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White Bean Soup Recipe

This classic dish made at home is some of the best comfort food any time of year.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Italian
Servings: 7 servings
Calories: 189kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Soup Pot
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 chef knife
  • 1 ladle
  • soup bowls

Ingredients

  • 30 oz. canned cannellini beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 1½ cups finely chopped onion
  • 6 large garlic cloves (pressed or minced)
  • 1½ cups diced carrots
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 14 oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 4 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
  • 2 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp. dried basil
  • 1 large bay leaf (remove and discard after cooking)
  • ½ tsp. salt (or to taste)
  • ½ tsp. ground black pepper
  • fresh basil or parsley for garnish
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Instructions

  • Prep the onions, garlic, celery, and carrots.
    Chopped red onion in two measuring cups on a wood cutting board next to some garlic cloves, a garlic press and a knife.
  • Warm the oil in a medium to large pot.
    A pot with oil warming in the bottom.
  • Sauté the onions until they become translucent.
    Onions sautéing in oil in a pot.
  • Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
    Adding pressed garlic to sautéing onions.
  • Add the celery and carrots.
    Celery and carrots added to a pot of sautéing onions.
  • Once the veggies have softened a bit, add the diced tomatoes. Stir to combine.
    Diced tomatoes added to a pot of cooking veggies.
  • Then add the bay leaves, but don't stir until after the next step. (You don't want to break the leaves apart. You need them whole so you can remove them after cooking.)
    Bay leaves added to a pot of cooking veggies.
  • Add the broth to the pot. Cook at a gentle boil until the veggies are soft.
    Broth added to a pot of cooking veggies.
  • Add in the cooked beans and simmer for about 5-10 minutes, or until the veggies are fully cooked and soft.
    White beans added to broth and veggies cooking in a pot.
  • Remove the bay leaves and discard.
    A bay leaf being removed from a pot of white bean soup after cooking.
  • Chop your fresh parsley for garnish.
    Fresh, chopped parsley on a wood cutting board.
  • Garnish and serve.
    A white bowl filled with white bean soup and garnished with fresh, chopped parsley.

Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 823mg | Potassium: 868mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 5016IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 5mg