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Marinated tomatoes are effortless side dish that pairs with almost everything! We love it with anything that comes out of the BBQ grill. Tomato packs a punch of flavors by marinating it in olive oil, vinegar and herbs!
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What You’ll Need
- 1 pound ripe tomato
- ½ red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar (balsamic vinegar will also work)
- ½ lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly ground Pepper
Tomatoes – use freshest juicy tomatoes. Any variety of tomato can be used cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, roma tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes will work
Olive oil – use good quality olive oil for marinating tomatoes. Taste of the dish is highly dependent on the quality of ingredients.
Vinegar – tomatoes love vinegar. Especially balsamic vinegar. You can use red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar for the recipe.
Lemon Juice – optional. We love the extra tang punch packed in the dish with lemon juice. If you feel tomatoes that you use have sour taste, you can skip lemon juice.
Fresh Herbs – you can add any of your favorite fresh herbs. Do not substitute with dried herbs. Fresh basil is highly recommended. It packs robust flavors. Other fresh herbs that you can be used to marinate tomatoes are thyme, parsley, mint or cilantro.
Seasoning – don’t forget seasoning with good pinch of sea salt (or kosher salt) and freshly ground pepper as per taste.
How To Make Marinated Tomatoes
- Recipe starts with the freshest juiciest tomatoes. Tomatoes from the farmer’s market or your garden is best. You can use any ripe tomato cherry tomato, beefsteak tomato, heirloom tomato or the most common roma tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes can be cut into halves or quarters. Heirloom or beefsteak tomatoes can be sliced into ⅓ inch thick slices. I use Italian tomatoes in the recipe.
- Arrange sliced tomatoes on a large plate.
- To make the marinade mix together olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, fine diced onion, minced garlic, finely chopped basil and parsley, sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste in a bowl.
- Whisk it thoroughly.
- Pour the marinade over sliced tomatoes. Spread the marinade evenly.
- Cover and marinate tomatoes at least for 2 hours before serving, toss (flip tomatoes) it occasionally. Tomatoes can be marinated for up to 2 days refrigerated. Longer tomato rest in the refrigerator, softer it will get. Best to consume this salad within 8 hours.
- Serve with your favorite meal. All the marinade leftover from the tomatoes can be re-used in soups or stews or can also be drizzled over salad as dressing.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What type of tomatoes can I use to make marinated tomatoes salad?
Any variety of tomato can be used – cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, roma tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes, Italian tomatoes all will work. Make sure you use fresh, juicy, ripe, red tomatoes.
Can I use dried herbs?
Highly recommend you use fresh herbs for this recipe. Fresh herbs packs a lot of flavors to the dish. If you don’t have fresh herbs then substitute with dried herbs. Note dried herbs are more potent than fresh herbs, use smaller quantity compared to fresh herbs.
Will onion and garlic have raw taste in the salad?
The amount of garlic and onion used in the recipe will not over-power the dish. With finely minced garlic, you wont get garlic bite nor the salad is overpowering with garlic. Use 1 large clove of garlic or 2 small garlic cloves minced fine.
Raw onion soaking in vinegar and lemon juice will loose it’s harsh aftertaste. Don’t worry about onion stubborn lingering aftertaste.
If you don’t like raw onions you can skip it.
How to store marinated tomatoes?
Cover marinated tomatoes and refrigerate it. You can keep marinated tomatoes for upto 3 days refrigerated. Longer tomatoes rest it will begin to soften. For best taste, serve marinated tomatoes within 8 hours.
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Marinated Tomatoes
Jyothi Rajesh
Marinated tomatoes are effortless side dish that pairs with almost everything! We love it with anything that comes out of the BBQ grill. Tomato packs a punch of flavors by marinating it in olive oil, vinegar and herbs!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Marinate Time 2 hours hrs
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, side salad, Sides
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 149
Ingredients
- 1 pound ripe tomato
- ½ red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar balsamic vinegar will also work
- ½ lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly ground Pepper
Instructions
Recipe starts with the freshest juiciest tomatoes. Tomatoes from the farmer’s market or your garden is best. You can use any ripe tomato cherry tomato, beefsteak tomato, heirloom tomato or the most common roma tomatoes.
Cherry tomatoes can be cut into halves or quarters. Heirloom or beefsteak tomatoes can be sliced into ⅓ inch thick slices. I use Italian tomatoes in the recipe.
Arrange sliced tomatoes on a large plate.
To make the marinade mix together olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, fine diced onion, minced garlic, finely chopped basil and parsley, sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste in a bowl. Whisk it thoroughly.
Pour the marinade over sliced tomatoes.
Spread the marinade evenly.
Cover and marinate tomatoes at least for 2 hours before serving, toss (flip tomatoes) it occasionally. Tomatoes can be marinated for up to 2 days refrigerated. Longer tomato rest in the refrigerator, softer it will get. Best to consume this salad within 8 hours.
Serve with your favorite meal.
All the marinade leftover from the tomatoes can be re-used in soups or stews or can also be drizzled over salad as dressing.
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Notes
- Marinated tomatoes salad tastes best with freshest, ripest, red tomatoes.
- Use freshly herbs. Basil packs a punch of flavors. Feel free to use any fresh herbs of your choice. Do not substitute with dried herbs.
- Highly recommend red wine vinegar for this recipe, it does not overpower tomatoes and makes it zippy.
- Marinate tomatoes for at least 2 hours before serving so tomatoes has soaked up the flavors.
- Best to consume marinated tomatoes salad within 8 hours. You can keep marinated tomatoes for up to 3 days covered and refrigerated. Longer tomatoes rest it will begin to soften.
Nutritional Info– Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition
Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 299mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 949IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
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Reader Interactions
Jenn says
Not only is this a tasty and refreshing way to enjoy fresh tomatoes, but it’s also extremely easy to make. Main thing, in my opinion, is to give the ingredients time to get to know each other in the fridge before serving.Reply
Jyothi Rajesh says
Thank you for sharing your feedback!
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Heather Bueser says
I made this with my garden-fresh tomatoes and herbs. This definitely packs a lot of flavors! I am also trying this recipe with dill infused olive oil.Reply
Jyothi Rajesh says
I’m so glad to hear you loved this recipe Heather! Thank you for trying
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Keta_Graves says
Such a great way to use tomatoes out of the garden. So delicious!Reply
Jyothi Rajesh says
So glad you loved the recipe! Thank you
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