My blistered tomatoes are ready in under 10 minutes, made with just cherry tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and basil in one skillet. Blistering brings out their natural sweetness while keeping the centers juicy, so they work equally well as a topping, a side dish, or an appetizer on their own.
Why I Make These Almost Every Week
I love creating dishes using different kinds of tomatoes. They’re just so versatile in that they can be cooked and enjoyed in so many ways! And with this blistered tomatoes recipe, you’ll end up with tasty and warm tomatoes bursting with flavor that can be eaten on their own (yum!) or added to other dishes to make them extra delicious. This dish is so good that I rarely let a week go by without making it at least once at home. Enjoy!
Ingredient Notes
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Lends a delicate flavor to our tomatoes.
- I love to use high-quality extra virgin olive oil for the taste factor, but avocado oil makes another great choice.
- Cherry tomatoes: The star of this dish! I recommend using the freshest, ripest tomatoes on the vine as they taste amazingly sweet. It’s also best to use them whole instead of cutting into them as part of what makes this dish so good is the experience of biting into each individual tomato.
- Grape tomatoes can also be used as a substitute if you don’t have cherry tomatoes, though they are often not as sweet.
- Garlic Cloves: Lend a distinctive flavor and aroma to our blistered tomatoes that make them more delicious.
- You can also use shallots to give this dish added flavor and sweetness.
- Ground Pepper and Salt: The seasonings that help make other ingredients taste even better.
- Fresh Basil Leaves: Acts as a garnish that also gives a fresh, herby taste to our dish.
- Substitutions of other herbs like thyme, oregano, rosemary, or tarragon also work as they also lend an excellent flavor to cherry tomatoes. You can also use a blend of herbs if you prefer.
How to Blister Tomatoes in a Skillet
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the tomatoes and let them cook undisturbed for 3 minutes.
- Stir the tomatoes while cooking for 2 minutes longer.
- Add the garlic, pepper and salt. Stir well and cook for 1 minute longer.
- Turn off the heat, then add the torn basil.
- Serve and enjoy!
Ways to Use Blistered Tomatoes
- As a side dish or appetizer, they make a perfectly savory addition to any breakfast, lunch, or dinner plate!
- As an add-on to various vegetarian salads.
- Served on toasted bread or crostini and topped with either parmesan cheese or cream cheese. A drizzle of balsamic glaze on top makes a serving even more scrumptious!
- Stirred into or added as a topping to pasta recipes like Spicy Harissa Pasta or Gigi Hadid Pasta.
- Enjoyed as a topping on pizza crusts or pizza bowls.
- As part of a caprese salad.
- Mixed with honey for a sweet twist on this blistered cherry tomato recipe.
- Stirred into Pesto Rice for an easy weeknight dinner.
- Mixed with red pepper flakes to give this vegetable dish a delicious kick.
- Made into a warm and comforting blistered tomato soup.
- As a topping on your favorite cooked proteins (try them on tofu or butter beans).
More Delicious Tomato Recipes
Blistered Tomatoes
Ingredients
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- salt to taste, I usually add around ¼ teaspoon
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves torn
Method
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the tomatoes and let them cook undisturbed for 3 minutes.
- Stir the tomatoes while cooking for 2 minutes longer.
- Add the garlic, pepper and salt. Stir well and cook for 1 minute longer.
- Turn off the heat, then add the torn basil.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated using a third-party calculator and is an estimate only.
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