Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup For Two

Name: Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup For Two
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 1/2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter, plus 2 tablespoons melted; 3/4 cup chopped, onion; 1 , garlic clove, minced; 1 , bay leaf; , Salt and pepper; Pinch , red pepper flakes (optional); 1 (14.5-ounce) can, whole peeled tomatoes; 1 cup, chicken broth; 1 1/2 teaspoons, packed light brown sugar; 4 slices deli, American cheese (4 ounces); 1 tablespoon, minced fresh chives

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2016

Grilled cheese is a snap, but soup? Believe it: Ours is so easy and so much better than opening a can.

SERVES2

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Grilled cheese is a snap, but tomato soup? For a homemade soup that was fast and made just enough for two, we quickly sweated onion and garlic with a bay leaf and red pepper flakes and then added just one 14.5-ounce can of whole peeled toma...

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