Comfy food is acceptable any time of year! At our house, we eat a soup and a sandwich year round even when it’s very hot outside. It’s a great way to have your kids eat their vegetables. This delicious Tomato Basil Soup recipe and very creamy and tasty. Your guests will love the soup presentation in a bread bowl. Enjoy!
Tomato Basil Soup in a Bread Bowl
For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
Tomato Basil Soup Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 1 ½ tsp minced garlic
- 1 – 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 2 -15 oz cans of chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 fresh bunch basil, washed and torn into small pieces
- 4 bread bowls
The Tomato Basis Soup is so easy to make! This is how you do it:
SOUP DIRECTIONS
Pour olive oil into a large pot heating until hot on medium heat. Add your onions and cook until soft about 5 minutes. Toss in the minced garlic and continue to cook while seasoning with salt and pepper stirring occasionally. Add can of crushed tomatoes and chicken broth. Bring it to a boil then allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Next, transfer your soup into a food processor blending until smooth. Return pureed soup back to pot, again on medium heat. Lower the heat and allow to simmer while adding the heavy cream stirring to incorporate the two together. Add about ½ of the chopped basil. Let this sit and simmer for another 15 minutes or longer if you prefer a thicker soup.
BREAD BOWLS:
Using a sharp knife, cut a circle into the top of each loaf, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Remove the bread top, then hollow out the middle with a fork or your fingers, leaving a thick bread shell.
Scoop the soup into each bread bowl and garnish each with remaining basil.
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Delicious Tomato Basil Soup Recipe In A Bread Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion chopped
- 1 ½ tsp minced garlic
- 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 2 15 oz cans of chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 bunch fresh basil washed and torn into small pieces
- 4 bread bowls
Instructions
Tomato Basil Soup
- Pour olive oil into a large pot heating until hot on medium heat. Add your onions and cook until soft about 5 minutes. Toss in the minced garlic and continue to cook while seasoning with salt and pepper stirring occasionally.
- Add can of crushed tomatoes and chicken broth. Bring it to a boil then allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Next transfer your soup into a food processor blending until smooth.
- Return pureed soup back to pot, again on medium heat. Lower the heat and allow to simmer while adding the heavy cream stirring to incorporate the two together.
- Add about ½ of the chopped basil. Let this sit and simmer for another 15 minutes or longer if you prefer a thicker soup
Bread bowls
- Using a sharp knife, cut a circle into the top of each loaf, leaving a 1-inch border all around.
- Remove the bread top, then hollow out the middle with a fork or your fingers, leaving a thick bread shell.
- Scoop the soup into each bread bowl and garnish each with remaining basil.
Haven’t had soup in a bread bowl in ages, this is great.
I love having soup served in a bread bowl, I think it’s a very novel way to do it. 🙂
This would be perfect for a rainy, cold day like today!
oh my my mouth is watering. This looks so delicious. I love the idea of having it in a bread bowl as oppose to dipping bread in your soup. What a fabulous recipe especially for this time of year
Is there a substitute for the heavy cream?
This looks so good.
What a great, easy recipe! I love the addition of fresh basil.
I’ve never tried a bread bowl, but this looks delicious!
This looks so delish! Yummm!
This would make a perfect lunch.
this soup would be perfect for supper tonite thanks for the recipe
Oh my goodness this looks soooooo yummy!!!!
Look’s delicious!
Love this recipe so much. I am a tomato lover! Thank you
beautiful dish
I love using bread bowls to hold soup. Such a tasty combo!
This sounds so delicious and I know it’s a must try for me.I love tomato soup and am anxious to try this recipe with the basil in it.
Strange but I never used to like tomatoes at all and now I do. 🙂
This sounds so good. What a great meal this would make. Thank you so much for sharing this
This looks really good I havent had bread bowls for a while thanks for the recipe
Sounds so delicious and hearty
Good looking soup I will try out in the future for sure.
This looks fantastic! I love bread bowl soups.
Bread bowls are a nice way to serve soup
I’ve always loved dipping bread in soup . Been meaning to try a bread bowl . Awesome recipe , going to try it , thanks 🙂
OMG This recipe looks so delicious and I really going to try it when the cooler weather hits.
Looking forward to trying this later the Fall!
This looks so delicious
Thank you!
I have never had soup in a bowl, will have to try this. It looks so good.
Any substitute for the heavy cream?
Thank You
You can use milk, but the soup won’t be as creamy and the consistency might not be as thick and more liquidy. You might need to add flour? You would need to try it to see if you like it.
I love tomato and grilled cheese sandwiches. Is there a way to make this bread bowl more like a grilled cheese sandwhich?
Not sure how to do this… you need a decent amount of thick bread for the soup not to go through, so I would say make your grilled cheese on the side or it will be huge bread slices with the soup in the middle of the grilled cheese:)