Looking for a deliciously simple Feta Tomato Soup recipe to cook in your kitchen at home? You’ve come to the right place as our family is soup obsessed!
Our quick & easy Tomato Soup with Feta Cheese and Orzo is the perfect comfort food for busy households looking to inject a bit of healthy Mediterranean nutrition into the weekly recipe rotation.
A steaming bowl of Tomato and Feta Soup is the perfect Greek-inspired lunch or dinner, featuring flavourful and affordable ingredients like sweet tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, orzo pasta, chunks of feta cheese and finely sliced basil.
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What Is Orzo Feta Tomato Soup?
This simple Feta Tomato Soup recipe is a real crowd pleaser so we know you’ll love it!
We love to cook this chunky soup in the hot summer months when local tomatoes are in season and fresh basil is growing in our backyard herb garden.
Most traditional tomato soup recipes are prepared in a blender so they have a smooth and velvety consistency. This soup is eye-catching because it’s chunky, featuring a simple chicken broth where you’ll find cubes of creamy feta cheese, tender orzo pasta and pieces of sweet tomato swimming in your bowl.
This soup is a love letter to simple Greek flavours and a godsend for parents looking to prepare a healthy and affordable soup for the family in under 1 hour!
My Family Loves This Easy Tomato Feta Soup
My family are big fans of Mediterranean cuisine.
We love cooking flavourful dishes from Greece, Bosnia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and Turkey.
After traveling to Greece I wanted to share my love for feta and orzo with friends and family by making the comforting chunky tomato soup at home.
I prepared the recipe at our cottage on a hot summer day. At the local farmers market bright red tomatoes were in peak season and I had a voluptuous basil plant blooming on my balcony ready to be plucked.
This delicious Feta Tomato Soup is a tasty way to incorporate fresh and flavourful ingredients into a healthy Mediterranean diet. The attractive dish is a real show stopper if you’ve got company coming for dinner each bowl boasts a cavalcade of colours, bright red tomatoes, vivid green basil leaves and shimmering chunks of white feta.
Ingredients
We love this soup because the recipe includes just a handful of affordable ingredients you’ll likely already have in your cupboards and fridge.
- Chicken Broth: adds a savoury umami-forward base to the soup. Chicken soup is one of the world’s most popular comfort foods and we’re here for it!
- Tomatoes: only use fresh tomatoes not canned. You can use any variety from plum “roma” style tomatoes to beefsteak or cherry tomatoes.
- Olive Oil: use a good quality extra virgin olive oil to add depth of flavour.
- Orzo Pasta: this Italian pasta is the shape of a large piece of rice and is very popular in Mediterranean cuisine.
- Feta: we like to use cow’s milk feta but you can also use sheep or goats milk cheese. We suggest chopping the feta into chunks with a knife so they look like little cubes or you can crumble the feta with your hands into the pot.
- Fresh Basil: adds an herbaceousness to the soup and eye-catching green.
Directions
Follow this fool-proof 3 step recipe to make our delicious Feta Tomato Soup recipe!
- To a large pot, add the water, broth, quartered tomatoes, oil, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes on medium low heat.
- Add the orzo pasta, stir, and cover the pot. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until pasta is al dente. Stir occasionally. Turn off the heat, remove the pot from the stove and sprinkle in the feta cheese.
- Garnish with fresh basil and serve hot.
Recipe Cooking Tips
This Greek soup is quick and easy to make at home. Here are some tips and tricks to get you started:
- Use a large pot or Dutch Oven to prepare the soup over your stove.
- We’ve used chicken stock in this recipe but you can make a vegetarian Tomato and Feta Soup by substituting with vegetable stock.
- Only use fresh tomatoes in this recipe not the canned variety as you want the sweet and juicy flesh to shine. We like to use roma tomatoes but you can also chop up tiny cherry tomatoes or the large beefsteak variety.
- We suggest using a Greek olive oil in this recipe but you can use a flavourless vegetable oil like canola if you prefer.
- Orzo is the most popular pasta used in Greek cuisine but if you don’t have it on hand you can substitute with another small pasta like ditalini. If you’re gluten-free you can substitute the pasta for basmati or jasmine rice.
- We like to use cow’s milk feta as it tends to have a firmer texture and is easier to cut into chunks that hold their shape when simmered in a pot. Sheep and goats milk feta tends to be a softer cheese so if you’re adding this variety to your soup you may want to use your fingers to gently crumble bite-sized pieces into the pot.
- We like to flavour this soup with fresh basil but you can substitue with parsley or dill if you prefer.
Health Benefits
This homemade Tomato and Feta Soup recipe is packed full of healthy ingredients!
Rich in a group of phytochemicals called carotenoids, tomatoes may help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, and provide protection against cancer. Tomatoes are also a good source of immune-boosting vitamin C.
Olive Oil is ranked as one of the healthiest fats and is a staple in the Mediterranean diet. It contains vitamins E and K and plenty of beneficial fatty acids and antioxidants.
Consuming dairy products (such as milk and cheese) provides health benefits — especially improved bone health. Dairy foods provide nutrients that are vital for health and maintenance of your body. These nutrients include calcium, potassium, vitamin D, and protein.
The eugenol in basil can block calcium channels, which may help to lower blood pressure. The essential oils in the herb can help to lower your cholesterol and triglycerides. Basil also contains magnesium, which can help to improve blood flow by allowing muscles and blood vessels to relax.
What To Serve with Greek Feta Tomato Soup
This flavour-packed soup is the perfect dish to serve at a Mediterranean or Greek themed feast.
While the dish is often served in the spring or summer when fresh tomatoes and basil are in season, we love to make it year round, as the ingredients are easy to find and affordable.
We like to serve a bowl of this soup all on its own as a quick and easy lunch or at dinner with a fresh salad or slices of sourdough bread.
If you’re looking to impress dinner guests we suggest serving this tasty soup with other popular dishes from Greece and the Mediterranean region such as:
- Creamy Cheesy Greek Spanakopita Dip
- Oven Roasted Cypriot Cyprus Potatoes
- Prasorizo Vegetarian Greek Leek Rice Recipe
- Vegetarian Strapatsada Greek Scrambled Eggs
- Crispy Air Fryer Halloumi Cheese
- Baked Mediterranean Chicken Thighs
- Garides Saganaki Sizzling Greek Feta Shrimp
- Oven Baked Halloumi with Roasted Vegetables
- Melitzanosalata Greek Eggplant Dip
- Mucver Tarif Vegetarian Turkish Zucchini Fritters
- Turkish Pogaca Feta and Dill Bread Rolls
- Mihlama Kuymak Turkish Melted Cheese and Cornmeal
- Peynirli Pide Cheesy Chorizo Turkish Pizza
- Kiymali Pide Spiced Minced Meat Turkish Pizza
- Turkish Mint Yogurt Corbasi Soup
- Vegan Spicy Turkish Salsa Ezme Salata Salad
- Kisir Turkish Bulgur Salad
Leftovers & Storage
Leftovers taste amazing, and you can store them in the fridge for 3-5 days in an airtight container.
Reheat the soup gently on the stovetop or in a microwave, stirring carefully to avoid breaking up the feat as the chunks of cheese can fall apart easily. You can thin out the soup when reheating by adding a splash of chicken stock.
We don’t recommend freezing this soup as the feta and orzo can soften too much when thawing and develop a mushy consistency.
How To Make Healthy Orzo Feta Tomato Soup
Orzo Feta Tomato Soup
Equipment
- Large pot
- French knife
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- Wooden spoon or spatula
Ingredients
- 4 cups Water
- 4 cups Chicken Broth
- 300 g Tomatoes quartered
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- Kosher Salt + Pepper to taste
- 1 cup Orzo Pasta
- 6 oz Feta Cheese sliced into small cubes
- 1/4 cup Fresh Basil finely chopped
Instructions
- To a large pot, add the water, broth, quartered tomatoes, oil, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes on medium low heat.
- Add the orzo pasta, stir, and cover the pot. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until pasta is al dente. Stir occasionally. Turn off the heat, remove the pot from the stove and sprinkle in the feta cheese.
- Garnish with fresh basil and serve hot.
Nutrition
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