Tomato Rice Soup Italian Style Recipes

TOMATO AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot. Add the onion and sauté for 7-8 minutes, until translucent
• Reduce the heat to low, add the crushed tomatoes, water and salt. Turn heat to medium-high and bring to a boil
• Add the rice and stir well. Reduce the heat to low again, cover and let simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until the rice starts to soften (increase the time to 30-35 minutes if using brown rice or until the brown rice is tender).
• Take the pot off the heat and keep it covered for another 10 minutes or until the rice has cooked completely

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.

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.

QUICK ITALIAN RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium high heat, cook ground beef and onions, breaking up larger ground beef pieces, until beef is thoroughly cooked and no longer pink. Drain off fat.
• Stir in tomatoes, beans, and broth; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. When mixture begins to bubble, add vegetables and rice. Allow to come back to a simmer; reduce heat to medium for a gentle simmer.
• Cook until rice is tender and vegetables are warmed through, about 8 minutes.

TOMATO-RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook a few cloves of chopped garlic with chopped onion, celery, parsley and carrot in abundant olive oil until the onion is translucent.
• Add .5 cup white or brown rice and cook, stirring, until fragrant, then add a bit of tomato paste; stir
• Add 4 cups vegetable stock or water and 2 cups of chopped fresh or canned tomatoes; bring to a boil and simmer until the rice is half-tender, about 10 minutes for white rice, 25 for brown.
• Add a cup of chopped collard greens and a little red wine and cook until the greens are tender, just a few minutes. Serve.

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.

PROVENCAL TOMATO SOUP WITH RICE

Steps:

• Cut a shallow X in bottom of each tomato with a sharp paring knife. Blanch tomatoes in batches of 2 or 3 in a 5- to 6-quart pot of boiling water 10 seconds, transferring with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking.
• Peel tomatoes, then halve crosswise. Squeeze halves gently, cut sides down, over a sieve set over a bowl to extract seeds and juices, then press on seeds and discard them. Reserve juice and tomatoes.
• Cook onions, carrot, celery, garlic, zest, thyme, red-pepper flakes, fennel seeds, and bay leaf in oil in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes with reserved juice, tomato paste, water, chicken broth, salt, pepper, saffron, and 1 teaspoon sugar, then simmer, uncovered, stirring and breaking up tomatoes with a spoon occasionally, 20 minutes. Stir in rice and simmer, uncovered, until rice is tender, 10 to 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf and stir in parsley, basil, and sugar and salt to taste.

TOMATO, RICE, AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-highuntil hot but not smoking. Cook sausage, stirring occasionally, until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Add bell pepper, onion, celery, garlic, and thyme. Cook over medium-low, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, stock, and rice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until rice is plump, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.

TOMATO, RICE AND ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute bacon and onion together until lightly browned. Drain off fat.
• In soup pot, add peeled and diced fresh tomatoes or break up canned tomatoes. Add sugar, then bacon/onion mixture. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in separate pan cook sausage covered in water for 15 minutes. Drain, then cut into slices.
• Place sausage in soup pot with bacon/tomato mixture. Add beef stock or broth and oregano, then bring to a rolling boil.
• Stir in rice. Cook over medium heat uncovered until approximately 10 minutes until rice is tender, adding additional broth if needed.
• Remove from heat then stir in parmesan cheese and butter. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Put in serving bowls and sprinkle on minced fresh parsley. Additional parmesan cheese may also be sprinkled on.