Red Pepper Soup

This recipe is much easier if you puree the soup using an immersion blender right in the soup pot, before adding the cream. Also, you can use chopped, frozen onions to save time. Lastly, for a nice flavor, roast the peppers ahead of time in a foil pan or foil-lined roasting pan in a 450 degree oven, turning once or twice until brown and puffy on all sides. Cool, peel, remove stems, and as many seeds as you can. Add to sauteed onions and garlic and proceed with the recipe. Cayenne pepper is great in this, as suggested by others. THANK YOU!

Just when I think that I can master easy recipes such as this, something happens that reminds me that I can be such a klutz in the kitchen! When it came time to "puree" the broth/peppers, I poured it into my handy dandy blender that has never failed me when making my morning smoothies and other tasty treats, and like a smart person should, I put my hand over the lid and turned it on and....WHOOSH!!! Almost half the batch exploded all over the kitchen (Keep in mind...this stuff is hot from the stovetop!)!! It was on the walls, all over the countertop and I looked like a red pepper threw up on me! You should have seen the eyes on my family! After ensuring noone was hurt, (cuz that stuff was HOT!!) we all had a great laugh. What WAS left (about two bowls worth) was very good. In fact, the soup was VERY good. It has a tomato soup substance but with a refined and elegant taste. However, next time, I'll find my "safer" hand mixer...as this soup WILL be repeated and I'll leave my blender in the cupboard! Thank you for the recipe submission Judi...and the laugh! :)

Excellent, superb, fantastic, wonderful. And I don't even LIKE bell peppers! I had a bunch to use up from a friend, and went looking for a soup recipe. This one looked easy and the reviews were good. I doubled it (I had that many peppers), and added the cayenne suggested by other reviewers. Now, I'm a changed woman - red bell peppers are GOOD when they're like this! It was more work than I imagined, with the chopping, sauteeing, simmering, pureeing (with my stick blender), and straining, but man was it worth it. I'm making this one again, and next time I'm making sure company is here to enjoy it - I look like a gourmet chef!

This soup was FABULOUS!! I loved it and will definitely make it over and over again. I took the advice of my fellow cooks and stirred in some cayenne. Yum! Instead of using a blender I stuck my hand blender into the pot and went to town. This soup was great hot or cold. I can't wait to make it again!

Great soup! My husband and I loved it! Some of the things I did differently from the original recipe were: 1. Broiled the red peppers 2. Added Thyme 3. Used chicken bullion cubes instead of cans of chicken broth (bullion cubes tastes a lot better) 4. Added sea salt

Absolutely awesome! And so easy! I added a dash of cayenne pepper (not enough to make it hot, just enough to flavor it slightly) and a dollup of sour cream in the middle. It was great.

This was so perfect for stormy fall nights that I made it two days in a row. The second time I roasted the peppers on the grill and removed the skins to improve the soup's texture. The flavors were great roasted or unroasted. A wonderful soup!

I liked the simplicity of this recipe, but after reading the reviews I decided to make a few changes. I changed the butter to a pat of butter, the rest olive oil, I used nine very large, ripe, meaty red peppers, roasted and peeled the peppers (and added one chipotle pepper). I used 24 oz of chicken and 16 oz. veg broth (Kitchen Basics brand) and added salt. Didn't sieve. Great results but I should have added another onion. Also, next time I think I would try adding a large pureed potato instead of the cream. The cream changed the color of the soup from a gorgeous red to a less-than-gorgeous orange. Tip: cook the vegetables, puree them, them put the puree in a kettle and add the broth--why puree hot broth?

Mine turned out a little thin, so I cooked and added a butternut squash. It was so good, I didn't even need to add the cream. An excellent simple recipe perfect for bread dunking!

I made 2 batches of this one with chicken broth and a smaller one with vegetable broth for my vegetarian daughter. Honestly there was no noticeable difference. Both tasted great. Will make again soon. Thanks