Easy Tomato Soup

Hearty, warm, comforting and SO EASY that you'll wonder why you ever even opened a can of condensed soup! Easy Tomato Soup is right from the pantry and ready in minutes! A perfect appetizer or meal!

Easy Tomato Soup

Isn't the thought of sitting down to a hot bowl of tomato soup on a chili fall day one of the best thinks ever? Just imagine a crusty cheesy bread dunked into your soup!

This soup always reminds me of summers as a kid though! My mom often made soup for lunch for us and tomato is one of my favorites!

What You Need For Perfect Easy Tomato Soup

Butter - Full flavor butter is what you need here. This recipe has so few ingredients that each one is able to shine! Butter will give your soup a creamy rich taste and it adds the only fat in the recipe (which is how your tongue is able to taste!)

All purpose flour - this is the thickener for the soup, you won’t taste the flour but it IS super important to allow it to cook for a minute or two right at the beginning of the recipe. 

Chicken Broth - adds the bulk of the soup recipe and thins out the tomatoes so that they make perfect soup!

Crushed Tomatoes - Using canned crushed tomatoes gives the perfect flavor AND they are nearly thin enough for soup already. Choose an excellent brand of tomatoes for this soup. This is where your tomato flavor comes from!

Onion Powder - a FAST way to add a BANG of onion flavor. 

Garlic Powder - no garlic to peel and all the benefits of the flavor!

Sugar - gives just the right sweetness to your recipe.

Dried Oregano - Classic Italian flavor for your soup.

Salt and Pepper - salt will round out the flavor of your soup and make it taste perfect!

How To Make Easy Tomato Soup

• Melt the butter and add the flour.
• Add everything to the stock pot except the seasonings.
• Use an immersion blender to whiz it up!
• Add the salt, pepper and Oregano.

Tips and Tricks

• It’s fine to use something besides butter such as vegetable oil, olive oil or even bacon grease. 
• Super important to whisk the flour with the chicken stock as you add that so that the flour doesn’t clump. 
• If you are super concerned about the flour clumping, an alternative would be to use cornstarch instead. Mix 3 Tbs of cornstarch with 3 tbs of cool water in a small bowl. Mix well with a fork until it resembles milk. Add this to the soup and stir. 
• Feel free to use a whole onion, chopped and sauteed in oil rather than onion powder. Using the powder makes for an easier soup. 
• If you prefer whole garlic as opposed to the powder, you will need either 3 teaspoon of minced garlic or about 4 cloves of garlic. Saute the garlic in oil before adding to the soup. 

• Don’t have any chicken stock? It’s fine to use vegetable stock or a stock concentrate mixed with water. Bouillon cubes will also work in a pinch, simply dissolve them in the correct amount of water (6 Cups) and follow the package instructions so that they are the proper strength for 6 Cups of water. Do NOT add any salt until you have tasted though as bouillon tends to be very salty. 
• Garnish this soup with any or even all of the following: croutons, bacon, sour cream, cream, green onion, chives, cheese shreds, fresh thyme or fresh basil. 
• If you don’t have an immersion blender, simply use a regular blender or food processor. Be very careful so that none of the hot liquid splashes onto you though. 
• Do you prefer a chunkier soup? Don’t use the immersion blender and instead use a potato masher to mash up the tomatoes. This will leave you with nice toothsome chunks of tomato. 
• Want to substitute fresh tomatoes? Great - but that means you will no longer have an “easy soup”. Lol. You’ll need 10-12 whole fresh PEELED tomatoes. Crush them and add them to your soup.

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Easy Tomato Soup

Fresh, flavorful and that wonderful warm belly feeling with every single bite! Easy Tomato Soup is made from pantry items that you already have!

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy tomato soup

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 207kcal

Author: Wendi Spraker

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 56 oz crushed tomatoes 2, 28 oz cans
• 1 Tbs Onion Powder
• 1 Tbs Garlic Powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

• Melt butter over medium low heat in a 4-6 quart non reactive stock pot. Add the flour and whisk and stir together over medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock by ½ cups, whisking constantly until the flour is completely dissolved and mixed in. Then add the remainder of the chicken stock all at once.
• Add the tomatoes, onion powder, garlic powder and sugar. Use an immersion blender to completely blend the tomatoes till smooth. Heat until completely heated through.
• Add dried oregano and salt and pepper. Taste once the salt has had time to dissolve and add more if needed.

Notes

• It’s fine to use something besides butter such as vegetable oil, olive oil or even bacon grease. Super important to whisk the flour with the chicken stock as you add that so that the flour doesn’t clump. If you are super concerned about the flour clumping, an alternative would be to use cornstarch instead. But trust me, this wont’ clump if you follow the instructions in the recipe. Mix 3 Tbs of cornstarch with 3 tbs of cool water in a small bowl. Mix well with a fork until it resembles milk. Add this to the soup and stir.
• Feel free to use a whole onion, chopped and sauteed in oil rather than onion powder. Using the powder makes for an easier soup.
• If you prefer whole garlic as opposed to the powder, you will need either 3 teaspoon of minced garlic or about 4 cloves of garlic. Saute the garlic in oil before adding to the soup.
• Don’t have any chicken stock? It’s fine to use vegetable stock or a stock concentrate mixed with water. Bouillon cubes will also work in a pinch, simply dissolve them in the correct amount of water (6 Cups) and follow the package instructions so that they are the proper strength for 6 Cups of water. Do NOT add any salt until you have tasted though as bouillon tends to be very salty.
• You can substitute other types of canned tomatoes for the crushed tomatoes, however, they may be more chunky and the texture may not turn out exactly like this soup. This soup turns out very similar in consistency to Cambells tomato soup.
• Garnish this soup with any or even all of the following: croutons, bacon, sour cream, cream, green onion, chives, cheese shreds, fresh thyme or fresh basil.
• If you don’t have an immersion blender, simply use a regular blender or food processor. Be very careful so that none of the hot liquid splashes onto you though.
• Do you prefer a chunkier soup? Don’t use the immersion blender and instead use a potato masher to mash up the tomatoes (if there are any that need mashing, if you use the crushed canned tomatoes, you shouldn't need to). This will leave you with nice toothsome chunks of tomato.
• Want to substitute fresh tomatoes? Great - but that means you will no longer have an “easy soup”. Lol. You’ll need 10-12 whole fresh PEELED tomatoes. Crush them and add them to your soup.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Easy Tomato Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 207 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Fat 12g18%

Saturated Fat 7g35%

Cholesterol 30mg10%

Sodium 1299mg54%

Potassium 745mg21%

Carbohydrates 23g8%

Fiber 4g16%

Sugar 12g13%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 777IU16%

Vitamin C 31mg38%

Calcium 89mg9%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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