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Substitute for Condensed Tomato Soup

October 21, 2015 by Alea Milham 52 Comments

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Whether your pantry is bare or you have dietary restrictions, if you need a substitute for condensed tomato soup, you will find this quick and easy condensed tomato soup recipe works very well!

How to Make a Substitute for Condensed Tomato Soup - Recipe and Tips. This quick and easy Substitute for Condensed Tomato Soup can be used to replace tomato soup in recipes.

Are you ever disappointed with a product after you read the ingredient list? Yeah, me too! Even when I am lucky enough to find a product without wheat, I am often dismayed by some of the other ingredients like high fructose corn syrup or modified food starch. Fortunately, I have found that creating substitutions from scratch allows me to have complete control over the ingredients, costs quite a bit less, and does not take that much time to do.

This Substitute for Condensed Tomato Soup can be used to replace condensed tomato soup in recipes. This quick and easy condensed tomato soup recipe uses common pantry ingredients.

When we went gluten-free, I realized we could no longer use canned condensed tomato soup, or most other canned tomato soups because they use flour to thicken the soup.

How to Make a Substitute for Condensed Tomato Soup

I have created a tomato soup substitution recipe that makes the equivalent of one can of condensed tomato soup. You can use it if you are gluten-free or if you are avoiding some of the other ingredients in canned tomato soup. You can also use this as a replacement for condensed tomato soup instead of running to the store if you find that your pantry is bare.

This quick and easy condensed tomato soup recipe uses common pantry ingredients.

Condensed Tomato Soup Recipe

I use organic tomato sauce and non-gmo cornstarch, but you should choose whichever brands you feel comfortable using or have readily available to you. If you are out of white sugar, you can replace brown sugar or honey, but it will slightly alter the taste.

Ingredients:

  • 8 ounces tomato sauce
  • 1 – 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

  1. Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl.
  2. Use a whisk to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
  3. If you are using a recipe that calls for condensed tomato soup, use this substitute as the recipe directs. You can also add 1 cup of liquid (milk, water, or a combination) to make soup, though if I were doing that I would add some seasonings to spice it up a bit!

Printable Recipe for Condensed Tomato Soup Substitute

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Condensed Tomato Soup Substitute
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 1 - 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ tsp salt
Directions
  1. Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl.
  2. Use a whisk to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
Notes
If you are using a recipe that calls for condensed tomato soup, use this substitute as the recipe directs. You can also add 1 cup of liquid (milk, water, or a combination) to make soup, though if I were doing that I would add some seasonings to spice it up a bit!
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You can also use this recipe in Tomato Soup Cake, which is surprisingly delicious and tastes like a spice cake.

Do you have foods that you have to avoid for health reasons? Do you avoid some just based on principle? Have you found healthier substitutions for convenience foods so that you can avoid these items?

More Tomato Recipes and Substitutions:

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Alea’s Pizza Soup Recipe

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Ruth says

    May 12, 2022 at 4:13 pm

    Super substitute! Thank you. Saved our sausage noodle casserole! Keep up the good work!

    Reply
  2. Meg says

    January 25, 2022 at 1:38 am

    What uf u don’t have corn starch what can u use in place of it

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    • Sue G says

      February 2, 2023 at 1:54 pm

      Potato starch….Google for how/where to buy in your area. My son can’t have corn so I needed to know the answer to that question also.

      Reply
  3. Autumn Agar says

    March 29, 2021 at 5:22 pm

    I am allergic to tomato in any form. I have a recipe that calls for cream of mushroom soup and tomato soup. Are there ingredients that I can add that are tomato free but still avoid the tomato?

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    • Alea Milham says

      March 29, 2021 at 8:30 pm

      You can substitute pumpkin puree for the tomato sauce to get a similar texture.

      Reply
  4. Judie Janse van Rensburg says

    January 12, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    Hi, I am in Austalia and here Tomato Sauce is what you would call Ketchup. Could you try explaining what you mean when referring to Tomato Sauce please.
    For us Pasta Sauce is a jar of Tomato Based Sauce that goes over Pasta, Tomato Paste is the concentrated Tomato Paste you would use as pizza base. Thanks

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    • Shelly says

      July 27, 2022 at 1:12 pm

      So your pasta sauce is for noodles that has seasonings already in it. Yes tomato paste is the same. I guess tomato sauce would basically just plain tomatoes (no seeds) blended/puréed and canned. That’s it. Then there is diced tomatoes in a can, whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes… I hope that helps

      Reply
  5. Elizabeth says

    August 13, 2017 at 3:54 pm

    Can this be made with no sugar? My daughter is unable to have sugar right now.

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    • Alea Milham says

      August 14, 2017 at 3:06 pm

      Yes, it can. Obviously it will be a little less sweet, but it will not impact the texture of the soup.

      Reply
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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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