You’ve come home from the grocery with cut butternut squash and you need to an easy soup recipe…now!
Do you also buy cut butternut squash and then scramble to find what should be an easy recipe for soup? And then you try the one that looks simplest, and it’s delicious, but then you can’t remember which recipe you made and then repeat the exercise every time? No? It’s just me?
Well, I finally decided to figure it out once and for all – and I wrote it all up so I don’t forget for next time.
Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 pounds butternut squash cubes
- 4 large sweet potatoes, cubed
- 8 garlic cloves
- Water to cover
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 to 1.5 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 to 1.5 teaspoons black pepper
- 1.5 tablespoons cumin
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, saute the diced onion in the olive oil. When translucent, add the squash, sweet potatoes, and garlic.
- Cook on a medium-low flame, stirring every few minutes, until soft. Add water to cover all the vegetables and then add the beef broth. Add all the spices and 1 tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for at least 20 minutes.
- Blend with an immersion blender and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
This recipe makes a generous potful, so you should have enough for dinner and more to freeze for next time.
You’ve also got to try this tomato soup with dumplings!
I stick any veggies that I want into my pressure cooker for a really speedy soup!!!
Where do I get beef broth from?
I’ve only been able to find fleishigs beef broth (manischewitz, tabatchnik). Is that what you use? Do you think I can use a parve “chicken” broth instead?
Devora, that’s what I use. But try it with any broth and I’m sure it will be good. Or use water and add some flanken!
I meant to comment a while ago. I made this soup with the beef broth, and it was delicious!!! I cut down on the spices a little since I was also making it for someone else…
My husband says it tastes like soup from a restaurant.
Thanks so much for another awesome recipe!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed!
Is it really 1.5 Tbsp cumin, 1 tsp cinnamon? not the other way around?
Ty for a soup that sounds delish. I will file it away and try it out. One question please….where did you get that great soup bowl??,
Can I make it with a chicken soup base? I’m thinking of adding chicken bones in a bag when Im making the soup… and then removing it before blending.
I see it’s a short cook time… so maybe I’ll boil up water chicken bones to make a broth and then add everything else…
The broth tastes delicious before blending! Can’t wait for the final product. And I literally needed a recipe for the reason it says in the intro Bcp I feel seen!!!!