Red Pepper Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 5
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 147.3
  • Total Fat: 13.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 48.0 mg
  • Sodium: 587.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 5.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 1.8 g

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Introduction

A wonder soup that can be made lighter by substitutions. A wonder soup that can be made lighter by substitutions.
Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients


    Ingredients
    2 tablespoons butter
    4 red bell peppers, chopped
    1 onion, chopped
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    24 fluid ounces chicken broth
    1/2 cup heavy cream
    1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Tips

Also, if you have the time, the soup great if the peppers are roasted first.


Directions

1 Chop onion and peppers, mince garlic.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Place the red bell pepper, onion and garlic in the saucepan and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender.

2 Pour in the chicken broth, stirring well, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.

3 Run the soup through a strainer and return the liquid to the saucepan over medium low heat. Stir in the heavy cream and the ground black pepper and allow to heat through, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Makes 5 to 6 servings


Serving Size: 5 to 6 servings

Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIGMYBOAT.