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29 January, 2013 By Mary | 7 Comments

Green Chile Tomato Soup

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

Green chiles in tomato soup? What the what!?

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

Yeah, I did that. And it was awesome. I do what I want!

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

Sometimes I really crave melted cheese. Or even burnt cheese. Crispy, hard, cooked-too-far cheese. Anyone else? No? Maybe? It's hard for me to rationalize eating large sums of crispy cheese for dinner. Luckily, America has created a delicious solution for this. GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES! Just make sure to overcook and overstuff, then you'll for sure end up with some crispy cheese.

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

The problem with grilled cheese sandwiches is this: I can't justify eating them without some sort of vegetable nearby. Sometimes I include spinach and avocado to spruce things up. Othertimes, I just make tomato soup and call it a day. You all know you love dipping crispy grilled cheese into delicious tomato soup: it's a childhood necessity. I don't actually think I ever did this in my childhood, as I'm pretty sure my first grilled cheese was in college; however, I will still pretend I was a normal kid. I was. Totally. #not

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

This soup was adapted from Jessica at How Sweet It Is. She has some ridiculously good-looking food. On the regular. This showed up in my feed a few weeks ago and I knew I had to make it. I tweaked it here and there, the biggest change being the addition of green chiles. Spice it up! For myself, I made grilled cheese croutons (um, make a grilled cheese and then cut it into cubes). For Derek, I just made grilled cheese. If you don't know how to make a grilled cheese... google it. I highly recommend the in-the-oven method. 100%.

tomato soup with green chiles and grilled cheese

Green Chile Tomato Soup

Adapted from How Sweet It Is

2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 onion, diced
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 4 oz can of green chiles
2 tablespoon tomato paste
2 (28-ounce) cans diced tomatoes
3-4 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable stock
1 cup sour cream

In a heavy soup pot, heat olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add onion, and cook until starting to soften (5 minutes). Add all spices and garlic, and cook for another minute. Add green chiles and tomato sauce, and stir to incorporate fully, cooking for another 5 minutes. Pour in tomatoes and stock, and mix to combine. Let the mixture simmer for 45 minutes. Use an immersion blender, or use a regular blender in batches, to blend the mixture smooth. Add more stock if necessary, to your desired consistency. Stir in sour cream completely.

Serve with grilled cheese!

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  1. Heather @ Dietitian on the Run says

    January 29, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    There can never be too many green chile recipes... love this! 😉

    Reply
    • Mary says

      January 29, 2013 at 1:12 pm

      Amen!

      Reply
  2. Eileen says

    January 29, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    Hey, I think green chiles in tomato soup sounds perfect! Who doesn't want to punch it up with a little spice, right? 🙂

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    • Mary says

      January 29, 2013 at 1:12 pm

      Exactly!

      Reply
  3. Laura says

    January 31, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Green chiles belong in most dishes if you ask me. I just got back from Santa Fe, and I loved that everything comes with green chiles 🙂

    Reply
  4. Nancy says

    March 26, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    I wonder if I could substitution sour cream with Greek yogurt. This recipe sounds absolutely delicious!

    Reply
    • Mary says

      March 26, 2013 at 5:05 pm

      Absolutely! I think plain Greek yogurt would work really well!

      Reply

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