Basil Rice Soup Food

TOMATO RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and carrot; cook and stir vegetables until they begin to soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring until rice is evenly coated in oil, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in undrained tomatoes, chicken broth, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Rinse the scallops, and if large cut scallops in half. Stir the scallops into soup, and cover. Continue to simmer until the rice is tender and the scallops are opaque, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the basil, and serve.

BASIL TOMATO-RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add in onion, celery, garlic, and basil; cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened.
• In a food processor, puree tomatoes with juice; add to pot with stock and rice; season with sugar, salt, and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil; decrease heat, cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Stir in parsley.
• **To make a creamy soup, add 1/2 cup whipping cream along with the parsley.
• **If you have fresh basil, substitute 2 tablespoons of the chopped fresh basil for the dried basil and add along with the parsley.

BASIL RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat and add garlic, celery, onion, carrot and basil.
• Cover and cook for approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in rice and tomatoes and cook uncovered for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in remaining ingredients and heat to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

BASIL RICE SOUP - MINESTRA DI RISO E BASILICO

Steps:

• Heat oil in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Stir in garlic, celery, onion, carrot and basil. Cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in rice and tomatoes. Cook uncovered over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Serve with cheese.

TOMATO & BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter or oil in a large pan, then add the garlic and soften for a few minutes over a low heat. Add the sundried or SunBlush tomatoes, canned tomatoes, stock, sugar and seasoning, then bring to a simmer. Let the soup bubble for 10 mins until the tomatoes have broken down a little.
• Whizz with a stick blender, adding half the pot of soured cream as you go. Taste and adjust the seasoning - add more sugar if you need to. Serve in bowls with 1 tbsp or so of the pesto swirled on top, a little more soured cream and scatter with basil leaves.

TOMATO RICE SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Heat oil in large soup pot.
• Add onions and sauté a few minutes.
• Add garlic and sauté one minute (until fragrant).
• Add tomato juice, diced tomatoes, herbs, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a simmer.
• Add rice.
• When rice is almost cooked add fresh basil and finish cooking until rice is to your liking.
• Serve with salted tops soda crackers.

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP WITH RICE AND BASIL

Steps:

• Sweat the onions and garlic in a little olive oil until translucent, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the broth, fresh basil and tomatoes, reserving some of the juice from the tomatoes.
• simmer until everything is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Puree the soup with a handheld blender, or in batches in a food processor or countertop blender.
• Return the pureed soup to a low simmer.
• Gently simmer the heavy cream before adding it to the soup, then use the reserved tomato juice to adjust the final consistency.
• Add the rice just before serving.
• Serve the soup in preheated soup cups or bowls and garnish with the chiffonade of basil.

BASIL CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 2 to 3 quart pan, combine butter, onion, and garlic.
• Stir occasionally over medium heat until onion is limp and slightly tinged with brown, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in flour to coat onion.
• Gradually stir in broth, and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Add potato and carrots; cover and simmer over low heat until potato is tender when pierced, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add chicken; cover and simmer just until chicken is hot, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in basil.
• Ladle into bowl and offer cheese to add to taste.

CREAM OF BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, simmer broth and basil, uncovered, for 15 minutes. In another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour and pepper until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; gradually stir in broth and sour cream (do not boil).

BASIL BASMATI RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring to boil the rice and water. Reduce heat, cover and let simmer at low heat 10 to 15 minutes or until water is absorbed. Let rest for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a food processor, reduce the basil, oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a rough puree. Incorporate the basil mixture to the rice and stir.