One Pot Tomato Basil Soup

Name: One Pot Tomato Basil Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 28 oz Canned Crushed Tomatoes; 2 cups Vegetable or Chicken Broth; 0.5 cup Fresh Basil Leaves; Salt and Pepper to taste

Smooth, bright tomato soup with fresh basil - simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough for a sick day.

Tomato soup does not need to be complicated to be good. Canned tomatoes are already cooked down and concentrated, which means most of the work is already done before you even start. Simmer them with broth and basil, blend until smooth, and that is genuinely the whole recipe. A blender or immersion blender does the work here - either is fine, just be careful blending anything hot.

Prep: 5 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 4

Ingredients

28 oz Canned Crushed Tomatoes
2 cups Vegetable or Chicken Broth
0.5 cup Fresh Basil Leaves
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

Combine the crushed tomatoes and broth in a large pot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
Add the basil leaves and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Blend until smooth using an immersion blender directly in the pot, or carefully transfer to a regular blender in batches.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.