Homemade rotel

HOMEMADE ROTEL RECIPE: Rotel tomatoes are a spicy diced tomato product with green chilies for heat. It's a great flavor enhancer for dishes like queso, casseroles, and soups. You can make your own Rotel tomatoes recipe with your garden tomatoes this summer and fill your freezer full of flavor for the whole year.

Make and boiling water can (or freeze) this Rotel copycat recipe at home using fresh, simple ingredients - it's truly like the real thing!

Homemade Rotel made with tomatoes and green chilies is a great and easy tomato canning recipe. Rotel is a great pantry staple for spicing up Mexican recipes. It is great to be able to make your own tomatoes and green chilies to suit your taste and to preserve them for use all winter long. Rotel is so convenient for adding flavor to dishes like tacos, casseroles, soups, or making salsas or dips. You can make your Rotel mild or spicy, depending on your personal preference.

Did you know you can make a tasty and easy substitute for Rotel right in the comfort of your own home? All you need is a few simple ingredients and about 5 minutes!

Rotel tomatoes are canned tomatoes with a little hint of heat. A Southern favorite, the spice comes from green chiles that have been fire-roasted, diced and stirred into the simmering tomatoes. Rotel tomatoes are a vital ingredient in queso and make a delicious addition to tortilla soup. The only downside to developing a dependency on Rotel tomatoes is that they can often be tricky to find if you live north of the Mason Dixon line, like I do.

During the cold winter months, we eat a lot of hearty meals such as chili with cornbread and taco soup. It just sticks to your ribs and makes you feel all happy inside. Last summer, a friend of mine shared with me her recipe for homemade "rotel" tomatoes. You can buy Rotel tomatoes in your grocery store. That is the brand name. They're very good, but they're not homemade. And, when I can make something myself, I try to do so. Today, my countertops were covered (and I mean covered) with…

I posted in the spring about the huge garden we planted in the backyard. Well, some plants didn't exactly make it (green beans, lettuce...

We rarely ever use store bought canned goods. One of the few is Rotel tomatoes. One day, pondering why I couldn't make my own, I called my sister and said read me the Rotel label. Very simply it said tomatoes, peppers and salt. So after perusing the Internet and checking a few recipes, I came up with this one. Some had way too much sugar and others had unnecessary ingredients. Of course, once made, it had to be family tested. Success! Enjoy~ 10 lbs. tomatoes, cored, peeled and diced 1 large…

Make and boiling water can (or freeze) this Rotel copycat recipe at home using fresh, simple ingredients - it's truly like the real thing!

It seems that Rotel has been popping up in more and more recipes on my Pinterest board. Of course, when I want to share with you some of the ones we've liked, I draw a blank with the exception of this one. But really, Rotel is in everything lately. I wasn't sure how it was much different than a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies. Until I made my own. Oh my. This is ever so much better than diced tomatoes and green chilies. It's way, way better than canned Rotel. There's no way I'd take…