Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make Easy Tomato Basil Soup.
This tomato soup is one of our family favorites in the fall and winter.
Serve it up with some grilled cheese and you have yourself a simple but fantastic meal.
For this recipe you'll need two 15 ounce cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes,
some salt and pepper, some fresh basil,
although you could also use dried, a diced white or yellow onion,
chicken broth, heavy cream,
minced garlic, and olive oil.
I definitely prefer using fresh basil,
so if you have it what you want to do is get it into a little stack,
and roll it up tightly, we're using about 12 large leaves,
then take a knife and slice up that basil.
You should end up with about 2 tablespoons of fresh basil.
Once you have all of your ingredients prepped and ready to go, it's time to head on over to the stove.
Get 1 tablespoon of olive oil heating in saucepan over medium-high heat.
Then we'll add in 1 diced yellow or white onion,
and then we'll saute this until the onion starts to turn soft and translucent,
which will take about 5-7 minutes.
Once those are soft add in about 4 cloves of minced garlic,
and we'll let this cook for about 90 seconds.
Then we'll pour in 1 cup of chicken broth.
Then we'll also add in our 30 ounces of diced fire roasted tomatoes,
and season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
You can always add more later.
Give this a stir to combine and bring it to a simmer.
We're gonna let this simmer uncovered on the stove for about 10-15 minutes.
Giving it time to simmer allows the tomato, onion, and garlic to break down a little further,
and you're developing flavor.
Next you're going to remove this from the heat,
then we're gonna add in our fresh basil.
If you want to use dried basil you'll need 1 teaspoon.
Then I'm going to grab my immersion blender and start blending this altogether.
You want to puree those tomatoes, onion, and basil.
Immersion blenders are super convenient,
but if you don't have one you can always transfer your soup to a bender and puree until smooth.
Just be sure to vent the top to allow the steam to escape so the pressure doesn't build up in your blender.
Now you can pulse blend it and leave some chunks in there,
or you can blend it all the way until it's smooth.
Last you'll pour in 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
Give this a final stir to combine and then you are ready to eat.
Definitely one of our family favorites, and it's so easy to make.
I'm gonna whip up some grilled cheese and dinner is served.
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