Really Easy Roasted Pepper Soup Recipe on Food52 (2024)

5 Ingredients or Fewer

by: Emma Laperruque

February7,2022

4.6

30 Ratings

  • Prep time 25 minutes
  • Cook time 50 minutes
  • makes scant 2 quarts

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Author Notes

Mostly peppers, this minimalist soup comes together with just a handful of ingredients. Besides the namesake ingredient, all you need are onions, nuts, feta, and paprika (plus staples like oil and salt). No tomatoes, no carrots, no herbs, no garlic, no broth. While most roasted pepper soups start with red peppers, I’ve found that orange ones taste just as wonderful—and, if you ask me, the pumpkin color is even prettier. Whichever you pick, there is no peeling needed. After chopping and roasting the peppers, the sorta-charred skins get puréed with everything else (and no, you don’t need a high-speed blender—I don’t have one either). Peppers and nuts are a magical combo, beloved in many dishes from Syrian muhammara to Spanish romesco, and this soup hinges on that sweet-earthy contrast. Depending on what’s around, use walnuts or cashews, which are both soft enough to be briefly soaked, then blended into a silky milk, no straining required. The feta is the wild card. A creamy slab gets roasted with the peppers and onions. Meanwhile, the brine bolsters the nut milk, adding savoriness and saltiness, much like a broth. (If you can’t find feta in brine, you can swap in lightly salted water.) Garnishes are optional, depending on your energy. Most days, I just dig in with a hunk of bread alongside. But if you’re feeling peppy, play around with the ingredients we already use: Try a drizzle of olive oil, plain or paprika-infused (more on that here); crumbled feta, plain or roasted; toasted nuts; or mix and match. —Emma Laperruque

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Really Easy Roasted PepperSoup

Ingredients
  • 1 cup(4 ounces) chopped walnuts or cashews
  • 6 medium (2¾ pounds) red or orange bell peppers
  • 3 medium (1½ pounds) yellow onions
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • Kosher salt
  • 4 teaspoonssmoked paprika
  • 4 ouncesfeta, halved, ½ cup brine reserved
Directions
  1. Heat the oven to 425°F. While that’s heating up, add the walnuts to a blender and cover with 1 cup of hot water.
  2. Remove the stems and seeds from the bell peppers, then roughly chop. Divide between 2 rimmed sheet pans. Halve and peel the onions, then roughly chop. Divide between the sheet pans.
  3. On each sheet pan: Generously drizzle with olive oil, lightly season with salt, and sprinkle with the paprika. Use your hands to toss the ingredients on each pan until coated, then evenly spread out.
  4. Roast for 25 minutes. Remove both sheet pans from the oven and use a spatula to shuffle everything around. On one sheet pan, scooch the vegetables to one side, leaving just enough space to add the feta pieces. Drizzle a little olive oil on the feta, flip it over, and then drizzle a little more.
  5. Return the sheet pans to the oven and keep roasting for another 20 to 25 minutes, until the peppers are starting to char, the onions are soft, and the feta is tender. Remove from the oven.
  6. Add ½ cup of feta brine to the blender with the walnuts and blend until smooth as possible, like store-bought nut milk. Add all the peppers and onions, plus whatever spiced oil is left on the pans, and the feta. Blend until smooth. Add 1 cup of water and blend again. Taste. More water for a looser soup? More salt or paprika? Adjust as needed.
  7. Heat up however much you want to eat now in the microwave or on the stove. Then divide up the rest into airtight containers to refrigerate or freeze until later.

Tags:

  • Soup
  • American
  • European
  • Feta
  • Bell Pepper
  • 5 Ingredients or Fewer
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Recipe by: Emma Laperruque

Emma was the food editor at Food52. She created the award-winning column, Big Little Recipes, and turned it into a cookbook in 2021. These days, she's a senior editor at Bon Appétit, leading digital cooking coverage. Say hello on Instagram at @emmalaperruque.

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20 Reviews

MountainMama February 24, 2024

This soup is the bomb! Made it exactly according to recipe but with cashews. It is delicious, fullfiling and nourishing. We had it with salad, but it is enough to be a meal on it's own...(while cleaning up my husband and I both headed to the blender to get the scrapings.)

Hmoshman March 16, 2023

Delicious. Made with cashew milk by soaking cashews for 3 hours. Not sure cashew milk was necessary and would skip nit milk next time.

FrugalCat February 7, 2023

Amazing. I put some french fried onions (like green bean casserole onions) on top.

ReneeAR January 30, 2023

This was amazing on a stormy Sunday evening. I weighed the produce because not everything is the same size. We made our own "feta brine" so it wasn't too salty (extra fine sea salt in hot water) and added chili oil for serving. The chili oil added an extra zip to it. Our blender wasn't big enough for the added cup of water so we put it in a pan on the stove and added it then. One of our favs now.

Suzanne S. January 18, 2023

I made this soup yesterday and both my husband and I are feeling ill this morning. I think the addition of the feta brine was the problem. Will try again but will skip the feta.

Beth L. November 19, 2022

I wanted to like this, but 3 onions is 2 too many. My peppers were on the small side, but still, this came out waaayyy too onion-y.

Terri July 20, 2022

Are there other cheeses that would work? Sharing with a friend who does not like Feta.

Christine C. July 20, 2022

I should think that a mild goat cheese would work if your friend is OK with that.

Terri July 15, 2022

I have made this soup so many times since I first discovered the recipe. It is most definitely a favorite! Recently, I was telling someone about the recipe. They asked if I thought they could use a different cheese since they didn’t care for feta? Any recommendations on a substitution that I could share so that they can enjoy this recipe, as well?

Linda D. May 19, 2022

A simple and delicious soup. Another winner, Emma, thank you!

sarah G. March 9, 2022

excellent soup! i used the 'snack paprika' available here in sweden and had to sautee instead of roast. so easy and everyone loved. good thing i wasn't wearing white pants like emma - things got wild using the immersion blender!

Stacey E. March 6, 2022

Equal parts easy and delicious. My favorite recipe combination.

Louisa B. March 6, 2022

Roasting the peppers now. A total of 45 minutes at 425 would burn them to a crisp! They are well charred after 25 minutes.

Alek M. February 22, 2022

I loved this! My partner is anti-soup as a general rule but gave this recipe a 9/10, admits that "it's really good soup." I don't have enough simple weeknight meals in my roster (everything that felt easy before starting to work in a hospital is pretty daunting now) but I feel like this will be in heavy rotation from now on!

Deborah B. February 21, 2022

Great recipe! Different than we expected, and what a nice surprise. Used the tricolor bell peppers from Trader Joe's (3 in a pack - red, yellow, orange), so I figure that's like using all orange peppers. Definitely added water at the end - maybe even more as it cools - and some black pepper and more salt.

Christine C. February 19, 2022

The flavor was delicious--lots of umami--but the combination of charred vegetables and walnuts made the color rather unappetizing.

Amy February 12, 2022

Tasty! Garnished with parsley for color :) I watched the video after making the soup. I would have cut my pepper pieces bigger and used more oil, since after 25 minutes, one pan was already charred around the edges -- so my feta may not have gotten as melty as it could have. I prefer texture, so next time I'll pulse instead of puree. Thanks for the recipe idea!

tanne February 12, 2022

I absolutely love this soup! We’re having it with a crusty Italian bread for dinner tonight, although I keep tasting it to tweak where needed with additional water or salt. I have already had quite a bit in the process - can’t stop myself, it’s so good. I originally planned to only make half the recipe to see how we liked it, but so glad I made the full amount! The only thing I did differently was to shorten the 2nd roasting time to 15 minutes because the vegetables seemed done. Thanks for the delicious recipe!

bobbi February 12, 2022

This soup was easy to make and delicious , I substituted Baharat spice for paprika. Gives a more Middleastern flavor.

Marcene A. February 10, 2022

We are becoming much less dependent on animal protein and this recipe fits the bill perfectly! I used all red peppers and walnuts. Rather than using two sheet pans, I used parchment paper on one large sheet pan. The pan was very easy to wash, and all ingredients fit very well. The color is sort of a burnt orange. Sprinkling a few green pumpkin seeds and a bit of parsley added needed color. Oh...the taste is beyond wonderful!

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FAQs

Does Campbell's still make roasted red pepper soup? ›

Campbell's® Well Yes! ® Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup makes it easy to have a delicious, nutritious, sippable soup in the palm of your hand.

Is it safe to roast peppers on gas stove? ›

There are three methods for roasting peppers: on a gas stovetop, on a grill, or under the broiler. Use the method that works best for you, but remember that some methods are better for large batches of peppers than others. Stovetop: Ideal for one to two peppers, as each pepper has to be charred individually.

What does black pepper do to soup? ›

A: Any black pepper—coarse or finely ground—will add spice and heat at the table or stove. For slow-cooked soups or stews, add ground pepper near the end of cooking rather than early on.

Why is Campbell soup so expensive? ›

Multiple prices increases by companies struggling with higher costs of labor, ingredients and transportation, coupled with rising borrowing costs, have squeezed household budgets and encouraged consumers to hunt for more affordable alternatives. read more .

What is the oldest Campbell soup? ›

1895. First jar of ready-to-eat soup, Beefsteak Tomato, is introduced. New Jersey Beefsteak tomatoes had been our signature product for over 25 years, featured prominently on our labels and first trademark.

How long to roast peppers in the oven at 400 degrees? ›

Oven Roasting: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and lay whole peppers out, stems pointing sideways. Place sheet pan in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, rotate each pepper a half turn using the tongs and place the pan back in the oven for another 20 minutes.

How long should you roast peppers for? ›

How to roast peppers in the oven
  1. Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
  2. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment.
  3. Halve the peppers and arrange on the baking sheet cut-side down.
  4. Roast for 30-35 mins, until the skin is shrivelled and lightly blistered.
  5. Set aside to cool completely before peeling.

Do you leave the skin on roasted peppers? ›

Some say don't. It's a waste of time, and it discards important nutrients others claim a peeled bell pepper or tomato tastes better. I find peeling releases the flavor faster and improves the taste in most sauces and, facilitates digestion. Peeling isn't all that difficult.

Does cooking destroy capsaicin? ›

Cook or grill the peppers.

This study showed that capsaicin breaks down at around 400°F. Another study confirmed that heat, especially at higher temperatures paired with acidic conditions (lemon/lime juice, with tomatoes, etc.) reduced capsaicinoid concentrations.

Are roasted red peppers gassy? ›

Consuming too many bell peppers may cause gas and bloating in some, due to their high fiber content. It's also a good idea to include a variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet.

Are roasted peppers hard to digest? ›

Most people have no difficulties eating red bell pepper. However, some people get a stomach ache or even diarrhea when they have trouble breaking down the tough, outer skin. For these people, roasting red peppers and removing the skins may help them be more easily digested.

Is black pepper good for arthritis? ›

Another popular and well-researched spice, black pepper has both pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties. According to one study involving piperine, the ingredient that produces black pepper's sharp taste, it may be almost as effective for arthritis sufferers as prednisolone, a common arthritis medication.

What do you eat with pepper soup? ›

Ladle broth on top, garnish with scent leaf, and serve with or alongside boiled yams, plantains, white sweet potatoes, or rice, and a small bowl of palm oil for dipping.

What do turmeric and black pepper do to the body? ›

Turmeric and black pepper each have health benefits, due to the compounds curcumin and piperine. As piperine enhances curcumin absorption in the body by up to 2,000%, combining the spices magnifies their effects. They may reduce inflammation and improve digestion, particularly in supplement form.

Why is there a shortage of Campbell's soups? ›

Campbell's said the shortages might have come as a result of discussions over a new licensee partner in the UK. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Drivers hit with fines worth almost £500k in 'ill-thought-out' Low Emission Zone.

Who sells tomato and red pepper soup? ›

Sainsbury's Flourish Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup 600g (Serves 2) | Sainsbury's.

What is a good substitute for red pepper in soup? ›

Hot paprika will be the best substitute in terms of flavor; it supplies a beautiful heat with the added bonus of a gorgeous color. Regular paprika will supply the taste, but not the spice. If using standard paprika, use four times the amount of red pepper called for. You can always taste it and adjust.

What are the ingredients in Campbell's roasted red pepper and gouda soup? ›

Water, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Cream, Roasted Red Peppers, Red Peppers, Cheese Blend (Granular, Semisoft, And Gouda Cheeses [Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Whey, Water, Salt, Natural Smoke Flavor), Sugar, Modified Cornstarch, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Vegetable Oil (Corn, ...

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