Chinese Tomato Soup: DutchStyle

This is a popular soup at Chinese restaurants in Holland. This is my version of a sweet and spicy soup I had recently at a wok restaurant in Eindhoven, enjoy

Chinese Tomato Soup: Dutch-Style Ingredients

• 1 quart beef broth

• 2 cups tomato juice

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

• cup applesauce

• 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• teaspoon chili powder

• 1 green onion, thinly sliced

• 1 cup shrimp chips (prawn crackers)

How to Make Chinese Tomato Soup: Dutch-Style

1. Pour beef broth, tomato juice, and soy sauce into a large saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, applesauce, and celery; season with ginger and chili powder. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 20 minutes. Ladle into serving bowls and garnish with green onions and shrimp chips.

Chinese Tomato Soup: Dutch-Style Nutritions

• Calories: 103.9 calories

• Carbohydrate: 16.7 g

• Cholesterol: 1.7 mg

• Fat: 3.5 g

• Fiber: 0.9 g

• Protein: 3.2 g

• SaturatedFat: 0.5 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 1001.6 mg

• Sugar: 9.7 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Chinese Tomato Soup: Dutch-Style Reviews

• We did not like this. We made it to use up ingredients around the house, and we did not enjoy the flavor combinations. Our guest said it was OK, but I dont if it was honesty or if she was being polite.

• Maybe its not fair for me to rate it since I submitted it - but its awesome. Since I submitted it - Ive tried a few variations and I really like it topped with French fried onions. Try it - youll see - its delicious ;-)

• Ive bought a few packet mixes of Chinese Tomato Soup in the past, and really liked it. Apart from leaving out the celery, I made this as written, and, sadly, didnt like it all. The flavors just didnt work well for me. The apple sauce made it really sludgy, and I wish Id omitted the brown sugar because it turned out SO sweet. I even made fresh prawn crackers to go with it (and the oil smell totally stank out my house). Sorry for the low rating.

• Ill give this five stars because its very easy to make and the taste is quite good I have been to Holland and Belgium and it reminds me of soups you can get there. Also easy to modify. Next time I make it I will use lower sodium tomato juice and/or a lower sodium chicken or beef broth. I added lots of extra celery and green onions. Fresh ginger would also be a nice change. Thank you for the unique twist on tomato soup - definitely low calorie

• I thought the flavor was great. Its a little different than your average soup, but thats what the recipe intends.The recipe says to simmer for 20 minutes. I brought it to a boil TWICE and simmered it for an hour and the celery still came out crunchy. To avoid boiling off too much of the broth while cooking the celery, I would saute the celery in a pan first, then add it to the soup. That is the only reason Im giving it three stars. Otherwise, I would give it five.

• Made an account to rate this soup. Its great. Im a Dutch person and it is a good approach to the soup served in Chinese restaurants over here. I used fresh tomatoes (boiled and whizzed) instead of the tomato juice. Added a bit of extra chilli and a little less sugar for my personal taste.