Thread: Chicken Tomato Basil soup

32 oz can whole peeled tomatoes
12 oz can tomato paste
5 c veg broth
4 oz mushrooms, sliced
1 lg carrot, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 T olive oil
1 lb chicken breast, cooked and diced

drain tomatoes, save liquid. Remove seeds and chop.

Sweat carrot, celery, garlic in oil. Add mushrooms, tomatoes, liquid and broth, simmer 15 min. Add tomato paste, then use stick blender until smooth. Add chicken, basil, simmer 5 min.

If you don't have a stick blender, can use a bar blender.

Makes about 8 cups. Per cup:

Cal - 127
Prot - 15g
Carb - 13g
Fat - 3g

Good recipie, Pylon. You didn't say how much basil to use. I used about 8-10 leaves in my batch. Seemed about right.