Roasted Corn and Tomato Soup
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Roasted Corn and Tomato Soup is a hearty and flavorful soup that is perfect for cool weather!
Serve it for dinner parties or make a batch when heading to a potluck. This incredible roasted corn soup will make you want to make it over and over. It’s the best corn and tomato soup ever!
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Roasted Corn and Tomato Soup
Few things say summer like fresh corn on the cob and garden fresh tomatoes. In this soup, both of these summer favorites come together to create a rich and creamy summer meal. Regardless of how hot it gets here in Central Illinois, corn soup happens every summer. Sometimes I make this light and creamy version, while other times I make my creamy Corn Chowder. Most of the time, though, I make both soups at some point while corn is at its best! 🙂
This soup has one special ingredient that takes it from good to amazing. So what’s that simple ingredient you ask? Corn milk! By using the corn milk, it allows you to extract every bit of flavor from the corn cob. Corn milk is sweet and adds such great flavor that kernels alone just can’t match. Extracting the corn milk is easy and so worth it! 🙂 By adding the corn milk, I was able to lighten things up by adding half the original amount of half-and-half to give the soup the right richness.
You can use any variety of garden tomatoes for this soup. I’ve used Roma, heirloom, and even cherry tomatoes, and they all taste great! I have even made this soup vegetarian by using vegetable broth instead. However, unless you are making this for a vegetarian, go ahead and use the chicken broth. I feel that it gives the soup a lot more flavor. This soup tastes best when fresh summer corn is used, but if you are making this soup when you can’t find fresh sweet corn, you can use frozen corn or canned corn. So what are you waiting for? Make this soup while corn and tomatoes are at their best! 🙂
Is Fresh Corn Better Than Canned
Yes, when making this fire-roasted corn soup, I highly recommend using fresh corn. It’s so tasty with fresh, but if you want, you can use canned or even frozen corn if you want. Both are great options and taste good, but my preference is to use fresh.
Topping Ideas For Soup
You can eat the soup without any toppings, but these are the ones we use most often. Let’s take a look:
- Green Onions
- Fresh Tomatoes
- Crispy Bacon Pieces
- Sliced Avocado
- Corn Pieces
What To Serve With Soup
You can serve this roasted corn and tomato soup with pretty much anything you like. Here are the top items we like to serve with it.
- Bread – Nothing is better than a piece of warm fresh bread with the soup.
- Salad – Serve it with a big garden salad with lots of veggies.
- Roasted Veggies – Another favorite is having a side of roasted vegetables. Yum!
- Crackers – We almost always serve our soups with some crackers.
Ingredients
- Ears, corn, husks, and silk removed
- Half-and-half
- Firm tomatoes, cored and quartered
- Red onion, chopped
- Garlic cloves, crushed
- Olive oil
- Red bell peppers
- Low-sodium chicken broth
- Chili powder
- Smoked paprika
- Chipotle chili powder
- Salt
- Sliced avocado for garnish
- Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
- Paprika for garnish
How to Make Roasted Corn and Tomato Soup
First Step: Start off by preheating the oven to 375°F.
Second Step: Then use a chef’s knife or corn stripper to cut kernels from corn. Be careful to remove only the part of the corn kernel sticking out of the cob. If you cut deeper, it will pull off fibrous material. Transfer the cut kernels (you should have around 3 cups kernels). Transfer to a foil-lined baking sheet.
Third Step: Put the cobs over a medium bowl and using the back of butter knife, firmly scrape any remaining pulp on cobs into bowl. Transfer pulp to the center of a clean kitchen towel set in a medium bowl. Wrap towel tightly around the pulp and squeeze tightly until dry. Discard pulp in a towel and set corn juice aside. Add just enough half-and-half to the corn juice to make 1 cup of liquid; set aside.
Fourth Step: Add in the tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a single layer onto the foil-lined baking sheet with the corn. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
Fifth Step: Bake the corn for 25-30 minutes until tomato skins are dark and caramelized. Remove from the oven and let cool. When the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, peel off the skins and discard. Transfer the tomato flesh and corn mixture to a large dutch oven and set aside. (Reserve a handful of the roasted corn for garnish if desired)
Sixth Step: Then preheat the broiler. Cut the peppers in half lengthwise, discard seeds and membranes. Place the pepper halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet, and flatten with your hand. Broil for 10 minutes or until blackened. Place the bell peppers in a paper bag and fold to close tightly. Let it stand 10 minutes before peeling; transfer to the large dutch oven with corn mixture.
Seventh Step: Pour in the chicken broth to the dutch oven and bring to a boil over high heat. Then reduce the heat to medium-high and cook until the vegetables are very tender about 10 minutes. Stir in the chili powders, paprika, and salt.
Eighth Step: Then use your immersion blender, blend the soup until smooth.
Ninth Step: Pour in the half-and-half/corn liquid mixture and return to simmer. Season the soup to taste with salt, pepper. Garnish each bowl with a couple of avocado slices, a few drops of olive oil, a scattering of the reserved roasted corn, and a sprinkle of paprika. Serve hot.
Enjoy!
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Roasted Corn and Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 6 ears corn, husks and silk removed (about 3 cups of kernels)
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup half-and-half
- 1 pound ripe but firm tomatoes, cored and quartered
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Sliced avocado for garnish
- Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
- Paprika for garnish
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Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 375°F.
- Using chef’s knife or corn stripper, cut kernels from corn; Being careful to remove only the part of the corn kernel sticking out of the cob; cutting deeper will pull off fibrous material. Transfer the cut kernels (you should have 3 cups kernels). Transfer to a foil lined baking sheet.
- Hold cobs over a medium bowl and using back of butter knife, firmly scrape any remaining pulp on cobs into bowl. Transfer pulp to center of clean kitchen towel set in medium bowl. Wrap towel tightly around pulp and squeeze tightly until dry.
- Discard pulp in towel and set corn juice aside. Add just enough half-and-half to the corn juice to make 1 cup of liquid; set aside.
- Add tomatoes, onion and garlic in a single layer onto the foil-lined baking sheet with the corn. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until tomatoes skins are darken and caramelized. Remove from the oven and let cool. When the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, peel off the skins and discard. Transfer the tomato flesh and corn mixture to a large dutch oven and set aside. (Reserve a handful of the roasted corn for garnish if desired)
- Preheat broiler. Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise, discard seeds and membranes.
- Place halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet, and flatten with your hand.
- Broil 10 minutes or until blackened. Place bell peppers in a paper bag and fold to close tightly. Let stand 10 minutes before peeling; transfer to the large dutch oven with corn mixture.
- Add chicken broth to the dutch oven and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-high and cook until the vegetables are very tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the chili powders, paprika and salt.
- Using an immersion blender, blend the soup until smooth.
- Add the half-and-half/corn liquid mixture and return to simmer. Season to taste with salt, pepper. Garnish each portion with a couple of avocado slices, a few drops of olive oil, a scattering of the reserved roasted corn and a sprinkle of paprika. Serve hot.
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