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Creamy Tomato Soup

Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:25 — Sarah

Summary

Yield
Prep Time10 minutes
Recipe TypesVegetarian

Description

Thick tomato soup that also works as a great sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 c diced sundried tomatoes
  • 2 T dry milk
  • 1 T tomato powder
  • 1 T diced dried onion
  • 1 t butter powder
  • 1⁄2 t sugar
  • 1⁄2 t dry italian herb blend
  • 1⁄4 t dried garlic
  • 1⁄4 t ground black pepper
  • 1 c water
  • 1 T shelf stable bacon or bacon bits

Instructions

At home blend everything but the bacon in a blender till combined. Pack in a pint freezer or sandwich bag, adding in the bacon or fake bacon before sealing the bag.

FBC method:
Add near boiling water to the freezer bag. Stir well, seal tightly and put in a cozy for 10 minutes.

Insulated mug method:
Add boiling water to the dry ingredients. Stir well, cover tightly and let sit for 10 minutes.

One pot method:
Add dry ingredients to water in your pot. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Turn off the heat, cover tightly and let sit for 5 minutes.

For all methods, add salt to taste, if desired.

Notes

It is a thick soup and would work well as a sauce over couscous or pasta. Adding a 7-ounce pouch of chicken will make a full meal for two, when used as a sauce.

For a vegetarian version use fake bacon bits, found in most grocery stores.

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Comments

Tue, 02/22/2011 - 11:40 — Joe Gaffney

Dehydrating soups

I like the idea of a freezer-bag style soup. This is a good start, in addition to the various freeze-dried soups I buy at the grocery store. However, I'm a pretty good cook and I'd like to dehydrate my own soups. I have a Nessco dehydrator with several trays. Has anyone tried dehydrating their own soup?

Tue, 02/22/2011 - 12:27 — Sarah

Easy to do!

Joe,

What I do with sauces and soups is line my dehydrator trays with parchment paper (don't use wax paper), cutting out the middle part. You can also use microwave safe plastic wrap instead. Then ladle on your soup and dry it. Once it is tacky dry (no wet spots) flip it off the paper or plastic and get the back side dry as well. This gets it evenly dried.

If you soup has large pieces of vegetables or meat, cut them down a bit before drying to speed up both dehydration and rehydration!