The GüdDish Tomato Soup

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Serves 4–6 · 20–25 min prep · 65–80 min total · 4 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups chicken
  • 64.5 tomatoes
  • 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 1/2 tbs butter
  • 2/3 cup cream
  • 3 1/2 tbs olive oil
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tbs sugar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 basil
  • 2/3 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the butter in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add the yellow onion, finely chopped, onions, garlic ground cloves, and minced and cook, stirring, until soft and fragrant, about 5 to 8 minutes.

    1yellow onion, finely chopped
    3garlic ground cloves, minced
    31/2tbsolive oil
    31/2tbsbutter
  2. 2

    Add the chicken and cook, breaking it up if needed, until it loses its raw color and takes on a little browning.

    21/2cchicken
  3. 3

    Season with salt and black pepper, then the tomatoes. Pour in enough tomatoes to cover and give the pot room to simmer. Bring to a gentle simmer, then lower the heat. Cook until everything is tender and the pot tastes like a finished tomato soup, not plain liquid.

    1tspsalt
    2/3tspground black pepper
    64.5tomatoes
    2/3ccream
    1/3cflour
    11/2tbssugar
    1bay leaf
    2basil
  4. 4

    Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.