Roasted Red Pepper Soup
This roasted red pepper soup is easy to make, ultra creamy, gluten free, and can be vegan! It's healthy and so full of flavor.
Servings: 5 cups
Calories: 159kcal
Ingredients
- 3 pounds red bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter omit if vegan
- 1 large yellow onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 1 ½ cups broth chicken or veggie
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme or more to taste
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt more or less to taste
- parmesan for sprinkling optional
- heavy cream optional*
Instructions
For the peppers
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and move oven rack to top rung.
- Half red peppers, take out the seeds, and stem. Place skin side up on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Roast for 30-40 minutes until blackened (check after 20).
- Remove from the oven and immediately cover the pan in foil. Steam for 10 minutes.
- Uncover and let the pepper cool. Once cool enough to handle, remove the stem and peel the skin. Set aside.
For the soup
- Add oil and butter in a large pot and heat over medium. Once the butter has melted, add in onions and cook until softened, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add in garlic and let cook for 30 seconds.
- Add in the white wine and cook until most of the wine has been absorbed - 1 minutes.
- Now add in red peppers (there was some liquid in the bowl - add that too), chicken broth, bay leaf, thyme, and cayenne.
- Bring heat to high, bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce heat. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf.
- Blend until smooth and season with salt.
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Notes
* I think the Vitamix makes this extra creamy, so I didn't need any heavy cream. If you don't have a high powered blender, you may want to stir in a little cream!
** Want to make this vegan? Use 2 tablespoons of oil, omit butter, and use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 761mg | Potassium: 637mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 8715IU | Vitamin C: 350.5mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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