Use-up Vegetable Soup

Steps Making Recipes Use-up Vegetable Soup using 19 ingredients and 7 steps

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You can cook Use-up Vegetable Soup using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Use-up Vegetable Soup

1. Prepare 1 tbsp cold-pressed vegetable oil.
2. Prepare 2 onions, chopped.
3. It's 1 deseeded red pepper, chopped.
4. You need 1 red chili, with seeds, chopped.
5. It's 5 cloves garlic, chopped.
6. It's 3 sticks celery, chopped.
7. Prepare 2 courgettes, in small chunks.
8. You need 1 sweet potato, peeled & chopped.
9. It's 1 carrot, chopped small.
10. Prepare 1 kg tomatoes, chopped with cores removed.
11. It's 2 tsp sugar.
12. Prepare 2 litres vegetable stock (I use either Knorr stock pots or “Marigold” powder.).
13. You need 1 tsp oregano.
14. You need 1 tsp smoked paprika.
15. You need 1 tsp dried thyme.
16. It's 3 bay leaves.
17. You need Salt (I always use Maldon sea salt coz it’s local but normal salt is fine.).
18. You need Ground black pepper.
19. It's Coriander to garnish (optional - I didn’t on this occasion).

Use-up Vegetable Soup instructions

1. Bring the oil to a medium-heat in a stock pot or large saucepan with a strong base..
2. Fry the onions for 4 minutes, stirring only to avoid sticking..
3. Add the pepper, garlic, chili and celery and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring gently. Add the courgettes and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring occasionally..
4. Add the sweet potato and fry for a further 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the carrot and then add the tomatoes, stirring gently but thoroughly. After 2-3 minutes stir in the sugar..
5. Then add the stock. Stir all thoroughly and add in the oregano, smoked paprika, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally and then reduce to a fast simmer and cook for about 30 minutes or until all the vegetables are cooked. Remove the bay leaves and season to taste..
6. Whizz in a blender to your desired consistency and serve piping hot..
7. Garnish with chopped coriander if wished..

Use-up Vegetable Soup - Thank you and good luck