Roasted Red Pepper Chicken & Apple Sausage Orzo Soup

You’ll love this delicious homemade soup with roasted red peppers, chicken sausage, and orzo pasta!

I think I can honestly say that this is the BEST healthy soup I have ever made! Not that it’s the “healthiest”, but it is healthier than most of the soups on this blog & it just has a depth of flavor that is SO satisfying. The broth itself is out of this world! I am already planning the next time I will make this soup! Even the kids scarfed it all gone, well everything but the peppers for them. Even as leftovers, this soup is phenomenal! The orzo soaks up a lot of the liquid by the next day, but it is still a delicious hearty, flavorful meal!

Get the ingredients on your shopping list asap. You will not want to miss out on this one. Make it at least one time this fall/winter okay? Promise?! Do it! You won’t regret it!

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Roasted Red Pepper Chicken & Apple Sausage Orzo Soup

Created by Amber Brady

You’ll love this delicious homemade soup with roasted red peppers, chicken sausage, and orzo pasta!

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Ingredients

• ▢ 12 oz package Aidells Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage, (4 links) cut in half width-wise & then sliced
• ▢ 1 Tbsp olive oil
• ▢ ½ medium onion, finely diced
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ▢ 2 red peppers, roasted, peeled & finely sliced*
• ▢ 2 bay leaves
• ▢ 6 cups chicken broth, (I mix hot water with Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base)
• ▢ ⅔ cup orzo pasta
• ▢ 1 ½ tsp dried parsley
• ▢ 2 Tbsp basil, chopped (I LOVE to use Gourmet Garden Paste)
• ▢ Salt & Pepper, to taste
• ▢ Optional: Serve with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions

 

• In a large non-stick stock pot, brown chicken sausage for about 5 to 6 minutes. Put cooked sausage into a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in the empty stock pot. Add onion & saute 5 minutes or until translucent. Add garlic & cook until fragrant, 1 minute.
• Add sliced roasted red peppers, bay leaves, & chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered with a vented lid for 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves. Bring mixture to a boil & add orzo pasta, dried parsley & browned sausage. Cook orzo for 10 minutes or according to the time specified on the package.
• Add basil & season to taste with salt & pepper. Serve hot with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese, if desired.

Notes

*To Roast the Red Peppers at Home: Rinse the peppers off. Using a gas stovetop or gas grill on medium-high heat, char each side of the pepper until black & blistered. The pepper will soften & shrivel slightly. Immediately place charred peppers into a zip-top plastic bag for 5 minutes. Peel off & discard the charred skin. Slice open the peppers, remove the seeds, veins, & stems and slice the peppers thinly for the soup.

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Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.

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Recipe added 9/10/15. Also seen on Love Grows Wild.