You can use tomatoes in all kinds of different forms to make tasty meals. When you need a tomato peeled, seeded, and chopped (maybe as part of that great tomato sauce recipe), here’s the process:
Cut the stem out of your tomato.
![Cut the stem out of your tomato.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88083.image0.jpg)
Insert a paring knife diagonally into the tomato and cut around the stem at an angle.
Cut a shallow “x” on the bottom of the tomato.
![Cut a shallow “x” on the bottom of the tomato.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88085.image2.jpg)
This cut allows for easier peeling in a later step.
Drop the tomato into boiling water.
![Drop the tomato into boiling water.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88087.image4.jpg)
Leave it in the water for only about ten seconds or so.
Remove the tomato from the boiling water and immerse it in cold water.
![Remove the tomato from the boiling water and immerse it in cold water.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88089.image6.jpg)
Use a long-handled fork to transport the tomato.
Peel off the skin.
![Peel off the skin.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88091.image8.jpg)
Just start at the “x”!
Cut the peeled tomato in half.
![Cut the peeled tomato in half.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88093.image10.jpg)
Cut through the middle, so that the top (where the stem used to be) and the bottom (with the “x”) each have their own half.
Squeeze!
![Squeeze!](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88095.image12.jpg)
The seeds ooze out of the cut tomato.
Chop the tomato.
![Chop the tomato.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/88097.image14.jpg)
Cut it into whatever size you want.