Photos of Copycat Friendly’s Ultimate Grilled Cheese And Tomato Soup Recipe
Delicious and heart-warming, you won’t have to leave the comfort of your own home to enjoy this culinary classic! Enjoy this soup and sandwich combo any day of the week without using a drive-thru.
How To Make Copycat Friendly's Ultimate Grilled Cheese And Tomato Soup
Whip up a classic dish with this Friendly's copycat grilled cheese and tomato soup recipe. Enjoy a filling meal made in under an hour.
Ingredients
For Tomato Soup:
- 4 cups tomatoes, canned, crushed or diced
- 1½ cups red onions, diced
- 1½ cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup potatoes, peeled and diced
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ tsp liquid smoke
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
For Grilled Cheese Sandwich:
- 6 sourdough bread, (½-inch slices)
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 6 American cheese slices
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
- unsalted butter , at room temperature for greasing
Instructions
Tomato Soup:
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Heat up the oil in a soup pot. Add onions and potatoes. Saute until translucent.
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Add the tomatoes and the liquid smoke then continue sauteing.
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Add the vegetable broth. Bring to a simmer and continue simmering for roughly 10 minutes until the soup has slightly reduced.
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Remove the soup from the heat and puree until smooth.
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Return to the heat, then adjust with salt and pepper.
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Set aside in a warm area.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich:
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Preheat the griddle or skillet and grease with butter.
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Spread roughly 1 tablespoon of butter on both sides of each sliced bread.
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Place 2 slices of American cheese per sliced bread, then sprinkle ⅓ cup of mozzarella cheese.
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Cover with the remaining bread slice, butter side up.
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Grill until golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted.
To Assemble:
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Reheat the soup, then pour into a serving bowl of choice.
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Cut the grilled cheese into triangles and serve with the tomato soup.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 17g
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- Calcium: 540mg
- Calories: 1669kcal
- Carbohydrates: 271g
- Cholesterol: 66mg
- Fat: 38g
- Fiber: 14g
- Iron: 17mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g
- Potassium: 1066mg
- Protein: 63g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Sodium: 3038mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 1629IU
- Vitamin C: 24mg
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