13 Cherry Tomato Recipes Bursting With Flavor

Marinated mozzarella, cherry tomato, and basil salad inside a dish — Serious Eats / Diana Chistruga

If you have an abundance of cherry tomatoes, consider yourself lucky. This collection of recipes is bursting with flavor, just like those jewel-like tomatoes from your garden or farmers market. Whether you have 15 minutes or an hour, there's a cherry tomato recipe on this list to fit the occasion.

Creamy Bean Dip With Roasted Tomato Puttanesca Salad

Serious Eats / Sasha Marx

This creamy white bean spread with a bright puttanesca-inspired topping is the perfect snacking appetizer—no sharing required.

Creamy Bean Dip with Roasted Tomato Puttanesca Salad
Creamy Corn Dip With Feta, Mint, and Tomatoes

Serious Eats / Lorena Masso

Rich and satisfying, this hot corn dip relies on cream cheese, feta, and half-and-half for its luxuriously creamy texture and a topping of mint, olives, and cherry tomatoes for freshness.

Creamy Corn Dip With Feta, Mint, and Tomatoes
Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

This recipe for dehydrated cherry tomatoes yields jammy, plump, and concentrated tomatoes that are like sweet-savory tomato raisins.

Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)
Pasta With Burst Cherry Tomatoes and XO Sauce

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

Here, sweet and bright cherry tomatoes quickly cook down and burst into a rich, emulsified fresh tomato sauce, thanks to their natural pectin content.

Pasta With Burst Cherry Tomatoes and XO Sauce

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Marinated Mozzarella, Cherry Tomato, and Basil Salad

Serious Eats / Diana Chistruga

This recipe is a flavorful rendition of a classic (but sometimes bland) dish.

Marinated Mozzarella, Cherry Tomato, and Basil Salad
Pizza With Cherry Tomatoes, Halloumi, Olives, and Mint

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Topping pizza with halloumi is unconventional, but undeniably delicious.

Pizza With Cherry Tomatoes, Halloumi, Olives, and Mint
Seared Skirt Steak With Blistered Cherry Tomatoes and Polenta

This quick polenta with skirt steak and tomatoes is about as easy as a meaty polenta dish can get. .
Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Pan-seared steak doesn't really provide much sauce of its own. The solution: Toss some juicy cherry tomatoes and chiles into the skillet as the steak finishes cooking.

Seared Skirt Steak With Blistered Cherry Tomatoes and Polenta
Zucchini and Roasted Tomatoes With Pasta and Dried Olive Flavor Shake

Dried olives and miso paste are the secret to this sprinkle-on-everything condiment. .
Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Deeply flavored zucchini and roasted tomatoes are the star of this dish; pasta just plays a supporting role.

Zucchini and Roasted Tomatoes With Pasta and Dried Olive Flavor Shake

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Fast and Easy Pasta With Blistered Cherry Tomato Sauce

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With just a handful of ingredients, you can make a delicious fresh tomato sauce for pasta in 10 minutes flat.

Fast and Easy Pasta With Blistered Cherry Tomato Sauce
Grilled Lemon-Garlic Chicken and Tomato Kebabs With Basil Chimichurri

Serious Eats / Emily and Matthew Clifton

These chicken skewers spend just a few minutes in a lemony, garlicky mix before they're grilled. The hot chicken absorbs the flavor of the fresh basil chimichurri, and the grilled cherry tomatoes bring sweetness and acid.

Grilled Lemon Garlic Chicken and Tomato Kebabs With Basil Chimichurri
Parisian Gnocchi With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Corn, and Zucchini

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Light and airy Parisian-style gnocchi are crisped in olive oil and served with oven-roasted cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and sweet corn.

Parisian Gnocchi With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Corn, and Zucchini
El Gallito (Pineapple-Chipotle Pitcher Cocktail)

Serious Eats / Kelly Puleio.

This rare treasure, an umami-rich sweet-salty-smoky chipotle number from balances juicy pineapple with grassy, green cilantro. A handful of cherry tomatoes tamps down the fruity flavor without pushing the drink into full-on Bloody Mary territory.

El Gallito (Pineapple Chipotle Pitcher Cocktail)

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Eggplant, Squash, and Cherry Tomato Hash With Baked Eggs

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

This dish is somewhere between a stew-like ratatouille and a chopped vegetable hash with eggplants, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes. With a generous amount of olive oil, it's not light breakfast fare, but it is delicious.

Eggplant, Squash, and Cherry Tomato Hash With Baked Eggs

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