Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe (2024)

Creamy Tomato Soup is the ultimate quick and easy weeknight dinner. Made with simple and fresh ingredients, this comforting soup recipe is sure to become a family favorite. Handful of ingredients and an electric pressure cooker like Instant Pot is all you need to make this creamy and rich vegetarian Tomato Bisque.

Hooray for soup and scarf weather! which for us Chicagoan goes from September through March ..sometimes even longer. So soups, stews and chilis rule the weeknight dinner scene.

As written, this homemade tomato soup is vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free. It also is paleo and whole30 friendly. Adjust the toppings and mix-ins based on diet and preferences.

Pair this delightful soup with nice toasty grilled cheese sandwich for that ultimate gourmet dinner right at the comfort of the home instead of Panera Bread or Corner Bakery.

During fall to winter to early spring, for the most part, we rely on hearty and filling soups like Healthy Black Bean Soup or White Beans and Spinach Soup, but some days you need refreshing and lighter meal that brightens the mood.

Ingredients

This recipe highlights so many of my favorite pantry staples. They are super affordable and easy to find as well.

• Tomatoes. : Fresh ones are better but canned ones will do too.
• Basil : Use fresh or dry.
• Mirepoix : Soup trinity of onions, carrots and celery.
• Minced Garlic : Add in some fresh minced garlic for the classic tomato garlic deliciousness.
• Coconut milk : For the velvety creamy texture, we add coconut milk. Plant based gourmet heaven. You can use regular cream as well.
• Sugar : To round up the taste you add some raw sugar especially if the tomatoes are too sour / tart.
• Kosher salt and pepper.

Variations

Spicy : If you like it spicy, a dash of cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes will do the kick trick.

Extra Flavors : For more intense flavors, use 1 teaspoon low sodium Better Than Bouillon Vegetable seasoning. Alternatively, you can use 1 teaspoon of All Purpose Seasoning also.

Additional Vegetables : You can add bell peppers especially roasted red bell pepper to the soup mix for more earthy flavors. Mushrooms are also good addition.

To make it with dairy, sauté the vegetables in butter , use 1 cup heavy cream or half and half. And finish it off with parmesan cheese.

How To Make

Pressure cooking makes it super easy to make this Instant Pot Tomato Soup recipe. And it tastes like it has been simmering for much longer time.

1. Sauté the onions, carrots, celery and minced garlic in olive oil. Add tomatoes and continue to sauté.
2. Add Vegetable broth or water. Pressure cook the mixture. Add seasoning and basil leaves.
3. Then blend the mixture using immersion blender.
4. Briefly put the soup back on sauté and add coconut milk. This helps coconut milk blending in well without separating. One quick simmer and your bisque/ soup is ready to be devoured.

No Instant Pot? No problem! I have included dutch oven stove-top instructions below the recipe card.

Pro Tips

• When you cook tomatoes in olive oil for some time, it creates more flavorful rich soup or sauce. When you caramelizes the onions and tomatoes with pinch of salt, it brings out true umami flavors in both of them. ( I learned this in Rome, while attending amazing Italian cooking class) So, if possible , sauté the ingredients for about 5 minutes before pressure cooking them.
• Always add cream after the pressure cooking. So it doesn’t separate. It also neutralizes the acidity of the Tomato Bisque.

Is it Soup , Bisque or Chowder ?

I am calling it creamy tomato soup. but these dishes are so close to each other. You can make it based on your texture preference. Chowders are typically thicker soups while Bisques are smooth and puréed. The texture of this soup is kind of in between bisque and chowder.

This creamy, plant based and dairy free tomato soup is a delightful mood booster. It is our family favorite, go-to recipe. Lycopene rich tomatoes and fiber rich veggies make this soup highly nutritious and full of antioxidants.

Serving Suggestions

Typically we like this delicious soup with nice grilled cheese sandwiches. You can also serve it with Air Fryer Garlic Toast or Air Fryer Pesto Naan Pizza for scrumptious dinner.

A lot of times, I use the Pot in Pot method and cook Quinoa or white basmati rice along the way. Then I make Turmeric Lemon Rice or Tex Mex Quinoa to go along this soup.

For lighter meal, pair it with Chili Garlic Edamame and Instantpot Roasted Masala Potatoes. Roasted Asparagus, Crispy Cauliflower, Air Fryer Broccoli or Other Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables are great options to serve along.

More Tomato Recipes

Make this soup when your summer garden is flooding with fresh tomatoes. You can also make Tomato Chutney to preserve the tomatoes longer. My family also loves Penne Rosa which is pasta in creamy tomato sauce made with garden fresh tomatoes. For refreshingly cool summer meals, Gazpacho is an excellent choice.

Storage and Reheating

This soup is excellent choice for meal prepping or make ahead meals. Yo can scale the recipe to easily double or triple. You can store the prepared soup in the airtight container, in the refrigerator for 4 days. Reheat in pan until heated through.

One important thing : Don’t add coconut milk or cream if you want to freeze the soup. Just prepare it without and add it after you defrost and reheat it. It will prevent the curdling the soup and the texture will be better.

To freeze : Let the soup cool down completely. Then portion it in individual airtight containers and freeze it for up to 3+ months.

Our Popular Soup Recipes

We have array of Instant Pot Soup recipes . Make these easy one pot meals for busy weeknights as well as for meal preps. Vegetable Orzo Soup , Wild Rice Soup and Creamy Gnocchi Soup are delicious and comforting.

Curried Butternut Squash Soup is fall favorite so is Vegetarian Tortilla Soup, Instant Pot Minestrone Soup and Creamy Potato Soup.

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