This easy and comforting tomato soup is so simple to prepare using staple pantry ingredients.
I absolutely LOVE homemade tomato soup! Not only is this soup satisfying, it comes together in less than 30 minutes. BONUS!
I ate this soup as a meal with toasted French bread yesterday and am planning on having it for dinner tonight with a hearty salad.
Pair it with a grilled cheese sandwich for the ultimate classic comfort food combination.
Topping Ideas
I love this soup sprinkled with fresh grated Parmesan cheese and basil. Croutons are delicious as well!
This recipe calls for just a handful of simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand (so there’s no reason not to make it!). Enjoy!
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Easy Tomato Soup
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
A quick, easy and satisfying tomato soup that is prepared in less than 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups chopped yellow onion (1 jumbo onion)
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, undrained
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt (more or less, to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper (more or less, to taste)
- 1 bay leaf
- Optional toppings: grated Parmesan cheese, fresh basil and/or croutons
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or soup pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add onions and sauté for 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds), continuing to stir.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes with juice, oregano, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Stir well to combine. Bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to maintain a simmer.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Purée to desired consistency with an immersion blender. If you don’t have an immersion blender place soup in small batches in a blender or food processor (exercise caution while blending hot liquids – blend small amounts at a time and hold down the top of blender pitcher or food processor while blending because there is a risk of the top blowing off and hot liquids to blow out!).
- Top with desired toppings.
- Category: Soup
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: easy tomato soup
Kat says
Really good and very easy. I used immersion blender. Also served with cheese tortellini and put in some pasta water into soup. Delicious, quick recipe. Thank you
★★★★★
Krieger says
Easy and tastes great
★★★★★
Liz says
Very Yummy! We didn’t have onion on hand but had a shallot which was great! Also added just a pat of butter while browning the shallots to add just a bit of richness.
★★★★★
Donna says
Very quick and easy for a good homemade soup. It was wonderful and I will make it again. I particularly love that it is low fat. So many tomato soups call for heavy cream and appreciate that this is delicious without the heavy cream.
★★★★★
Colleen Sanders says
This recipe is very simple but is awesome! It’s my go to and I’ve made it about 3-4 times now and my whole family loves it! Thank you for sharing!
★★★★★
Regina MacKay says
I added a tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, and a pint of heavy cream. Perfection!
★★★★★
Leslie says
Easy, Peasy Lemon Squeezy!
Love it!
★★★★★
Angie says
What if I decided to not blend it? I love a chunky based tomato soup, I know it’s strange, and this seems like a lovely choice of soup to not blend. I’d do a finely diced onion for more consistency. What do you think? I’ll be trying tomorrow with your advice!
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Hi Angie, I think it would be good although I’ve never tried it this way. Please let me know how you like it! 🙂
KATIE says
How did it go without blending? I may try this too !
Kimberly says
Hi Amy, This tomato soup recipe is delicious!!
I had all the ingredients so I decided I’d try it,So
glad I did.
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Thank you so much, Kimberly! 🙂
Arthur in the Garden! says
Lovely recipe!
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Thanks so much, Arthur! 🙂