A quick meal deserves a quick post, don’t ya think? Let’s get to it then.
Here’s what you need:
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 2 28oz cans of diced tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1.5 Tbsp sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 10-15 basil leaves, chopped
• Salt & pepper to taste
This is not a ground-breaking recipe that will totally taste unlike anything you’ve ever had. But I keep seeing tomato soup recipes with long lists of ingredients and a crazy amount of steps. It’s tomato soup, people! Keep it simple, says I, and that’s what this recipe does.
Heat a pan on medium low heat. Melt the butter in the pan, and saute the garlic for about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, and sugar, bring to a boil and cook for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and use an immersion blender to make it completely smooth. Add the cream and chopped basil and stir with a wooden spoon. Add salt and pepper to taste, done. And obviously I suggest serving with a nice grilled cheese sandwich. Classic.
I’ve honestly never been a fan of tomato soup, but this version is seriously delicious. Greta loves it as much as we do, and we’ve had it 3 times in the last month, because it’s just so quick, easy and tasty. Definitely a recipe worth keeping in your arsenal.
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I made this recipe and it is fantastic. I love tomato soup but try to stay away from the unhealthy canned concoctions. Thanks for sharing!
p.s. I also love your blog and your candid posts. Keep up the great work :)
Thanks, Kel! We love hearing that!
Mmmm… I could go for a bowl of this right about now!
Ahhh that is so much better!! Thank you! I use so many of your recipes. Love your blog and house too of course :)
Thanks for the recipe. I found a great tomato basil soup at Costco but they don’t have it anymore. I’d love to make my own so this is a great recipe to start with.
Hey guys, always love your recipes but they’re super hard to print. I’ve tried to print ’em a bunch of different ways in multiple browsers. They’re always wonky, either taking up tons of pages or having a giant picture in the middle that wastes space and toner, yet the actual recipe is in like 10 point font. I’m pretty computer savvy and have tried your “print” link, printing from feedly, printing straight from your blog, etc. Usually have to paste to word and do a bunch of re-formatting. Would love it if you would fix this or even make a PDF to download– one page, maybe a small image, readable font. Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know! I’ll work on getting that fixed.
Thanks!
This should be fixed now. Let me know if you keep running into issues.
Thanks!
this is similar to my go-to “recipe”–i use vegetable stock and evaporated milk instead of chicken stock and heavy cream…totally delicious!
YUM! I looooove a good tomato soup and grilled cheese. That was always my Mom’s go-to meal growing up when my dad was out of town and no one felt like cooking.
Printing this one out for sure.