How to Make Your Own Tomato Powder

Marie Overton
Mar 2, 2022
1 min read

Updated: Aug 2

One of the easiest ways to jazz up a meal and quickly enhance flavors is to add Tomato Powder. This recipe begins with dehydrated tomatoes.

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The first step is to dehydrate the tomato pieces until they are very dry. They should crumble in your hands.

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Tomato powder can be made in either a food processor or in a blender. Once all of the tomato bits have dried collect them and then place the dry tomatoes in your processor/blender. If you are unsure how to dehydrate tomatoes check out this video.

Blend, Chop, Grind your dried tomatoes in your blender or food processor for 1 to 2 minutes. It is always amazing to me how a full food processor will yield just a cup or so of powder. Chopping it up really reduces the space it fills.

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Place the powder in an airtight container and store it in a cool, dry place. I like to use a mason jar for this.

To use the powder, add it to any recipe that you would normally use tomatoes in. It can be a great addition when cooking pasta or rice. It is also good for thickening up tomato sauce.