Herbed Sweet Pepper Soup

Name: Herbed Sweet Pepper Soup
Cook time: P1H
Total time: P2H
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: olive oil; red onion; sweet red bell peppers; garlic; tomatoes; rosemary leaves; thyme; marjoram; basil; bay leaves; chicken broth; cumin; ginger; salt and black pepper

Submitted by rerah61

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

60 min

READY

2 hrs

Ingredients

CUP OLIVE OIL

CUPS RED ONION

1 ½

POUNDS SWEET RED BELL PEPPERS
chopped

TABLESPOON GARLIC
minced

1 ½

POUNDS TOMATOES
seeded, peeled and chopped

1 ¼

TEASPOONS ROSEMARY LEAVES
dried

1 ¼

TEASPOONS THYME
dried *

1 ¼

TEASPOONS MARJORAM *

TEASPOON BASIL
dried *

EACH BAY LEAVES *

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH
canned, diluted with 2 cups water

TEASPOON CUMIN
ground

1 ¼

TABLESPOONS GINGER
fresh, peeled and chopped

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

Directions

Heat oil in a large pot. Add the onion, sweet red pepper and garlic and coat with olive oil.

Reduce heat and cover, stir occasionally until onion and pepper are soft, about 30 minutes.

Remove the cover and stir in tomatoes, herbs, bay leaves; increase heat and bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool for 20 minutes. After cooling, may be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Reheat over low heat.