Just made the most epic chicken, tomato, and onion soup. Put a table spoon of butter in a pot, melt it, crush about 3 cloves of garlic into the pot and add 2 onions sliced into thin crescents. Let those go on medium heat til just soft and throw in about 20oz of tomato puree with about half that in beef broth. Add about a teaspoon each of salt and pepper, along with a sprig's worth of fresh thyme and a mixture of dried rosemary, oregano, basil, and red pepper flakes. Bring that to a boil and cover, letting it simmer on a low heat for about 5 minutes. Pop in two star anise into the pot and let it go for another five minutes. After removing the star anise, add to the soup base 2 breast's worth of cooked chicken chunks that have been combined with some salt, pepper, and about half a teaspoon of black sesame oil. Let it sit for a few minutes to cool off and enjoy one hell of a nice, thick soup.
Source of the recipe: right outta my ass.