, bell pepper and herbs or spices you like. There is no one recipe for them. Just peel and chop the tomatoes and add some onion, celery, etc. and simmer until everything is tender. Season to your taste.