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Flame Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Ingredients
  

  • 2 red bell peppers
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 small potato
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 1/2 cups hot water
  • 4 pouches Trader Joe’s Chicken Broth
  • 4 medium garlic cloves
  • 1/2+ teaspoon salt
  • 9 small mix of yellow, orange and red peppers

Instructions
 

  • Wash and dry the peppers and place them right on the burner grate, turn the heat to high and rotate it frequently with tongs until it’s charred.
  • Put the charred pepper in a paper bag or mixing bowl and cover with a towel.
  • Roast the rest of the peppers.
  • Once done, peal the charred skin, or use a tea or paper towel to gently rub it off.
  • Cut into the pepper, remove the seeds and white membrane.
  • Cut the pepper flesh into chunks and put aside.
  • While the peppers are roasting, chop the onion and garlic, set aside
  • Peel potato and cut into small chunks and set aside in a bowl of cold water.
  • In a medium pot, heat oil over medium high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté onion while stirring, until it has softened. .
  • Add the garlic and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and continue to cook until onion is translucent.
  • Add the potato and continue to cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, empty the 4 broth concentrate into a measuring cup. Add 2.5 cups of hot water and mix well then add the broth mixture to the pot.
  • Add the peppers and continue to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Using an immersion blender, puree the soup to desired consistency.
  • Serve.