Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

8 md Red bell peppers (about 3
-lbs.)
6 c Chicken stock OR canned
-broth (6 cups or more)
1 1/2 lb Whole chicken breasts with
-ribs
1/4 Stick butter (2 tablespoons)
2 Stalks celery - diced
1 md Onion - diced
4 Sprigs fresh thyme
1 Bay leaf
2 c Whipping cream

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Prepare smoker with hickory chips. GREASE GRILL RACK and arrange
peppers. Smoke 1-1/2 hours at 150F. Peel, core and dice red peppers.

Bring 6 cups stock to boil in medium saucepan. Reduce heat so liquid
is barely shaking. Add chicken and simmer until firm to touch, about
12 minutes. Drain, reserving stock. Skin and bone chicken, then
dice. Wrap in foil and refrigerate.

Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add celery
and onion and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 10
minutes. Add peppers and stir 3 minutes. Add reserved stock, thyme
and bay leaf and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 4
cups, about 1 hour.

Add cream to soup and simmer until reduced to 4-1/2 cups, about 40
minutes. Remove thyme and bay leaf. Puree soup in blender. [I
always puree before adding whipping cream.] Strain through sieve
into medium saucepan. Season with salt and pepper. Rewarm over low
heat, adding more stock if thinner consistency is desired. Add diced
chicken and heat through. Serve immediately.

Supposed to serve 4, but the way I make it, it makes about 8 servings.

When reducing the stock/pepper mixture, I just cook it for one hour,
even if it's not reduced to 4 cups (it's usually not). At that
point, I puree it in the blender, and *then* add the cream and cook
for 40 minutes. I find no need to strain the soup, as I peel my
peppers scrupulously and puree the mixture well in the blender.

You can also make this eliminating the chicken entirely, using just a
rich chicken stock or vegetable stock. If you use salted stock, use
unsalted butter.

Source: Bon Appetit (1990?)

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