4b's Old Fashioned Cream of Tomato Soup

Submitted by Krsi Sue

"This is an original recipe from the kitchen of 4B's restaurant. My whole family craves 4B's soup often and would head over to get it "to go". Now that I don't live in Montana, I got the recipe from them to make whenever I wish here in Iowa."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 0.5 gallon
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 907.18 g tomatoes, canned and diced
• 255.14 g chicken broth
• 28.34 g butter
• 29.58 ml sugar
• 14.79 ml onion, chopped
• 0.25 ml baking soda
• 473.18 ml cream

directions

1. Mix tomatoes, chicken broth, butter, sugar, onions and soda.
2. Simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
3. Heat cream in a double boiler.
4. Add cream to hot tomato mixture and serve.

Reviews

[Cilantro in Canada]

Oh my this is good and so easy to make. I did add an extra Knorr chicken cube and I used homemade rice milk in place of the cream. My daughter who is a vegetarian loved this soup and asked me if I would make it again tomorrow. I followed another reviewers advice and pureed the soup. It was perfect. Thank you for the recipe.

 

[The Rabbit]

now that most of the 4B's have closed near us I make this all the time. sometimes I make it with everything but the cream and can it as a soup concentrate. then I can just add the cream later when we're ready to eat it. I usually just leave the sugar out but that's to my taste.

 

[Julesnjoe]

Not sure where I went wrong :( Followed direction and it curdled both times I made it.

 

[Julie]

This is an excellent and easy soup to make. I would probably cut sugar in half next time or even omit as it was a little sweet for my taste. I didn't simmer very long as I was in a hurry. Used fat free half and half in place of cream and warmed it in microwave instead of double boiler (again, in a hurry). I used a hand blender on the tomatoes before adding the half and half. Also added some basil and pepper and a little salt. My family, including a 2-year-old, devoured it. Thanks!

 

[BellesArizona]

I have the original recipe from back in the early 70’s when 4B’s gave them to customers who requested it. It was founder Barbara Hainline’s family recipe. In that recipe, it calls for 16 oz crushed tomatoes and 16 ounces diced canned tomatoes. It also calls for 1 cup heavy cream and 1 cup liquid coffee creamer. There are no other spices added to it. Customers added salt and pepper at the table. The beauty of this soup is its simplicity. Pair it with their yummy grilled cheese and that was a yummy lunch on a cold, snowy Missoula winter’s day!