Fiery Tomato Soup Recipes

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; stir in onions and bay leaves, and cook about 5 minutes until the onions begin to soften. Add flour, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, turmeric, and Indian chili powder. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Pour the water into the pan, and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom with a wooden spoon. Pour in the tomato puree and thin with additional water to desired consistency. Add sugar and salt; cook until sugar is dissolved and soup is hot, about 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves and serve with cream if desired.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Drain 1 can tomatoes, discarding juice, then purée with remaining can tomatoes (including juice) in a blender.
• Cook onion, garlic, chile, and ginger in oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy nonreactive pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until onion is softened, about 8 minutes. Add cumin and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in puréed tomatoes, broth, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Working in 3 or 4 batches, blend soup in blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Transfer soup as blended to a sieve set over a large bowl and force through sieve, discarding seeds.
• Stir in sugar and salt to taste. Reheat in cleaned saucepan if necessary.

QUICK ROASTED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• For yogurt:
• In a big roasting pan combine everything, coat well with olive oil and roast in a preheated 400 degree F oven. Stir occasionally until everything is caramelized and black around the edges. Season with salt and pepper.
• Run everything through a food mill on a medium dye over a medium pot.
• If too thick, thin with water. Add milk right before service.
• Croutons:
• Cut whole-wheat bread into cubes and place into a large bowl, add chopped garlic and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper and toss with olive oil. Transfer to a sheet pan and place in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes, until golden brown.
• Yogurt:
• Mix 1 pint of Greek yogurt with chopped chives. Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish the soup with croutons and yogurt.

QUICK AND SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Warm the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, onion, and garlic and saute until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the jar of marinara sauce, chicken broth, cannellini beans, red pepper flakes, pasta, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Slice tomatoes, onion and carrot.
• Melt butter in a medium size saucepan.
• Add the onion and carrot, cover, and allow to soften for 5-6 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, stir in the plain flour, add tomatoes, stock or water, bay leaf, sugar, mace or nutmeg and seasoning.
• Stir until boiling, simmer for 20-30 minutes.
• Rub soup through sieve, pour back into rinsed saucepan, and reheat.
• Adjust seasoning, and thicken slightly if necessary with a teaspoon or more of arrowroot blended with a tablespoon of cold water.
• Reboil to cook the arrowroot if used to thicken the soup.
• Add cream if used.
• If cream is added do not boil the soup.
• If required, a teaspoon of tomato paste may be added to the tomato soup for extra colour and flavour.
• Serve with crusty bread, the kind that you have to break apart with your hands.
• Feel free to dip your chunks of bread into the soup.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent and very tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes and their juices, plus the water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have melded, about 30 minutes. (If you're in a hurry, you can skip the simmer time -- just add a bit less water.)
• Add the basil, season with salt and pepper, remove from the heat, and let cool briefly, about 5 minutes.
• Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large, heatproof bowl.
• Using a blender, purée the soup in batches until smooth, removing the small cap from the blender lid (the pour lid) and covering the space with a kitchen towel (this allows steam from the hot soup to escape and prevents the blender lid from popping off).
• Pour the blended soup through the strainer, pressing on the solids with a rubber spatula or ladle; discard the solids. Taste the soup and season with additional salt and pepper as needed.
• Return the soup to the saucepan and reheat on medium low until hot.
• If you choose, serve topped with a tablespoon of crème fraîche.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Fry the chopped onion and bacon if using in a small knob of butter/oil for about 5 mins
• Add cubed potato and quatered tomatoes, sugar and water simmer gently with the lid on a pan until potato is well cooked. Allow to cool slightly
• Remove the bacon if using and pour the ingredients into a blender.
• Once blended add the seasonings and blend well and adjust to your taste.
• Pass through a sieve into a pan. At this point this soup is perfect for freezing. Add the milk and gently reheat and add fresh parsley is using. Serve with a chunk of fresh warm bread.

SPICY FRESH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant but not brown, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, wine, water, basil, tomato paste, sugar, pepper flakes, oregano, salt, and pepper. Cover, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth, or blend in batches in a blender. Return to the heat, stir in Parmesan cheese, and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes more. Serve immediately.

FIERY GINGER PUMPKIN TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil.
• Add leeks and saute over medium-high heat.
• Add ginger & garlic. Saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes & honey. Simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in broth, pumpkin & salt.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until pumpkin is tender.
• Adjust seasoning and serve.
• Variation: Mince 1 jalapeno pepper and add with the garlic and ginger.

SPICY TOMATO AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Lightly brown the onions in the oil. Add the tomatoes, chili pepper, lentils, cumin and basil to the pan along with the water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the lentils are tender.
• When the lentils have softened, use a stick blender to puree the soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper. For a special touch, put sour cream in a squirt bottle, and squeeze a spiral onto the top of each bowl of soup, and garnish with a sprig of fresh basil.

QUICK SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, cook and stir red bell pepper strips and onion slices in a little oil until soft but not brown.
• Stir in chicken stock and about 1/2 can condensed cream of tomato soup, stewed tomatoes with chilies, olives, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, and hot pepper sauce if desired. Heat through. Ladle hot soup into bowls over broken tortilla chips. Serve with shredded cheese and dollops of sour cream.

SPICY TOMATO CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add cabbage and onion. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally to keep from burning, until onions are translucent and cabbage is tender, about 35 minutes.
• Add water, tomato soup, potatoes, garlic, beef bouillon, cayenne pepper, hot sauce, and salt. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.