I call this easy tomato soup my ten minute soup. It’s easy to make, tastes delicious and even my kids like it.
Why This Recipe Works
- Minimum prep and on the table fast.
- Economical everyday ingredients.
- Did I mention my whole family likes it!
Ingredients you will need
To make my easy tomato soup you will need canned tomatoes (I prefer diced tomatoes) onion, garlic, celery and carrot, and you will need around 1 litre of your preferred stock or bone broth. I like to add some bacon to my recipe and a good sprinkling of dried herbs for flavour. Oh and olive oil, this recipe is all the better with a good glug of olive oil!
Substitutes & Ingredient Notes
- Broth/stock: I use a chicken bone broth when I make this tomato soup recipe. You can use your preferred stock or broth though.
- Bacon: You could skip the bacon if you would like your soup to be vegetarian. I do like the flavour the bacon brings, and it does help win my kids over when it comes to having soup for dinner.
- Garlic/onion/celery/carrot: If you don’t have all four on hand, do not worry, I just use a mix of whatever I have. sometimes just carrot and onion, sometimes just onion, it won’t matter too much, although having all four is great.
- Dried herbs: I tend to just use a dried ‘Italian Herb Mix’ oregano, basil, mixed herbs, all taste fine.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used no added salt organic diced tomatoes from their macro range, in this recipe.
Step by step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my easy tomato soup, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Finely dice the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic. I do this in my food processor (it takes around 30 seconds). I just throw it all in and blitz,
Step two: Dice the bacon
Step three: Heat the olive oil In a large saucepan over a medium high heat. Add the bacon and diced vegetables. Sauté until fragrant and bacon cooked, this takes around 3 minutes.
Step four: Add the tinned tomatoes, stock/broth, and herbs. Simmer for at least 7 minutes or as long as you want. (It is better if you simmer longer, but it’s no drama if you don’t. I call this my 10-minute soup, as it’s all in the pot in under 10 minutes, the simmering I don’t need to really be involved in, so sometimes I will leave it bubbling for an hour which admittedly gives a better flavoured soup.
Serve with crusty bread
Top Tips
Here is how you can make this easy tomato soup recipe perfectly every time!
- Don’t skimp on the olive oil. Now I know like it will seem like A LOT, but trust me, a soup like this is extra delicious with a good amount of olive oil. Fat carries the flavour in food, so it will really make all the difference.
- Dipping bread into the soup will really help your kids get into it, don’t panic if to start it seems like they are only eating the bread, over time they will get better and better at enjoying soup.
- Cheese toasted sandwiches are so good dunked in this easy tomato soup.
- Leftovers... try stirring it through warm pasta, with a some handfuls of baby spinach leaves, top with a little parmesan and you have a second family meal!
If you are on the hunt for other kids friendly soup recipes check out my asian chicken noodle soup, creamy chicken pasta soup and pumpkin peanut butter soup, all are kid approved!
Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 100 g onion 1 medium
- 150 g carrot 1 medium
- 120 g celery approx. 2 stalks
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup olive oil 62ml
- 150g bacon
- 800g diced tomatoes 2 cans
- 1 litre chicken stock or broth
- 1 Tbsp Italian herbs dried mixed herbs
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Finely dice the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic. I do this in my food processor (it takes around 30 seconds). I just throw it all in and blitz.
- Dice the bacon
- Heat the olive oin In a large saucepan
- Add the bacon and diced vegetables. Sauté until fragrant and bacon cooked, this takes around 3 minutes.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, stock/broth, and herbs. Simmer for at least 7 minutes or as long as you want. (It is better if you simmer longer, but it's no drama if you don't. I call this my 10-minute soup, as it's all in the pot in under 10 minutes, the simmering I don't need to really be involved in, so sometimes I will leave it bubbling for an hour which admittedly gives a better flavoured soup.
- Serve with crusty bread
Notes
Tips
- Don’t skimp on the olive oil. Now I know like it will seem like A LOT, but trust me, a soup like this is extra delicious with a good amount of olive oil. Fat carries the flavour in food, so it will really make all the difference.
- Dipping bread into the soup will really help your kids get into it, don’t panic if to start it seems like they are only eating the bread, over time they will get better and better at enjoying soup.
- Cheese toasted sandwiches are so good dunked in this easy tomato soup.
- Leftovers... try stirring it through warm pasta, with a some handfuls of baby spinach leaves, top with a little parmesan and you have a second family meal!
Ingredient Substitutions and Notes
- Broth/stock: I use a chicken bone broth when I make this tomato soup recipe. You can use your preferred stock or broth though.
- Bacon: You could skip the bacon if you would like your soup to be vegetarian. I do like the flavour the bacon brings, and it does help win my kids over when it comes to having soup for dinner.
- Garlic/onion/celery/carrot: If you don’t have all four on hand, do not worry, I just use a mix of whatever I have. sometimes just carrot and onion, sometimes just onion, it won’t matter too much, although having all four is great.
- Dried herbs: I tend to just use a dried ‘Italian Herb Mix’ oregano, basil, mixed herbs, all taste fine
Nutrition
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