Hearty Tomato Rice Soup Recipes

TOMATO RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and carrot; cook and stir vegetables until they begin to soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring until rice is evenly coated in oil, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in undrained tomatoes, chicken broth, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Rinse the scallops, and if large cut scallops in half. Stir the scallops into soup, and cover. Continue to simmer until the rice is tender and the scallops are opaque, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the basil, and serve.

RICE AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• I like to make an unfussy rice and tomato soup (for myself, too, sometimes, especially when I'm trying to balance out my characteristic gluttony) by diluting a good, bought tomato sauce with water, adding a handful or so of basmati rice, and cooking until the rice is tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. With children it makes more sense to leave the soup fairly solid, but you can add water from a boiled kettle toward the end of cooking time if you want a thinner soup rather than liquid tomato-rice stew. Grate Parmesan on top and eat - with bibs.

TOMATO CHICKEN RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small nonstick skillet, brown flour over medium-high heat; set aside. In a Dutch oven, saute the onion, green pepper, celery and green onions in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour until blended. Stir in the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf.

TOMATO & RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan and add the onion, carrot and celery, then cook gently until softened. Add the sugar and vinegar, cook for 1 min, then stir through the tomato purée. Add the chopped tomatoes or passata, the vegetable stock, and any brown rice, if using, then cover and simmer for 10 mins. If you are using wild rice, add this and simmer for 10 mins more. Finally, add any white rice you're using, and simmer for a final 10 mins until the rice is tender.
• Just before serving, sprinkle over some chopped parsley and season to taste. Divide into bowls and add a swirl of pesto to each, if you like.

TOMATO-RICE SOUP, ITALIAN STYLE

Steps:

• If using fresh tomatoes, use a food mill or press them through a colander. Set aside.
• Melt butter in large sauce pan. Saute onion and celery until the onion is clear and celery is soft.
• Combine tomato puree or ready-cut tomatoes, broth, and onion-celery mixture in blender. Blend until smooth. Push through a medium seive to remove any remaining celery strings. Pour back into sauce pan. Add seasonings and uncooked rice. Simmer for 1 to 1-1/2 hours until rice is tender and soup has thickened somewhat.
• NOTE: if using white rice, reduce cooking time to 20-30 minutes.
• Serve garnished with parmesan cheese.

COUNTRY TOMATO-RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, brown beef in oil. Add water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add tomatoes, bouillon and seasonings; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add carrots, celery, onion and rice. Simmer for 30-40 minutes or until beef and rice are tender.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP WITH RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan and add olive oil, onion, basil and salt and pepper.
• Stir and cook onions for 3-4 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and tomato paste.
• Gently simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Blend 5 T chicken broth with flour. Add to the tomato mixture, stir and add remaining broth.
• Bring to a simmer and continue simmering for 30 minutes, stirring often to prevent scorching.
• Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions. Drain.
• When ready, puree soup with an immersion blender or regular blender.
• Return to heat. Add sugar and cream/milk. Simmer 5 more minutes.
• Place a serving of rice in each soup bowl (1/4 c or more, depending on how thick you like it) and pour the tomato puree over. Stir and serve.