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TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Tomato Basil Soup

This easy tomato soup only has a few simple ingredients and takes less than an hour to make. 

 Course dinner, lunch, Soup

 Cuisine American

 Keyword easy soup, tomato soup

 Prep Time 10 minutes

 Cook Time 45 minutes

 Total Time 55 minutes

 Servings 4 (4-6 servings)

 Calories 169 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 Vidalia onion
• 3 tomatoes on a vine diced
• 3 garlic cloves crushed
• 28 oz can peeled whole plum tomatoes
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 cup vegetable broth or chicken broth
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• salt
• 2 tbsp fresh minced basil

Instructions

1. Preheat a cooking pot over medium heat and add oil. Add onions and saute until transparent.
2. Add fresh tomatoes and cook until softened. Smash and mince garlic and add it to the pot. Stir and saute until fragrant.
3. Add canned tomatoes and crush them with a wooden spoon while mixing. 
4. Sprinkle flour over the vegetables, slowly stir it in while pouring in vegetable broth.
5. Stir in sugar, salt, red pepper flakes, thyme, and oregano.
6. Bring the mixture to a low boil and turn the heat down to low. Cover and let it simmer for about 40 minutes. 
7. Stir in fresh basil and transfer the mixture into the blender. Blend until smooth and pour back into the pot. Be careful because the blended soup will splatter as it simmers. Cook for a couple more minutes and serve. 

To make the soup cheesy:

1. Add about 1/2 cup of shaved Parmesan cheese to blended soup. Stir and cook until cheese is melted.  

To make the soup creamy:

1. You can also add cream in addition to cheese or instead of cheese. Add about 1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream to the blended soup and cook for a couple of minutes.