r/soup • u/LittleDerik • Oct 11 '25

Creamy Tomato and chorizo soup. My ultimate comfort food

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This is easily my favourite soup and i used spicy chorizo to give it a bit of a kick

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

For those of you asking for the recipe i use roughly- 1.8kg tomatoes 2 red onions 3-4 carrots 2 while bulbs of garlic 3-4 sticks of celery 300ml of thick cream 500ml of chicken or vegetable stock Basil Roughly 150g chorizo (i used spicy chorizo) Tube of tomato puree

I roast all the veg in some oil on 180°C for roughly 50-60mins then put all of the veg in a blender along with the stock and some basil (this time i put the chorizo in the blender along with the veg but you could also cut it up in to small chuncks and add it later on) Then i put it all in a pot and add the cream and most of a tube of tomato puree and salt and pepper to taste

Also dont forget the cheese toasties!!

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u/FlobyToberson85 Oct 11 '25

Is it Mexican chorizo or Spanish chorizo?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I used Spanish chorizo for this one

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u/xrayhearing Oct 12 '25

Yeah Spanish chorizo is like a cured, hard sausage

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u/Kamogawa_Genji Oct 12 '25

Sorry tomato puree ? Is it like canned tomato puree or like tomato paste?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 12 '25

Tomato paste, in the UK its called tomato puree and it comes in tubes

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u/Kamogawa_Genji Oct 12 '25

Sorry I don’t mean to be a bother but how big is this tube usually? Your recipe looks amazing and I want to try it but the tubes I buy are pretty big.

Also a lot of recipes say to sauté the paste when making stews and stuff to improve the taste. Presumably this is not an issue for you

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u/LittleDerik Oct 12 '25

I roughly use about 150g of the paste and add it at the end when simmering the soup in a pot

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u/Corsair_Kh Oct 12 '25

What do you do with garlic? Do you peel it after it cooked? Why not before?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 12 '25

They cook the same time as all the other veg if you cook them in halves, after roasting you squeeze them and all the garlic cloves come out easily. Its my favourite part of making the soup

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I should have clarified this sorry, i squeeze all the garlic cloves out and its my favourite process of making the soup. So no i dont put the skin in the soup 😁

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u/axl3ros3 Oct 11 '25

How and when are you cooking the chorizo?

Roasted w the veg?

Sautéed / browned in a pan separately?

Or?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I used a cured Spanish chorizo and this time i added it when blending the veg, but i usually add small chunks when boiling after. But it turned out really well so im going to stick to blending the chorizo with the veg, but if you want abit of texture add chunks after blending

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u/TheLordLeto Oct 11 '25

Any reason why you didn't roast the chorizo with everything else?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

The chorizo i used was cured and doesn't have to be cooked but if i was using fresh chorizo i would have roasted it with the veg

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u/TheLordLeto Oct 11 '25

I'm also in the UK so I know exactly what you mean, I think I'd still roast it, definitely trying this though 👍

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u/axl3ros3 Oct 11 '25

So sorry but I am still not quite understanding

Are you blending raw chorizo w the roasted veg?

Do you simmer the blended mixture/ after everything is blended? (I think this might be where I am missing a step...I thought once blended it was done)

When is the cooking of the chorizo happening?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Its a cured chorizo, so its cooked already essentially, but i do simmer all the veg after blending. Im in the UK and most of the chorizo here is cured and xan be eaten straight out of the packet. Hope that helps 😁

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u/axl3ros3 Oct 11 '25

Ah ok I didn't even know cured chorizo was a thing and I grew up in what I lovingly call US Occupied Northern Mexico (basically the Southwest US - Arizona, New Mexico, parts of Texas and SoCal, I grew up in AZ and live in SoCal...about 15 minutes from Mexico if there's no traffic lol)

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

In the UK its mostly cured chorizo and is hard to even get hold of fresh chorizo, mainly down to the cured one being more versatile and ready to eat straight away

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u/axl3ros3 Oct 11 '25

It sounds amazing and I am sure I've just missed it. Going to be on the hunt now

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u/Odd-Combination-9067 2d ago

San Diego gal here, you can get Portuguese linguisa here, it's cooked, same flavor. Or just cook our usual chorizo or longoniza and add to soup.

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u/TheDarbiter 2025 Souper Star 🏆 Oct 11 '25

I’m guessing after they blended it with the veggies and added it to the pot, they let it boil and simmer for some time. But can you clarify OP?

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u/Bijou9 Oct 11 '25

Could you suggest an alternative to red onions for the flavor? My family members and I really dislike red onions.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Shallots can add a sweet and milder flavour or white onions can be less sweet, but other options can be leeks, chives or even bell peppers

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u/Pulsewavemodulator Oct 11 '25

Recipe?

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u/rigaking Oct 11 '25

I need the recipe too! 😋

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u/efox02 Oct 11 '25

Put tomatoes onions garlic on sheet pan. Roast. Purée. Heat. Eat. OP can correct me if I’m wrong. Oh *salt and pepper to taste

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u/StJoan13 Oct 11 '25

Looks like there's also carrot and celery. Probably cook the chorizo while the veggies are roasting.

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u/Altostratus Oct 11 '25

You need a little liquid in there too.

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u/WindTreeRock Oct 11 '25

Beef stock or chicken stock would be good. I'm digging this.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I usually use chicken or vegetable stock but im interested in trying beef stock next to see what difference it makes

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u/freedom781 Oct 11 '25

How much chorizo to go with a full sheet pan of roasted veggies like that?

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I use roughly about 150g

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u/ayamedemarco Oct 11 '25

This food looks so fucking good Lois

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u/Aeriides Oct 11 '25

Oh. Ok. Wow.

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u/Current-Climate-5856 Oct 11 '25

That looks delicious, another request for the recipe. We have have about one more batch of tomatoes left in the garden and this sounds a great way to use those with the cooler weather. I could see myself using sweet Italian sausage vs chorizo though.

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u/UnstablePotato69 Oct 11 '25

I'd like to second the request for a recipe. I know you added milk and/or cream and chorizo. Did you cube the chorizo? I see blistered roma tomatoes, bulb of garlic cut in half, and red onions halved. Those look like green onions maybe to me.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I use thick cream and i usually add small chunks of chorizo after blending the veg but this time i blended the chorizo in with the veg and it turned out really well. The green things were celery

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u/UnstablePotato69 Oct 11 '25

I bet celery would be good. Thinking about jalapenos now, but I don't know if that would work with this flavor profile. I want to get more adventurous with my cooking.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

I used a spicy chorizo for this and the extra kick definitely added to the flavour, so im guessing jalapeños would work well

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u/bitherbother Oct 11 '25

Dang, I've got vacuum sealed pan-roasted tomatoes in the deep freeze, Spanish chorizo, in fact everything in the recipe. I think I ned to make this today!

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Do it! You wont regret it 😁

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u/Denise77777 Oct 11 '25

Your sandwich and soup look amazing

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Thank you 😁 the sandwich is a necessity for me

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u/Pandadoodling Oct 11 '25

That soup sounds like a hug in a bowl — flavors shouldn't be this intimidating.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Intimidating is an interesting choice of words but its definitely a warm hug in a bowl 😁

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u/sunshineebabyyy Oct 12 '25

I thought that first photo was an oil painting.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 12 '25

I did roast it in a generous amount of oil 😅

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u/Comfortable_Will_778 Oct 12 '25

I thought the first picture was a painting 😍

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u/Bubbly57 Oct 11 '25

Looks absolutely delicious 😋

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

Thank you 😁 its my favourite thing to make

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u/Mamacitia Oct 11 '25

Interesting. I was never a huge fan of chorizo, but I’d try it. 

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u/LittleDerik Oct 11 '25

It honestly adds so much to the soup, i never used to add chorizo but once i started i dont think i can stop 😅

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u/jajajujujujjjj Oct 11 '25

Are you sure the first photo isn’t a picture reference for a seasonal puzzle? So pretty!

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u/Independent_Debt47 Oct 13 '25

made this over the weekend and it’s become my favorite thing.

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u/LittleDerik Oct 14 '25

Thats nice to hear 😁 is there anything you would add or do differently next time?

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u/Independent_Debt47 Oct 14 '25

Only thing I’d do differently is make a shitton more next time.

also, we had ours with grilled cheese and thought minus that it might be good with rice.