Nutritious Red Pepper Carrot Soup
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Loaded with red peppers, carrots, sweet potato and red onion, this vegan soup is packed with vitamins and minerals. It's quick and easy to make, this is your new comforting dinner go-to recipe!
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
Mediterranean
Keyword:
Carrot Soup, Healthy, Nutritious, Red Pepper
Servings: 4
Calories: 97 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion chopped
- 2 large red peppers roughly chopped
- 3 large carrots skin on, chopped
- 1 medium sweet potato skin on, chopped
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp paprika
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Small handful coriander chopped
- 1 - 2 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
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Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion until just going soft, then add the red pepper and stir fry for about 3 minutes. Now add the carrots and sweet potato and stir fry for a further 3 minutes.
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Pour in the vegetable broth and boiling water, turn the heat to medium high and allow the soup to simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are very tender.
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Take the soup off the heat and stir in the paprika, salt and pepper. Allow the soup to cool as per your blender instructions. Once the soup is cool enough, blend until silky smooth.
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Serve hot with chopped coriander and sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
Recipe Notes
For extra pizzazz, serve with crumblings of feta cheese!
