Best 9 Cooking Light Tomato Basil Soup Recipes

TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in both amounts of tomato sauce, chicken broth, basil, and oregano. Increase heat to medium and simmer until soup is reduced, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Add cream. Continue to puree in batches until smooth, transferring creamy soup to another pot.
• Heat soup over medium-high heat until hot, about 5 minutes more.

CREAMY TOMATO-BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onions and cook until tender. Mix in tomatoes and chopped basil. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in the chicken broth, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking 15 minutes.
• Transfer soup to a blender (or use an immersible hand blender), and blend until smooth. Return to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and gradually mix in the heavy cream. Pour soup through a strainer before serving. Garnish each serving with a sprig of basil.

TOMATO BASIL SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine oil, onion, celery, and garlic over medium heat in a large pot. Sauté for 3 minutes until onions are translucent.
• Add salt, pepper, tomato paste, basil, crushed tomatoes, broth, baking soda, and thyme. Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and cover, simmering for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and remove thyme.
• Use an immersion or countertop blender to blend the soup until smooth.
• Allow to cool 2 minutes and serve topped with basil.
• Enjoy!

CREAMY TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, broth, water and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes. , Stir in the cream, sherry or additional broth, basil and sugar. Cook for 1 minute or until heated through (do not boil).

CHILLED TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• To make the soup:
• In a food processor purée the tomatoes and force the purée through a fine sieve into a saucepan, pressing hard on the solids. In a small bowl stir together the cornstarch and the broth and stir the mixture into the tomato purée. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the lemon juice, the sugar, the whole basil leaves, and salt and pepper to taste. Let the soup cool and chill it, covered, for at least 8 hours. The soup may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled.
• Discard the whole basil leaves, ladle the soup into 6 bowls, and garnish each serving with a dollop of the sour cream and some of the chopped basil. Drizzle the soup with the oil and serve it with the toasts.
• To make the garlic baguette toasts:
• In a small skillet cook the garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until it begins to turn golden, brush the bread wedges with the oil, and on a baking sheet bake them in the middle of a preheated 375°F. oven for 10 minutes, or until they are golden. Sprinkle the toasts with the salt and break them in half. Makes 12 toasts.

TRADITIONAL TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat milk on medium in saucepan. Place remaining ingredients in food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Pour tomato mixture into milk. Bring to a boil. Immediately decrease heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.

TOMATO AND BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the tomatoes in hot water and remove the skin and core. Set aside.
• Remove basil leaves from stalks and set aside.
• Combine onion and finely chopped basil stalks and gently fry until onions are translucent.
• Roughly chop tomatoes and add to onions and cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• Add vegetable stock and allow to simmer for at least an hour.
• Just before serving, stir in the cream.
• To each serve add a good hit of finely chopped basil.
• Enjoy.

TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine stock, tomato juice, and tomatoes in pot and simmer for 25 minutes.
• Add basil and simmer 5 minutes more.
• Puree the mixture in batches in a blender.
• Pour soup back into the pot, over low heat add the cream and butter until blended.

LIGHT & TASTY TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Bring tomato and juice to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• Place tomato mixture and basil in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
• Return pureed mixture to pan; stir in milk, salt, and pepper.
• Add cream cheese, stirring well with a whisk, and cook over medium heat until thick (about 5 minutes).
• Ladle soup into individual bowls; garnish with sliced basil, if desired.
• Serve with bread.