Categorized:

  • Healthy
  • Main Dish
  • Soups

Tagged:

  • basil
  • chicken broth
  • flour
  • garlic
  • onions
  • parmesan
  • tomatoes
Single serving of tomato soup shown in a white bowl set over a wooden plate. - 1

Best Tomato Soup

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter, cut into 5 pieces
  • 3 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (2 medium)
  • 2 Tbsp minced garlic (6 cloves)
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 (28 oz) cans San Marzano tomatoes
  • 3 basil sprigs (13g), plus more chopped basil for serving if desired.
  • 1 (4-inch) parmesan rind
  • 2 tsp granulated sugar, or to taste*
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Heavy cream**, for serving (optional)

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a large pot (6 quart) over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until slighlty browned and caramelized, about 10 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and saute 30 seconds. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
  • While whisking slowly pour in chicken broth. Cook and whisk until flour has blended in, about 1 minute.
  • Add in tomatoes, basil, parmesan, sugar and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a light simmer.
  • Reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally (Scrape along bottom of pot when stirring). Cook about 25 - 30 minutes until tomatoes start to break down.
  • Remove from heat. Remove basil sprigs and parmesan rind from soup then use an immersion blender to puree soup until smooth***.
  • Serve warm topping servings with swirl of cream if desired and chopped basil.

Notes

  • *Honey may be substituted in place of sugar. Adjust this amount according to desired preference. I don’t like it very sweet so 2 tsp is perfect for me. You can increase or even omit.
  • **Heavy cream not included in nutrition estimate as this is optional. Half and half will work here too.
  • ***If you don’t have an immersion blender you can use a countertop blender. If doing so let soup cool slightly then puree soup in batches in blender (don’t fill more than halfway full and remove lid insert and cover with a kitchen towel when blending otherwise steam will build up and lid can burst open).
  • If you want soup a little thinner you can add some more more broth at the end.

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