31 recipes using tomatoes — Burgers, BBQ, mac & cheese and comfort food classics.
These 31 american tomatoes recipes are ready in about 61 minutes on average, with 168–720 kcal per serving, and 52% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
American cooking is a melting pot of comfort food — from slow-smoked barbecue to skillet classics, big on bold, crowd-pleasing flavour. When American cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for butter, smoked paprika, brown sugar, mustard, hot sauce and good stock, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are boiling, simmering, baking and frying.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, olive oil, all-purpose flour, dried oregano, buttermilk and mayonnaise. The dishes here span american classics ready in as little as 18 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Rainbow Buddha Bowl with Tahini Dressing is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,842 ratings.
Rich, deeply flavoured Texas-style beef chili with ground beef, dried chilies and aromatic spices — no beans in this authentic recipe. This easy homemade chili recipe is the ultimate crowd-pleasing comfort food for game day or cold winter evenings.
Classic American Creole Jambalaya recipe.
Classic American Deep Dish recipe.
Classic American Shrimp Po'Boy recipe.
Classic American Po'Boy Sandwich recipe.
Rich New Orleans Creole turtle soup with a dark roux, sherry, and chopped egg.
Tomato-based Creole red jambalaya with sausage, chicken, and shrimp over rice.
Tomato-based clam chowder studded with vegetables and tender clams.
Crispy fried green tomato slices
Crispy fried shrimp dressed in a New Orleans French roll.
Cornmeal-fried oysters dressed in a crusty New Orleans loaf.
Buttery corn and lima beans cooked with bacon and tomatoes.
A brothy, garden-vegetable soup loaded with tomatoes and herbs.
Garlic butter shrimp over quinoa with roasted vegetables.
Pan-seared salmon fillet topped with creamy avocado-lime salsa.
Roasted sweet potato, crispy chickpeas, kale, quinoa and avocado dressed with creamy lemon-tahini — a balanced vegan power bowl in 30 minutes.
Slow-roasted tomatoes blended into a silky, deeply concentrated soup with a swirl of basil oil — comfort food that tastes restaurant-grade.
A buttery, cornmeal-laced pan pizza with a 5-cm wall of crust, layers of low-moisture mozzarella, Italian sausage, and chunky San Marzano tomato sauce on top — the iconic Chicago invention.
The American restaurant reinterpretation — a North African and Israeli classic dressed up Brooklyn-brunch style with goat cheese, avocado, sourdough toast and a hit of harissa.
Giant foldable slices with a thin, chewy crust, tangy tomato sauce and perfectly stretched cheese.
Hearty Creole rice dish with andouille sausage, shrimp, chicken and the holy trinity of Cajun cooking.
The ultimate American chopped salad with chicken, bacon, egg, avocado and blue cheese over romaine.
A tomato-based clam chowder loaded with potatoes and vegetables, the red-broth rival to New England's cream-based version.
A composed American salad of chopped chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato and blue cheese arranged in neat rows over lettuce.
Cornmeal-crusted slices of tart green tomato, fried until crisp and golden, a beloved Southern appetizer or side dish.
Sliced turkey, crisp bacon, avocado and lettuce rolled in a flour tortilla with a smear of mayonnaise, a satisfying American lunch wrap.
A one-pot Louisiana rice dish loaded with shrimp, andouille sausage and the holy trinity, simmered together until deeply flavorful.
Tubular pasta baked with a rich marinara and ricotta filling, topped with melted mozzarella, a classic Italian-American comfort casserole.
A thick, buttery crust filled with mozzarella, Italian sausage, and a chunky tomato sauce on top, baked in a deep, seasoned pan.
A composed American chopped salad of grilled chicken, bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, blue cheese, and tomato in neat rows.
Bell peppers baked with a savory beef and rice filling, made richer with a splash of browned butter.
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Most of these 31 American tomatoes recipes are ready in around 61 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Keto Salmon with Avocado Salsa, takes about 18 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 150 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 168 to 720 kcal per serving, averaging 455 kcal — Hearty Vegetable Soup is the lightest option at 168 kcal.
Shrimp Po'Boy is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 122 minutes. 52% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with garlic, olive oil, all-purpose flour, dried oregano, buttermilk and mayonnaise. American kitchens also lean on butter, smoked paprika, brown sugar, mustard, hot sauce and good stock.
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