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by Diane
Buy our air fryer e-cookbooks today This is truly an easy butternut squash soup recipe. If you love a soup for Fall or Winter this is a great recipe. It’s a keeper because you can keep it just the way it is an dit’s delicious. Or you can change it up a bit to make it more customized.
Easy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
It’s a fantastic base recipe to one of the most quick Holiday soup recipes out there. And best of all, it’s not too rich and wonderfully healthy. With just 2 main ingredients: butternut squash soup and some broth is what makes this recipe super duper amazing.
A touch of olive oil for searing, and some seasoning with salt and pepper is all you need to make this one of the best butternut squash soups you’ll ever make. It’s like the easiest and healthiest comfort foods you can make that’s satisfying and fuels the soul. If you’re looking for a great paleo soup here it is!
VIDEO: Quick and Delicious Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Tips for Making Easy Butternut Squash Soup
- VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN: If you want to make it vegetarian, just use vegetable broth.
- If you want a little more flavor, chicken broth is perfect!
- Make sure to add enough salt to the soup. If you under-season the soup it could taste bland.
- Adding some optional ingredients like chopped herbs, croutons or roasted nuts could add a ton of extra flavor.
- There’s so many other additions you can make like some onion, garlic and other spices. But our recipe is great with these 2 easy ingredients and in less than 30 minutes, you have a wonderful soup to add to your weeknight and weekend dinners.
Is It Really 2 Ingredients for this Soup? or 3?
Yes it is. Why do we call it an easy 2 ingredient recipe? Because it really takes just some broth and butternut squash. Usually oil, salt and pepper don’t count as ingredients because they’re basic pantry items that everyone has in their fridge. So this awesome soup recipe is truly easy, quick and crazy good! So yes, we consider this a 2 ingredient recipe. BUT, we’re cool if you consider it a 3 ingredient recipe. 🙂 Thanks for reading!
Easy2 ingredientButternutSquash Soup
Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Cook Time: 30 minutes mins
Total Time: 45 minutes mins
Super simple and easily adaptable. This butternut squash soup recipe starts with 2-main ingredients, butternut squash and broth. But you can add what ever you like to make it extra special and delicious. It’s yummy and super easy! The best part are the toppings that you choose to put on top!
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Ingredients
- 1 medium medium butternut squash
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 4 cups (950 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
- kosher salt , to taste
- fresh cracked black pepper , to taste
- optional garnish: sour cream, toasted pumpkin seeds, minced parsley
Equipment
Immersion Blender optional
Blender optional
Instructions
Peel and core butternut squash. Cut into 1” cubes
Heat large pan on medium-high heat. Add olive oil then add butternut squash cubes.
Cook squash for about 5 minutes untillightly brown on all edges. When the squash is browned, the sweet nutty aroma is enhanced. Add chicken or vegetable broth.
Simmer butternut squash for about 20 minutes or until squash is completely tender. Do a test “squish” with a fork on one of the squash pieces to see if it’s soft.
Option 1: If you have an immersion blender, you can blend it at this point.
Option 2: If using regular blender, allow soup to cool first until it is safe to handle and transfer. Then add butternut squash to blender and blend untilsmooth.
Return soup to pot and simmer on low to re-heat. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with optional toppings and serve warm.
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Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 123kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 52mg, Potassium: 575mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 13288IU, Vitamin C: 26mg, Calcium: 66mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 123
Can You Freeze Butternut Squash Soup?
Yes you definitely can! Freeze it in an air tight container for up to 3 months in the freezer. Don’t wait too long to eat it because it can lose it’s flavor. You can also make this ahead up to 4 days before serving. So if you’re planning to make this soup for the Holidays or a big feast, make it ahead of time and just keep it in the fridge before serving.
More Easy Squash Recipes:
- Air Fryer Butternut Squash
- Easy butternut squash casserole
- How to cook butternut squash in the microwave
- Garlic Parmesan spaghetti squash
- Baked spaghetti squash with fresh tomatoes
- Morenow our easySoup Recipes HERE, Slow Cooker Recipes and Butternut Squash Soup with Truffle Oil.
- This recipe was originally published in 2016 and re-published with updated video!
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Rose Martine — Reply
WOW! This came out so delicious! I do the same thing, taking inspiration from a recipe and then changing it up. My fiance was shocked because I put it together rather quickly and it was so yummy 🙂 -
Mandy — Reply
My son loves butternut squash and I’ve been looking for more butternut recipes! This is awesome! -
Vicky — Reply
I’m adding this to our Thanksgiving menu! Such a great dish to start our Thanksgiving dinner. -
David S. — Reply
My family loved this and made me look good. It was so easy and delicious. I added some extra garlic salt and onion powder. Perfect! -
Harold Burton — Reply
Why doesn’t this recipe include nutritional info, such as calories etc? I’ve noticed the same for other recipes…unless I am blind 🙂-
Diane — Reply
Hi Harold, thanks for asking! The nutritional info for this recipe is at the end of the recipe box! If you scroll down to the bottom of the recipe box, past the youtube video, you’ll see all the info there.
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Joseph Donahue — Reply
I’m on a cleanse and I can’t have soy sauce. Can you think of a good sub.
Joseph Donahue-
Diane — Reply
Hi Joseph, you can just use your favorite sea salt or flavored salt for extra flavor. Sometimes folks use aminos to substitute for soy sauce. Not sure if it’s ok for your cleanse.
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Janey — Reply
So cool that it only uses 2 ingredients. It’s perfect just in time for Thanksgiving. Thanks for the nice recipe.
