Tomato Cheddar Soup Recipe

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 30

This tomato cheddar soup with grilled cheese croutons is exactly what we crave on a cold rainy day. It's an easy-to-make recipe that uses mostly pantry ingredients, and it's ready in just 30 minutes!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 tablespoons tomato paste
28 ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, or diced tomatoes
2 cups chicken stock, or vegetable stock
1 teaspoon EACH: dried thyme, salt, and pepper
6 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup whole milk or cream
Grilled cheese croutons and minced parsley, to serve

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook it until it looks transparent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 medium onion, 3 cloves garlic
Stir the tomato paste into the onions then let it cook for about 3 minutes, until it begins to smell sweet. Then add the fire-roasted tomatoes, stock, thyme, salt, and pepper to the pot and bring the pot to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
4 tablespoons tomato paste, 28 ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, 2 cups chicken stock, 1 teaspoon EACH: dried thyme, salt, and pepper
Blend the soup using either a blender or an immersion blender until it's smooth. See the notes if you're using a regular blender.
Stir the cheese into the pot a few handfuls at a time. Stir in the milk or cream. Taste the soup and add more salt and pepper, if you'd like.
6 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, ½ cup whole milk or cream

Notes

During recipe testing, we found that some less-expensive cheddar cheese didn't melt into the soup as well as better-quality cheese. If your soup doesn't look silky smooth after adding the cheese, blend it one more time.

Serving: 1 = ¼ of the recipe, Calories: 370kcal, Carbohydrates: 22g, Protein: 17g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 9g, Cholesterol: 50mg, Sodium: 1476mg, Potassium: 416mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 1518IU, Vitamin C: 10mg, Calcium: 418mg, Iron: 2mg