French Country-Style Tomato Basil Soup Recipe
French Country-Style Tomato Basil Soup Recipe is light and healthy but so easy to pull off without much cooking skills needed on this one.
Servings: 6
Calories: 35kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 4 to 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tomatoes diced
- 1 28-ounce can chopped tomatoes with juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 large sprigs basil chopped plus 2 tablespoons slivered basil for garnish
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon vegtable bouillon
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot.
- Add the chopped onion. Cook, stirring often, until tender, about five minutes.
- Stir in the garlic and a generous pinch of salt.
- Cook, stirring for about 30 seconds to a minute.
- Add the tomatoes, sugar, basil sprigs or leaves.
- Cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes have cooked down and smell fragrant, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add the water and chicken bouillon.
- Bring to a simmer, cover and reduce the heat to low.
- Simmer 15 minutes.
- Puree in a blender in small batches, taking care to place a towel over the top of the blender and hold it down tightly.
- Return to the pot, add pepper to taste and adjust salt.
- Serve garnished with slivered basil leaves on top
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Notes
- Toasted croutons on top that can be made with French bread.
- I also love toasting up some cornbread for the top.
- The best thing to serve with this soup is crusty French bread.
- I also love to have some peptis to sprinkle on top
Nutrition
Serving: 340g | Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 22mg | Potassium: 26mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 1.3mg | Calcium: 4mg