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Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs

December 6, 2011 by 8 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I pretty much think that there are very few things out there that can’t be made better by adding a poached egg to them.  Poached eggs on top of mashed potatoes? Poached eggs on top of pasta with a little parmesan cheese?  A poached egg on top of…wait for it…a nice steaming hot bowl of Cream of Wheat?  Yes please, and thank you!Until I made this recipe, I think one of the few things on earth I hadn’t put a poached egg into or onto was soup.  And I’m not sure why, because what that lets you do is actually poach the egg IN the soup.  So not only are you getting a poached egg in your soup, you are getting a poached egg that has absorbed a little of the delicious garlicky tomato soup as it is being poached.  It’s just plain perfect, right?

And if all that wasn’t enough, this recipe calls for toasting up a nice big piece of garlic bread and putting it in the soup bowl first, and then ladling the tomato soup with poached egg over it.  Drizzle a little good olive oil over the whole thing, toss a few basil leaves in if you’ve got ‘em, and all is right with the world. You break into that nice poached egg with your spoon, and the creamy egg mixes with the soup and the soft garlicky bread and, well, you get the idea.  Poached eggs…they make everything wonderful!

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Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs

Serving Size: 4

Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for toast and drizzling
3 to 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced, plus one clove for toast
Pinch hot red pepper flakes
1 28 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes, coarsely chopped, with juice
3 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 large eggs
4 slices rustic bread
Shredded basil, for garnish (optional)

Directions

1. In a straight-sided skillet over medium heat, cook the oil, garlic, and pepper flakes until garlic is just beginning to turn golden, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes,water, salt, and pepper.
2. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
3. Crack one egg into a small bowl. Carefully lower edge of bowl into simmering liquid,allowing egg to slip into pot. Repeat with remaining eggs. Cover pot and cook until whites are cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, brush bread with oil and broil until golden; rub with garlic. Place one slice in each of four shallow bowls; sprinkle with basil. Spoon soup and poached eggs over toast, drizzle with a little more oil, and serve immediately.

 Recipe from Whole Living
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  1. Michelle says:
    December 7, 2011 at 12:44 am

    I didn't want to go to the store tonight for dinner. Now I don't have to. Love this!

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  2. Amy says:
    December 7, 2011 at 2:16 am

    This sounds kind of like shakshuka, which I love (and made last night!). Will have to try this soon!

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  3. Joanne says:
    December 7, 2011 at 2:18 am

    I am totally an eggs over anything girl. But I've never actually poached an egg. This is SO happening in my next bowl of soup!

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  4. K Blue says:
    December 7, 2011 at 2:47 am

    This looks and sounds SO delicious. I grew up eating poached eggs in ramen noodles and udon noodles. (Yup, I'm Asian.) There is something so magically comforting about that egg in soup. I didn't grow up on tomato soup, although it has become one of my favorite foods. So I must try this!

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  5. Shel says:
    December 7, 2011 at 2:56 am

    I wouldn't have thought of it, but it sure looks and sounds good!!

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  6. Christine knapkins_com says:
    December 7, 2011 at 6:29 pm

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  7. Pam says:
    December 7, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    Poached eggs in tomato soup is new to me and sounds like a winner. A must try!

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  8. FramedCooks says:
    December 10, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    Thanks everyone. There's just something about a poached egg that makes everything okay. I need to remember this when I start going crazy with all the present-wrapping in the next few days… :)

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