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Marinated Tomatoes {Farmhouse Style}

June 14, 2022 by Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life 7 Comments

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Our family loves eating these Marinated Tomatoes sliced on hamburgers, chopped on salads, and served with fresh mozzarella or on bruschetta.  There are so many delicious options for using our fresh tomato marinade recipe!

Ripe tomatoes are a favorite summertime food and this easy marinade is a great way to kick your snack or meal up a notch!

Close up of shinny tomatoes coated with a light homemade dressing

Recipe For Marinated Tomatoes

Our favorite ways to enjoy this Marinated Tomatoes recipe is on a grilled hamburger or chopped up with pieces of fresh mozzarella on a salad.  The marinade serves as a light dressing for the whole salad.

Marinated tomato slices also add a fresh flavor to lightly seasoned burgers that is super craveable!

We don’t add a lot of seasoning to burgers, so adding our tomatoes with marinade tomato creates a fresh flavor that we crave all year around!

These tomatoes are so easy to make because there are only six common ingredients in the marinade, salad oil, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, oregano leaves, and green onions.

Rows of medium thickness slices of tomatoes in a marinade

Everyone that tries these tomatoes enjoys them!  At a barbecue that I took these Italian marinated tomatoes to, a young girl who was confident that she doesn’t like vinegar ate and enjoyed them!  I’m not a big vinegar fan either and I enjoy these tomatoes!  The red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar flavor adds a nice, light accent.

When the garden is really producing grilled burgers with these tomatoes and a dessert of Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake is hard to beat!

Ideas for Fresh Tomatoes

We are anxiously awaiting a tomato harvest this year!  When the tomatoes ripen we will eat some tomatoes fresh and on sandwiches.  We will definitely make our Open Faced Italian BLT and Scalloped Tomatoes.  We will add diced tomatoes to our Sloppy Jane Sandwich and Instant Pot Loaded Lasagna.

This tomato marinade will dress up several of our plain tomatoes and be added to salads.  I will cut tomatoes for salads into wedges for marinating.  Sliced marinated tomatoes will be added to sandwiches and eaten with a slice of fresh mozzarella for a snack.  I’m also looking forward to dicing some fresh tomatoes, marinading them and making bruschetta!

We are hit and miss with planting and tending a garden.  My son really likes to work the ground and plant his own garden.  I totally support him taking the lead on that because my life feels very full already.  As farmers, we know that growing plants is a big responsibility and we look at our garden as a hobby.  I love to see him actively learning to grow food.

Sliced tomatoes soaking in marinade in glass dish

Our family raises corn, soybeans, wheat and hay in central Ohio.  My husband’s family farms in eastern Indiana and western Ohio where there are farmers who grow several hundred acres of tomatoes.  Once in a while we’ll be driving through town and see large wagons of tomatoes being hauled to the processing plant.  I think most of those tomatoes are canned and made shelf stable for the grocery store and restaurants.

How to Make Tomato Marinade

  1. Slice tomatoes and layer in a baking dish.
  2. Whisk together salad oil, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, oregano leaves and minced green onions.
  3. Pour marinade evenly over tomatoes and cover.
  4. Refrigerate and allow tomatoes to marinade for at least 4 1/2 hours.

Step By Step Instructions

Measure the red wine vinegar into a small mixing bowl. Pour in canola oil or salad oil.

Pouring canola salad oil into red wine vinegar to make tomato marinade

Add salt, pepper and oregano and stir until the sugar dissolves.

Sprinkling oregano in vinaigrette tomato marinade

Finally whisk in minced green onion or stir with a fork.

Spoon adding minced green onion to tomato marinade recipe

Slice tomatoes with a sharp serrated knife. Arrange tomato slices into a 9×13 or similarly sized dish.

Hand over 9x13 pan arranging slices of tomatoes to be marinated

Pour marinade over tomatoes, cover dish and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight before serving.

Pouring marinade over rows of tomato slices

Recipe Tips for Marinating Tomatoes

  • Slice tomatoes to desired thickness
  • Thin sliced tomatoes will allow more of the marinade flavor to shine
  • Thick sliced tomatoes will have more of a tomato taste with a light marinade flavor
  • Red wine vinegar can be substituted for balsamic vinegar
  • I use a garlic press to mince the green onion, if you don’t have a garlic press try to cut the white portion of the green onion as finely as possible and whisk together with other marinade ingredients
  • Marinade at least 4 hours, but up to all day to maximize marinade flavor
  • Using a 9×13 pan allows for about 3 layers of tomatoes which is optimal for making contact with and soaking up marinade

Other Delicious Ideas for Vegetable Side Dishes

  • Crock Pot Loaded Cauliflower Casserole {Farmhouse Style}
  • Asian Asparagus
  • Easy Low-Carb Loaded Cauliflower Casserole
  • Air Fryer Asian Asparagus
  • Country Style Scalloped Corn Casserole
  • Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes
  • Crunchy Pea Salad with Cashews

Printable Recipe for Marinated Tomatoes Farmhouse Style

Close up of slices of tomatoes soaking in an oil and vinegar based marinade

Marinated Tomatoes Farmhouse Style

Our family loves eating these Marinated Tomatoes sliced on hamburgers, chopped on salads, and served with fresh mozzarella or on bruschetta.  There are so many delicious options for using our fresh tomato marinade recipe!
5 from 4 votes
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Course: Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Marinated Tomatoes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Marinating Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 69kcal
Author: Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

Ingredients

  • 5 large Tomatoes sliced
  • 1/4 cup salad oil I use canola oil
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
  • 2 green onions minced

Instructions

  • About 4 1/2 hours before serving or early in day: Arrange tomato slices in 13" x 9" baking dish, overlapping slices.
  • In small bowl with fork or wire whisk, mix salad oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, oregano leaves and green onions.
  • Spoon dressing over tomatoes. Cover baking dish and refrigerate at least 4 1/2 hours to blend flavors.

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Equipment

Measuring Cups
Liquid Measuring Cup
9×13 Baking Dish

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Nutrition

Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 238mg | Potassium: 222mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 782IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
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Originally published July 4, 2019 with pictures updated on June 14, 2022.

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  1. Eller

    August 25, 2019 at 11:36 pm

    5 stars
    Everyone love this dish, Mother use to make for us when the fresh garden tomatoes were really producing, we ate them as a side, put them in sandwiches and added them to our garden salads…Sure reminds me of home

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  2. Nancy

    August 14, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    5 stars
    Used 2 tomatoes. I let it sit in fridge overnight. It was good. I did add more vinegar after tasting. I believe there can never be too much vinegar.

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    • Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

      August 15, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for letting us know!

  3. Diana

    September 14, 2021 at 5:01 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent! There are only two of us, so I just marinated what we would eat and the refrigerated the remainder of the marinade, a few days later I gently warmed the refrigerated marinade under warm water and made another batch. So easy!

    Reply
  4. Rita

    April 18, 2022 at 9:35 pm

    5 stars
    I can hardly wait till tomatoes come in season to be able to try this recipe.

    Reply
  5. Nora

    June 26, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    I want to do this, but have no green onions. Is there any other choice I can use?

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

      June 27, 2022 at 1:01 am

      Hey There! I think it would still taste okay without the green onion…or maybe use a little sweet or yellow onion. Hope you enjoy!

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