Banana Pepper Soup Recipes

STUFFED BANANA PEPPER SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut off tops of Peppers, remove seeds.
• Dice banana peppers and green peppers; set aside (reserve a few slices for garnish if you like).
• Chop onion; set aside.
• Spray the bottom of a large stockpot with nonstick spray.
• Chop up ground sausage (if necessary), add to stock pot; cook until sausage is no longer pink.
• Remove sausage from pan.
• In the same large stockpot (do not clean) sauté onion, garlic, and peppers in olive oil and butter over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add back cooked sausage to the stockpot.
• Add chicken stock and evaporated milk to the stockpot mixture. Increase heat and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Add in Parmesan cheese, cream cheese, salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and thyme; stir until cheese begins to melt.
• Reduce heat to medium; cover and simmer 25 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Add dry Orzo pasta to the mixture.
• Stir constantly for 10 minutes until pasta is cooked.

BANANA PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat 2tsp olive oil, coarsely chop onion, and lightly saute them with garlic for about ten minutes.
• While sauteing: halve, clean and coarsely chop banana peppers.
• Add peppers and 1C chicken stock to pan, stir everything in and allow it to start to steam.
• Add to blender or food processor and puree with cream cheese and cream for several minutes, until smooth.
• Return to a deep pan, bring to near boil and thicken by SLOWLY adding cornstarch/water mixture until desired consistency is obtained. It should be just a touch thinner than chowder.
• Keep stirring.
• Use remaining chicken stock if you over-thicken it. Keep just below a boil for a few moments, stirring constantly.
• Add Parmesan- then salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve and Enjoy.