Homemade rotel canning

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.

Learn how to make and can your own tomatoes and green chilies. Use this in place of a can of Ro-Tel in your favorite recipes.

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…

Roasted, blackened tomatoes and chilies make Canned Rotel Style Tomatoes. They can be mild or spicy, depending on your personal preference.

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…

Delicious, homemade Rotel you can use just like you would the canned version.

Canning the bruschetta reminded me that we are out of Ro-tel, you know that yummy spicy tomato and green chili goodness that you mix with Velveeta to make queso?! Homemade Rotel 9 cups chopped, peeled, cored Roma tomatoes (about 4lbs) 2 large bell peppers, seeded and chopped 1 large onion, diced 8 jalapeno (or other hot) peppers, chopped 3/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup sugar 1-1/2 Tbsp. Morton Canning and Pickling Salt Mix ingredients together in large saucepan and bring to a boil, reduce heat and…

Copycat homemade Rotel recipe is here! How to make Rotel substitute with canned tomatoes to make this spicy diced tomato green chile mix.

Through the years we've come to realize that the only things that grow well in our garden are peppers and tomatoes. The only problem with that is we don't really care much for tomatoes. What we DO love are the Rotel canned tomatoes, so after Jerm brought in the twelve millionth tomato I decided to…