Creamy tomato soup makes such a delicious dinner or lunch and is an easy recipe to whip together quick. A tasty bowl of this soup warms you up inside and goes perfectly with a grilled cheese or salad.
Ingredients
2tablespoonsbutter
1/2Onionmedium, diced about ¼ cup
3clovesgarlic minced
3 14.5-ouncecans diced tomatoes without saltcrushed tomatoes or peeled whole tomatoes also can be used
1 1/2cupschicken brothlow sodium
1tablespoonoregano dried
1/2teaspoonbasildried
1tablespoonsugar
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonpepper
¼cupheavy cream
Instructions
Place a large heavy bottomed pan over medium high heat. Melt the butter in the pot. Add onion and cook for 5-6 minutes to brown the onions, stirring frequently. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about one minute.
Add tomatoes, chicken broth, oregano, basil, sugar, salt and pepper to the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover the pot and turn the heat down to medium low. Let the soup simmer for 10-12 minutes.
Add the heavy cream and stir for about a minute, then turn off the heat on the stove.
Use an immersion blender (stick blender) to blend the soup until smooth. You can also transfer the soup to a regular blender, but let it cool for at least 5-10 minutes first and blend in small batches. See notes.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Makes about 4 servings as a main dish, or 6 servings as a side, about 7 cups
Using fresh tomatoes use about a pound of tomatoes per can with juice.
If you have fresh oregano use three tablespoons of fresh oregano
If you have fresh basil use about a tablespoon and a half of fresh basil
Vegetable stock or broth can be used in place of chicken broth.
Olive oil can be used in place of butter.
If using a regular blender, let the soup cool for at least 5 minutes. Only fill the blender about halfway at a time. Hot soup expands, so if you fill the blender all the way it can sometimes spurt up causing a mess or burns. Use a towel over the top of the blender as you blend to protect your hands. Be extra careful as you open the blender and release the pressure to keep the soup from spurting up and out.