Herbed Fresh Tomato Soup
Herbed Fresh Tomato Soup recipe
Yield
8 servingsPrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
60 minLow in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | medium |
onions
thinly |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
olive oil
or cooking oil |
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
water
|
|
| 6 | medium |
tomatoes
peeled and quartered |
|
| 6 | ounces |
tomato paste
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
basil
fresh snipped or 2 teaspoons dried, crushed |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
thyme
snipped fresh or dried, crushed |
*
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
chicken bouillon, powdered
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
sugar
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
black pepper
|
|
| 1 | x |
red hot pepper sauce
|
*
|
| 1 | x |
parsley leaves
snipped |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | medium |
onions
thinly |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
olive oil
or cooking oil |
|
| 591 | ml |
water
|
|
| 6 | medium |
tomatoes
peeled and quartered |
|
| 173.4 | ml/g |
tomato paste
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
basil
fresh snipped or 2 teaspoons dried, crushed |
|
| 15 | ml |
thyme
snipped fresh or dried, crushed |
*
|
| 15 | ml |
chicken bouillon, powdered
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
black pepper
|
|
| 1 | x |
red hot pepper sauce
|
*
|
| 1 | x |
parsley leaves
snipped |
*
|
Directions
In a large saucepan, cook onion in hot oil until tender.
Stir in water, tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, thyme, bouillon granules, sugar, salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce.
Bring to boil, reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 40 min.
Place about ⅓ of tomato mixture in a blender container or food processor bowl and process until smooth. (Or press through food mill).
Repeat with remaining mixture.
Reheat half of mixture and serve immediately.
To freeze, cool the remaining mixture and pour into a 3 cup freezer container seal, label and freeze.
To serve frozen portion, transfer to medium saucepan.
Cover and cook over medium heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
Sprinkle with parsley before serving.
