All-American Stewed Tomatoes
Updated October 10, 2023
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
4 slices fresh ginger, about the size of a quarter, peeled and julienned
¼ teaspoon paprika
Pinch ground cloves
¼ pound yellow onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
3 pounds ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 1-inch wedges
2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in ¼-cup water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Step 1
In a glass or ceramic dish (11 by 14 by 2 inches), combine butter, sugar, salt, ginger, paprika, cloves and onion. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent for 4 minutes.
- Step 2
Stir in tomatoes. Push tomatoes to the edge of the dish so that they make a ring, leaving an open area in the center. Cover dish tightly with polyvinyl microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent for 8 minutes. Pierce plastic and stir in dissolved cornstarch. Patch plastic. Cook at 100 percent for 3 minutes longer.
- Step 3
Prick plastic. Uncover carefully. Stir in lemon juice and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
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