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Looking for ways to add more beans to your meals? These bean soup recipes make great comfort food, and they’re easy on your wallet, too!
There’s just something about having a big pot of bean soup simmering on your stove. Whether you’re trying to use up dried beans or canned beans from your food storage, or simply want to integrate more beans into your meal plan, these bean soups and stews are sure to be a hit in your family.
Be sure to make a good crusty bread to serve alongside your steaming bowl of soup. If you have about three hours you’ll want to make my pretzel bread recipe (with a bread machine dough). If you only have an hour or so, then you’ll love my one-hour crusty french bread recipe. It’s so easy, it’s foolproof!
Now, let’s have soup!
17 Comforting Bean Soup Recipes
Easy Carrot and Lentil Soup with Bacon
This Carrot and Lentil Soup recipe is packed full of flavor! Crispy bacon and a splash of white wine compliments the lentils and carrots, creating a hearty, filling soup that’s an easy family favorite.
Easy African Groundnut Soup (Peanut Butter Soup) With Chicken
When we first started making thispeanut butter souprecipe for our family nearly ten years ago, it seemed so odd to put peanut butter into a soup. Since then, I’ve learned that this is also calledGroundnut SouporAfrican Peanut Stew. We still call it “peanut butter soup” in our house! It's full of white beans, sweet potato, corn, and shredded chicken.
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Creamy Vegan White Bean Soup
This warm and comforting Vegan White Bean Soup combines cannellini beans and fresh herbs to create an earthy flavor. This rustic white bean soup is rich and creamy without any of the dairy, gluten or oil.
This comforting and heart-warming White Bean Soup is packed with flavorful Mexican spices for a truly delicious vegan soup recipe that is healthy, easy to make and can be made with soaked or unsoaked dry white beans!
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Mung Bean Soup
Mung Bean Soupis a super nutritious and easy soup to make. Just sauté and simmer. The combination of spices and fresh ingredients will make this vegetarian soup one of your favorites. This soup cooks up fast enough for a weeknight family meal!
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Vegetarian Tortilla Soup with Butternut Squash Recipe
Make this spicy vegetarian tortilla soup with butternut squash and white beans any time of year. It's vegetarian and packed with fiber from winter squash and white beans. Serve this soup garnished with avocado, cheese, cilantro and lime!
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Escarole and White Bean Soup
Escarole and White Bean Soup,often referred to as Italian greens and beans, is the ultimate comfort food recipe. Healthy, delicious and so easy to make.
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Black Bean Tomato Soup {Vegetarian}
This simplevegetarian black bean souppacks a serious amount offlavor. Tomatoes and black beans are simmered in a wine and vegetable broth, flavored with onions, garlic, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, lime, and cilantro.
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Vegetable Barley Soup Recipe
A warm and comforting vegetable barley soup that can be cooked in a pressure cooker, instant pot or stove top. Made with simple, everyday ingredients and ready in less than an hour whichever method you choose. The best vegetable barley soup recipe you’ll try.
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White Bean + Kale Soup with SMOKED FISH
This healthy, gluten-free white bean and kale soup gets an extra boost of flavor from smoked fish, and is a quick and easy dinner option.
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Vegetarian Black Bean Tortilla Soup
This vegetarian tortilla soup uses pantry staples like canned black beans, and it’s made in just over 30 minutes. You can enjoy this customizable and easy vegetarian recipe in any season!
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Easy Mexican Bean Soup
This easy vegan Mexican Bean Soup is a hearty bowl full of flavor. It’s rammed with beans and veggies, and is deliciously spiced and warming. The best thing is you can make this recipe in just 15 minutes!
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15 Bean Cajun Vegetable Soup – InstantPot
Need an easy, wholesome and hearty dinner that the whole family will love? ThisInstantPot 15 Bean Cajun Soupis the best soup you can whip up on busy weeknights. And this healthy soup recipe packs in tons of meaty texture and flavor into every bite.
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Minestrone Soup Recipe
Minestrone soupis loaded with vegetables, beans, pasta, and a delicious tomato broth. This classic soup is healthy and filling!
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Spicy Black Bean Soup
This spicy black bean soup makes the perfect quick and easy weeknight dinner or simple meal prep recipe for a busy week!Loaded with beans, veggies, and rice – this vegan soup is hearty enough to please even the meatiest of carnivores in your life!
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Vegan Black Bean & Lentil Chili
I’m here to let you in on a little secret…healthy food can also be hearty and satisfying! Don’t believe me? TRY THIS VEGAN BLACK BEAN CHILI!It’s loaded with over 50% of your daily fiber in each serving and filled with fresh Mexican flavors. This chili will fill you up and fuel you through your busy day!
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Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo
This Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo is a great clean out the fridge recipe! It’s packed with beans, veggies, Italian sausage, orzo, and more!
Do you have any favorite bean soup recipes? We’d love to hear about them in the comments!
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