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Best Mediterranean White Bean Soup

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Portions: 4 servings

Calories: 383kcal

A wonderful Mediterranean-inspired dish, this white bean soup is comforting, flavorful, and oh-so-easy to make. These days call for the kind of dishes that will fill your heart with warm goodness. If you ever have a craving for a tasty, creamy, rich stew with intense flavors, this white bean stew may be what you need.

Why I ā¤ļø it • Recipe • Ingredients • Preparation

White bean soup.

White bean soup.

Why I ā¤ļø it

No wonder seafarers and adventurers risked life and limb in a dangerous pursuit of spices. Our lives would be duller without them, and for enthusiastic food lovers, nothing warms the cockles of our hearts like a well-spiced dish.

White bean soup is a favorite comfort food. The high fiber and protein of the white beans keep you full for hours. This recipe can be made in about 15 minutes—a great lunch idea. And in the wintertime is when this stew truly shines bright, warming our bones with its comforting flavors.

Easy white bean soup recipe

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Made of wonderful Mediterranean taste borrowed from the old continent, this white bean soup with Spanish chorizo and a satisfying creamy texture is a perfect symphony of veggies, spices, and comforting flavors. It is one of my favorite gluten-free, and dairy-free soup recipes.

Course: Dinner
Inspiration: Mediterranean, Spanish
Category: chorizo and white bean stew
Author: Clara Gonzalez

Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins

Utensils and tools

  • Large pot for soup, or dutch oven
Mediterranean white bean soup.
Mediterranean white bean soup.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 pound of Spanish chorizo sausage, sliced
  • 2 large potatoes, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 large white onion, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 2 cups boiled white beans / navy beans, or from a 15-ounce can
  • 4 cups of vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
  • 4 sprigs of thyme or a sprig of rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves (optional)
  • 1½ teaspoon salt, (or more, to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Preparation

Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: SautƩing ingredients

Heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo, potatoes, garlic, onion, bell pepper, and carrot.

Cook and stir until the onions become translucent (3 to 5 minutes).

Step 2: Simmer

Add the beans, and lower the temperature to medium heat. Cook while stirring for one minute. Add the broth, thyme, and bay leaves. Add two cups of water (can be the liquid from boiling the beans)

Boil covered until the vegetables are tender. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3: Serving

Remove from heat, and discard the thyme sprig and bay leaves.

Top tips

  • Like most soups, this white bean soup tastes better the next day, so keep your leftovers in an airtight container and store int he refrigerator for up to two days or in the freezer for up to a month. Just add two tablespoons of water before reheating the microwave or on the stovetop.
White bean stew.
White bean stew.

Serving suggestions

My favorite thing to serve with white bean soup is white rice, but some rustic bread also goes great with it.

Variations

For extra nutrition, you can add two sliced celery sticks when you sautee the vegetables and some baby spinach or kale when you simmer it.

You may also like this other small white bean recipe.

Nutritional information

Calories: 383kcal - Carbohydrates: 29g - Protein: 20g - Fat: 20g - Saturated Fat: 7g - Cholesterol: 47mg - Sodium: 1502mg - Potassium: 636mg - Fiber: 9g - Sugar: 2g - Vitamin A: 2590IU - Vitamin C: 36.4mg - Calcium: 73mg - Iron: 5.3mg

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FAQs

Are white beans good for you?

White beans, like all beans, are nutrient-rich vegetables. Beans are a great source of iron, protein, folate, and carbohydrates. They make a great addition to a healthy diet.

What is the thickener in a white bean soup?

White bean soup does not require a thickener, as beans can do that on their own. If you want to make a creamy or thicker stew, you can puree half the beans with an immersion blender to make the stew even thicker. Alternatively, you can blend all of the beans to make a cream of beans soup.

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How To Make White Bean Soup (Quick And Simple)

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 pound of Spanish chorizo sausage sliced
  • 2 large potatoes diced
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 large white onion diced
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 1 large carrot diced
  • 2 cups boiled white beans / navy beans or from a 15-ounce can
  • 4 cups of vegetable broth or chicken broth
  • 4 sprigs of thyme or a sprig of rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves optional
  • 1½ teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly cracked

Instructions

Step 1: SautƩing ingredients

  • Heat theĀ oilĀ over medium-high heat. Add theĀ chorizo,Ā potatoes,Ā garlic,Ā onion,Ā bell pepper, andĀ carrot.
    Cook and stir until the onions become translucent (3 to 5 minutes).

Step 2: Simmer

  • Add theĀ beans, lower the temperature to medium heat, and cook while stirring for one minute. Add theĀ broth,Ā thyme, andĀ bay leaves. Add two cups of water (can be the liquid from boiling the beans)
    Boil covered until the vegetables are tender. Season withĀ saltĀ andĀ pepperĀ to taste.

Step 3: Serving

  • Remove from heat, and discard the thyme sprig and bay leaves.

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal

By Tia Clara, published Dec 18, 2005 on Tia Clara

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  1. Anthony Fusco

    December 28, 2019 at 12:02 am

    5 stars
    This was SO good! I made a vegan version (with sausage on the side) by cooking cumin and smoked paprika in the oil before adding the diced vegetables. Delicious!

    Reply
  2. Sharon

    July 10, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    5 stars
    Can I use canned beans?

    Reply
    • Tia Clara

      September 10, 2018 at 11:45 am

      I am not a fan of the flavor, but yes, you can.

      Reply
  3. Gisselle

    April 27, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    You don't tell us what to do with the garlic.

    Reply
    • Tia Clara

      April 27, 2012 at 5:43 pm

      It's on step 6.

      Reply
  4. andy

    February 01, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    Dominican cooking is similar to Puerto Rican cuisine. We cook with Sofrito which is what makes caribbean cooking caribbean. Good job!

    Reply
  5. Audrey

    February 15, 2011 at 8:53 am

    Im a little confused with this recipes, I remember it being made with white beans, when you say "mashing over heat" do you mean mash some of the beans to make the sauce creamy?

    Reply
    • Tia Clara

      February 15, 2011 at 9:12 am

      Exactly. The mashed beans is to make the sauce thicker.

      Reply

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