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{{Short description|Brand of canned tomatoes and green chili}}
{{for|the Japanese manufacturer of audio/video equipment|Rotel}}
[[File:Rotel logo.jpg|right|200px|Ro*tel logo]]

'''Ro-Tel''' (stylized as '''Ro★Tel''') is the brand name of a line of [[Tin can|can]]ned [[tomato]]es and green [[chili pepper|chili]].  There are different varieties of Ro-Tel in varying degrees of hotness and spiciness.  The brand was acquired by [[ConAgra Foods]] in 2000 from [[International Home Foods]]. Ro-Tel gets its name from its inventor, [[Carl Roettele]], who started a family canning company in [[Elsa, Texas]], in the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ro-tel.com/about-us|title=About Us & Brand Story &#124; RO-TEL|website=www.ro-tel.com}}</ref> It is commonly used in making [[chile con queso]], particularly with [[Velveeta]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/food/velveeta-and-ro-tel-a-marriage-of-convenience/article_64d91af3-1ad5-531c-9c31-a7c7919e6816.html|title=Velveeta and Ro-Tel: A Marriage of Convenience|first=Robert F.|last=Moss|website=Post and Courier|date=31 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetakeout.com/a-history-of-rotel-an-important-queso-ingredient-1845595874|title=A history of Rotel, an important queso ingredient|date=November 6, 2020|website=The Takeout}}</ref> and in [[King Ranch chicken]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.ro-tel.com ro-tel.com]

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