Zoup! Good, Really Good® provided me with product for thepurpose of this post, as well as compensation for my time. As always, all opinionsexpressed in this post are my own. If you have been following me for a bit, you know that my kids are obsessed with stuffed peppers. We have so many spins on them, they practically could be their own blog. And today, we are adding one more to the family with this amazing Stuffed Pepper Soup made with Zoup! Good, Really Good® Beef Bone Broth. There are a lot of reasons to love Zoup! Good, Really Good® Beef Bone Broth, but of course, the most important of those reasons for me is the delicious taste. When they say that it is good enough to drink, they mean it. In addition to bringing perfect flavor to recipes, Zoup! Good, Really Good® Broths are cooked in small batches, ensuring that only the freshest ingredients are used. You can count on each recyclable glass jar to be full of broth that is free of artificial flavors and ingredients, added hormones, gluten, GMO’s, fat, trans fat, and saturated fat. Zoup! Good, Really Good® Broths come in so many delicious and amazing flavors including original and low sodium chicken broth, veggie broth, chicken and beef bone broths, and seafood broth, plus certified organic chicken and veggie broth. (You better believe I’m making my New England Clam Chowder with their seafood broth this week!) And of course, the beef bone broth it puts this delicious stuffed bell pepper soup over the top. For even more versatility, Zoup! is also introducing Culinary Concentrates™, a super-premium, gourmet broth base lineup available in chicken, beef and savory vegan.
How to Make Stuffed Pepper Soup
This is a brief overview of how to make this hearty and delicious soup recipe. For all of the measurements and the full instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Balancing Flavors
I very often get a lot of feedback when it comes to adding sugar to recipes that folks aren’t used to seeing it in. My spaghetti sauce is a perfect example of this.
Look at the color. When you are picking out red, orange, and yellow bell peppers keep in mind that before they were ripe, they were green. If you see any patches of green left, keep moving.Pick a shiny pepper. While we are talking about the skin, look for peppers whose skin still has some shine to it.Pick out a firm pepper. You should look for a pepper that doesn’t have any soft spots and is overall firm with very little give to it.Check out the stem. It should appear green and thick. If it is shriveled at all, move along.Grab a pepper that looks heavy for its size. This is a great indication of how much water the pepper is still holding onto.
In this recipe, I am recommending that you use red, orange, and yellow bells, because I love the flavor they bring to the recipe. That being said, green bell peppers are significantly less expensive and will work great here. Do what works best for your budget. If you are swapping the beef for turkey because of a dietary restriction, I highly recommend using Zoup! Good, Really Good® Chicken Broth. To rinse the rice, place it in a fine mesh metal sieve. Run water over it until the water coming off the rice is clear. Alternatively, add the rice to water, let it sit for a minute or two. Drain the rice, and repeat until the water is clear, about three times. There is a principle in cooking of balancing flavors. Sweet and acidic should balance each other well. For example, if a recipe comes off as overly sweet, a simple fix for that is adding a squeeze of lemon juice. Additionally, you can use sweetness to balance salt or spice. If you went overboard on the cayenne pepper in your chili recipe, toss in a tablespoon of brown sugar and you are good to go. This is the principle we are using here. If you think of flavor as a scale, the canned tomatoes in this recipe are weighing down one side of the scale with too much acid. If we were to pour a cup of sugar in this recipe, then the other side of the scale would be too weighed down and the soup would taste sweet. By adding just a teaspoon or two at the end, we achieve a great balance in which you can’t taste the acid or the sweetness but rather you are greeted with the perfect deliciousness of this soup.
What to Serve with Stuffed Pepper Soup
This recipe is a meal on its own, but if you would like to fill out your table a bit more, here are a few ideas: Reheat the soup over low heat, stirring often. The rice will absorb a lot of the liquid and you may find that you need to add a bit more broth and seasonings to get the right consistency.
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Other Great Soup Recipes
Of course Zoup! Good, Really Good® Broth is great in so many recipes. Here are a few of my recipes that you should use it in.
Use their amazing Seafood Broth to make my Shrimp Corn Chowder.I can’t wait to try their Spicy Chicken Bone Broth in my White Chicken Chili.Finally, I am loving their Veggie Broth for my Vegan Black Bean Soup – a family favorite!
If you make this delicious stuffed pepper soup recipe or any of my other recipes, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
