FRESH TOMATO SOUP
This fresh tomato soup is better than anything you will find in the store and won’t last long. A great way to use up fresh tomatoes. It’s the perfect soup for summer or winter. I have not tried it with canned tomatoes but see no reason why it would not work. My family loves this soup with grilled cheese or a pimento cheese sandwich.
Fresh Tomato Soup Ingredients Needed:
Chopped onion
Garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
Butter
Diced or chopped tomatoes with peelings left on
Chicken broth
Salt
Black pepper
White granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Dried oregano
Bay leaf, (optional)
Chopped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried
If you like this recipe, you may want to try our fresh tomato bread. It’s so good! Don’t forget about pimento cheese tomato pie.
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Fresh Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 4 cloves of garlic peeled and chopped
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 8 cups diced or chopped tomatoes with peelings left on
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 bay leaf (optional)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large soup pot and cook onion and garlic.
- Add in the tomatoes, chicken broth, salt, black pepper, sugar, thyme, oregano, bay leaf and basil.
- Bring to a boil and turn down to low simmer. Cook for 20 minutes.
- Put about 3 cups at a time into a blender and pulse 4 or 5 times being very careful not to get burned. I suggest letting the soup cool for a bit before placing in blender.
Notes
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This was delicious and so easy to make! I used canned tomatoes (5-14oz, organic, diced) and it was very good. I’d like to try it with fresh tomatoes next! I used an immersion blender instead of transferring it into a stand blender. Easy-peasy!! Thanks for the recipe!
You’re very welcome. So glad it was a hit.
Love your fresh tomato soup! would love to now it nutrition values My friends watching their calories are anxiously awaiting your results
Hi Carol, we are just southern cooks who share our recipes. We don’t have the nutrition added on our recipe, but we may in the future.
The seasoning in this soup is perfect. When I can tomatoes from my garden by the hot pack method I do peel them and cook them for a bit before lifting out the most solid parts for my jars. I am always left with a lot of liquid in the pot. What to do with that?
I used that liquid plus a few extra chopped tomatoes to make this soup. I didn’t add any water. it was delicious! It doesn’t need any dairy nor flour for thickening, so people with various food sensitivities will be fine with it.
YAY! We are thrilled to hear this!
This may be the VERY best tomato soup I’ve ever had!
YAY!! We are thrilled to hear this!
Perfect!
I followed the recipe, but as I used heirloom tomatoes and they are naturally sweeter, did not use any sugar. And I peeled the tomatoes. Taste is superb!
Thank you!
Fresh Tomato Soup is delicious. I shared some with a friend who is watching her calories but you don’t list that information. Can’t be very many. Care to estimate?Strange to leave the skins on but that’s where most of the nutrition is hiding.
Thanks so much.