Green Gazpacho is a tasty chilled soup to make with ripe green or yellow tomatoes, and this is perfect when it’s too hot to cook! I love to make this tasty soup with my favorite Green Zebra Tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, and avocado!
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Green Gazpacho is one of my favorite recipes to make when the summer weather gets hot, and I love this chilled soup that uses the Green Zebra Tomatoes I loved to grow when I had a big garden. One year I even planted TWO Green Zebra tomato plants so I can make plenty of recipes with this favorite tomato!
But you can make this tasty soup with any variety of tomato that stays green or yellow when it’s ripe, and this soup is a perfect way to cool off when the weather is just too HOT!
I loved this Green Gazpacho when I first made it, and I think I’ve made it almost every summer since then! If you have green or yellow tomatoes and the weather is making it hard to want to turn on the stove, I hope you’ll try it this favorite chilled summer soup.
What ingredients do you need for this recipe?
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- large garlic cloves
- fresh-squeezed lemon juice (I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice)
- green pepper
- cucumber
- Green Zebra tomatoes, or other tomatoes that are green or yellow when they ripen
- avocados
- sea salt to taste
- Green Tabasco Sauce (affiliate link) to taste
What are Green Zebra Tomatoes?
I’ve written a few times about my love for Green Zebra Tomatoes. Green Zebra is a tomato variety that’s green with golden stripes when it’s ripe, and it’s a bit more tangy in flavor than some tomato varieties. Wikipedia says there is some controversy about whether Green Zebras are an heirloom tomato, but I don’t care about that, I just think they’re delicious!
What is Green Gazpacho?
If you’ve never had the chilled tomato soup that comes from Spain called Gazpacho, you may be skeptical about whether a soup like this can really be that good. I know I was, but when I first tried Gazapacho with some of my blogging friends, I was really blown away by how delicious it was. And now I’ve had Gazpacho in Spain where it was even more amazing! Green Gazpacho is simply a variety of Gazpacho made with tomatoes that are green or yellow when they’re ripe.
Can you make Green Gazpacho without Green Zebra Tomatoes?
You might find Green Zebras at the Farmers Market if you’re not growing your own. But if you don’t have this type of green tomato you can make this chilled soup with any type of flavorful tomato that’s green or yellow when it’s ripe. The recipe has green pepper, so it will still be green even if you use yellow tomatoes.
How do I make Gazpacho that’s low-carb and gluten-Free?
Traditional Gazpacho has bread, but I make mine without any bread to make it lower in carbs and gluten-free. Of course tomatoes do have some carbs, but this carb-conscious gazpacho recipe has other ingredients that are lower in carbs and it’s something you eat in relatively small amounts.
How low in carbs is the Green Gazpacho?
This tasty Gazpacho made with green peppers, cucumbers, green tomatoes, and avocado has only about 9 net carbs per serving.
How to Make Green Gazpacho:
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- The first photo shows how Green Zebra Tomatoes get more gold colors when they are ripe. Use tomatoes at the peak of ripeness to make this soup if you can!
- Chop up one large cucumber and a green bell pepper.
- Put the minced fresh garlic, lemon juice, bell pepper, and cucumber into the food processor and process until it’s mostly chopped.
- I used six Green Zebra Tomatoes for this, but you could use any type of green or yellow tomatoes. (If you only have red tomatoes, I’d probably make this Gazpacho instead.)
- I chopped up the tomatoes and dug two avocados out of the fridge. (They were a little past their prime, which didn’t matter at all in a soup like this!)
- Add the chopped tomatoes and the scooped out avocado to the food processor and continue to process until it’s a finely blended as you’d like. (I like it just a little chunky, but mostly liquid.)
- Add the Green Tabasco Sauce (affiliate link) and sea salt and process for a few seconds. Then taste the Gazpacho to see if you’d like it a bit saltier or spicier. (I like it pretty strongly flavored.)
- I loved the crunch of a few cucumbers on top as a garnish for the soup, but that’s completely optional!
- Green Gazpacho is best when it’s chilled for a few hours or longer, but I couldn’t resist eating a little of this as soon as I made it.
More Recipes to Make When It’s too Hot to Cook:
- Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
- Tarator Soup (Chilled Cucumber Yogurt Soup)
- Middle Eastern Tomato Salad
- Gazpacho with Red and Yellow Tomatoes
- Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mint and Feta
Yield: 5 cups
Green Gazpacho
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
This Green Gazpacho with green tomatoes, green pepper, cucumber, and avocado may be my new favorite thing to make with Green Zebra Tomatoes. And you can make this tasty chilled soup with any variety of tomatoes that is green or yellow when it's ripe.
Ingredients
- 5 large garlic cloves, minced (or less if you’re not that much of a garlic fan)
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 green pepper, seeds removed and coarsely chopped
- 1 large cucumber, chopped (plus more for garnish if desired.)
- 6 Green Zebra tomatoes (see notes)
- 2 avocados
- sea salt to taste
- Green Tabasco Sauce to taste (see notes)
Instructions
- Chop garlic and squeeze lemon juice. Remove seeds from green bell pepper and coarsely chop. Chop cucumbers.
- Put garlic, lemon juice, green bell pepper, and cucumber into food processor fitted with steel blade and process until the mixture is mostly chopped. (This will take a minute or two.)
- While the mixture chops, cut up tomatoes and cut avocados in half and remove the seeds.
- When you think peppers and cucumbers are chopped enough add the diced tomatoes and scooped-out avocado flesh to the food processor and process about 1 minute more, or until the mixture is as finely blended as you’d like it. (I like it slightly chunky.)
- Add the sea salt and Green Tabasco Sauce (affiliate link), starting with about 1 tsp. of each and blending for a few seconds, then tasting to see if it is salty and spicy enough for you. (I used a little more than a teaspoon of each, but I like strong flavors.)
- Put Gazpacho into a glass or plastic container and chill in the fridge for a few hours to develop flavors.
- Serve cold, garnished with a little bit of finely chopped cucumber if desired.
Notes
Use other ripe green or yellow tomatoes to make this if you don't have Green Zebras.
I love Green Tabasco Sauce (affiliate link) but any green Jalapeno sauce will work.
This will keep in the fridge for several days, but it probably won’t last too long!
Recipe created by Kalyn after she got infatuated with Gazpacho and Green Zebra tomatoes.
Nutrition Information
Yield
5
Serving Size
1
Amount Per Serving Calories 172Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 0mgSodium 156mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 8gSugar 6gProtein 4g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
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© Kalyn Denny
Category: Soups & Stews
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Green Gazpacho soup may work for some low-carb eating plans even though tomatoes are relatively high in carb, since there are other ingredients with fiber and fewer carbs than the tomatoes. Green Gazpacho made with tons of healthful vegetables is a great choice for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. I’d love this as a light summer lunch, but it would also be delicious as a starter soup for a dinner.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
The Green Gazpacho recipe was first posted in 2011 when I had lots and lots of Green Zebra Tomatoes growing in my garden. It was last updated with more information in 2025.
