Creole Tomato Soup Low Fat Recipes

CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf before serving.

LOW-FAT CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Pour tomatoes with their juice into a saucepan, and mix in onion, sugar, salt, cloves, and black pepper; bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• Return blended soup to the saucepan, and stir in the evaporated milk. Place over low heat, and cook just until hot, about 1 minute.

CREAMY CREOLE TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt the butter over med-high heat.
• Add the onion and cook, stirring, until very tender, 7-10 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, Cajun seasoning, and cayenne pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Stir in the diced tomatoes and broth.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• Return the soup to the pot.
• Stir in the sour cream and salt and simmer until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Serve piping hot.

LOW-FAT "CREAM" OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, over medium heat, saute onions in butter until translucent.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the flour so that no lumps remain, then slowly whisk in the tomato juice and evaporated milk.
• Return to the heat and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook until just boiling add cream cheese and whisk until smooth.
• Serve immediately.
• Or cool completely and freeze in rigid containers.
• To reheat: Thaw in fridge and warm in microwave or on stoptop.

CHICKEN CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• In 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and chicken; cook 7 to 9 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is softened.
• Stir in flour. Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until flour is light brown.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover; cook 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink in center. Remove bay leaves.

KITTENCAL'S THICK AND RICH CREAMY TOMATO SOUP (LOW-FAT OPTION)

Steps:

• In a bowl combine 2 cups tomato juice with crushed tomatoes and milk.
• In a saucepan melt the butter over medium-high heat.
• Add in onion and dried oregano; saute until softened (about 3 minutes).
• Add in garlic and red pepper flakes; cook stirring for 2 minutes.
• Add in flour and stir for 1 minute.
• Slowly add in the tomato/milk mixture whisking constantly to remove any lumps; bring to a boil stirring frequently until bubbly and thickened, then season with sugar, salt and pepper (the mixture will be quite thick).
• Reduce heat to low, add in remaining 1 cup of tomato juice (or more) and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour (can simmer longer if desired, if the soup is still too thick for your liking add in more tomato juice and keep seasoning with salt and pepper if needed during cooking).
• Ladle into bowl then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and croutons if desired.
• Delicious!