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White Bean and Roasted Pepper Soup

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By: Pamela Reed
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Comforting White Bean and Roasted Pepper Soup with pesto. This is such an easy and healthy soup to serve on a cold night!

bean and pepper soup in red bowl.

White Bean and Bell Pepper Soup

I think white beans (great northern beans) are underrated so I’m always looking for ways to add them into recipes!

This soup uses 2 cans of beans, mixed in with roasted bell peppers and pesto to create a creamy bowl of soup that the entire family will love – even the kids (seriously!).

spoon lifting out soup from bowl.

How to Roast Peppers for This Soup

Hi, I’m Pamela and I love roasted peppers – I just can’t get enough of them! You all know I love roasting shishito peppers and making homemade diced chiles, but let’s talk about sweet bell peppers roasted – what a trip to delicious village!

Roast 3 bell peppers in the oven for an hour, turning them every 20 minutes. You’ll want to leave the stems on, so you can easily grab them to turn.

After an hour, the pepper’s skin will turn all wrinkly and browned. That’s what we want!

roasted bell peppers on baking sheet.

Remove peppers from the oven, allowing to cool, so you can easily handle them. Peel the peppers to remove their skins, they should easily come off. Then cut in half and remove all the seeds from inside each pepper.

Cut the peppers up into bite size pieces for this soup. Now we have our roasted peppers and ready to continue cooking!

roasted peppers cut up into small pieces.

How to Make

Add chicken broth and beans into a large soup pot, bringing to a boil.

Reduce to a simmer, and add pesto (pick your favorite kind – store bought or try my homemade kale pesto), roasted peppers and black pepper.

Stir in Parmesan cheese, mixing until creamy.

Serve in bowls – and enjoy this soup!

red bowl filled with bean soup with peppers and pesto.

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Comforting White Bean and Roasted Pepper Soup with pesto. This is such an easy and healthy soup to serve on a cold night!
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White Bean And Roasted Pepper Pesto Soup

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Comforting White Bean and Roasted Pepper Soup, made with pesto. This is such an easy and healthy soup to serve on a cold night!
By: Pamela Reed
serves 4

Ingredients

  • 3 medium-sized green or red bell peppers
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • (2) 15 ounce cans Great Northern White Beans
  • 2 tablespoons pesto
  • pinch black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan grated

Instructions

To roast the peppers

  • Preheat oven to 375 F. Leaving the stems on, place the peppers on an aluminum foil covered baking sheet. Place the sheet in the oven. Every 20 minutes turn the peppers until 1 hour is up. At this time you should see that all the pepper skins have wrinkled and browned. Take peppers out and allow to cool for 20 minutes so you can handle them. Once cool, peel the peppers and remove all seeds – compost the skins and seeds. You should now have slippery beautiful peppers. Cut them up into small bite size pieces.

Directions

  • Add chicken broth and white beans into a large soup pot, bringing to a boil over medium high heat.
  • Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and add roasted peppers, pesto and pinch of black pepper. Simmer for 5 more minutes.
  • Add Parmesan cheese into pot and stir.
  • Serve in bowls. Enjoy!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: White Bean And Roasted Pepper Pesto Soup
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  1. Aimee / Wallflower Girl says

    YUM. I made a big batch of 2 different soups earlier in my bid to be more frugal and healthy. We’ll see how that goes… But this recipe sounds soooo up my street, I’ll pin it to remind me to try it soon 😉

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  2. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    This is the kind of meal I start craving as soon as the weather cools… but actually, who am I kidding? It’s still 90’s in Austin but I’m craving this NOW! Looks so delicious, Pamela.

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  3. Sophie says

    I love this type of soup a lot because it is a one pot meal! Tasty, tasty too! I am also very fond of roasted peppers,….home-made, of course!

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  4. Norma | Allspice and Nutmeg says

    This soup looks really good. I love roasted peppers. Perfect for the weather that’s making it’s way in.

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  5. amy @ fearless homemaker says

    This sounds SO good – what an awesome, fresh, perfect fall soup. Wish I had a bowl in front of me right now!!

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  6. Amy @ Elephant Eats says

    I’m loving this weather too! I pulled out my super cozy sweater coat today and it made me so happy…like more than a coat should. This soup sounds great. Also, I love that you roasted your peppers in the oven and I’m totally going to try that the next time I make roasted peppers. I usually do it over my gas burner but it takes forever and you have to keep turning it and they make scary popping noises. I’m always afraid i’ll either burn myself or burn my apartment down.

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    • Pamela says

      I totally hear you on the cozy clothes, I have had my hat sitting here for weeks waiting for that moment! Yesterday I was able to throw it in my bookbag to prepare! So exciting! Enjoy Amy!

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  7. Ash-foodfashionparty says

    Everytime I visit your space, i feel like I should be your neighbor. Secondly, I feel like asking ‘did you grow your own kale and beans:)’. This looks so healthy and good.

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    • Pamela says

      How fun would that be? And we did grow the kale and peppers.. but not the beans – maybe one day I will have a field! 😉 Enjoy!

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  10. Dan from Platter Talk says

    Pamela,
    This soup looks sooooo good, especially for cold and damp mid-September day, like this one. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!

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  11. Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life says

    Reasons why I love this soup:
    1. kale pesto. Oh.my.word.yes.
    2. its so easy. Seriously, the ingredient list makes me want to jump with joy!
    3. your pictures are amazing.

    Pinned!

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  12. Ashley says

    Mmm I love the sound of this soup – with the pesto and white beans. I could eat soup every day right now … but I don’t think my husband would go for that : )

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  13. Nik@ABrownTable says

    This is definitely going to be the soup I make a zillion times this cold weather season. I love kale with any type of beans and this sounds perfect!

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  15. Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says

    I love white beans and roasted peppers. This soup sure sounds like a winner. I thought I was ready for colder weather but the 90 degree day today does feel lovely. One last sun-kissed goodbye to summer I think.

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  16. Consuelo @ Honey & Figs says

    I’m all in for a cozy, warm soup! The weather is super hot here again, but the moment it gets a tiny bit colder, you bet I’m making this! I love the white beans addition, they make the soup so hearty! x

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  23. hani/hanielas says

    My name is Hani and I’m madly in love with roasted peppers and your recipes! I just roasted some more pepper and I was wondering what else can I use them for. This sounds like a great recipe I love beans, and it just happens I made a new back of chicken stock. Going to look for beans I can soak, I don’t have canned ones.

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  25. Jaclyn says

    I love white beans as well. All fall and winter I make lots of soups, so I’ll be trying this. I appreciate the simple ingredient list! Sounds perfect.

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  26. Joanne says

    The.Boy isn’t big on soup either and he thinks white beans are weird…but I say more for me! I will not be sharing this no matter how much he (inevitably) begs.

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  27. Davida @ The Healthy Maven says

    Brilliant idea to use your kale pesto!!! I made a white bean and kale soup last week but just used plan old tomatoes and basil. This pesto would have kicked it into high gear! I’m all out of my batch so I’m thinking I should probably make yours 😉

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  28. Jamie@Milk 'n' Cookies says

    Pamela, this soup looks wonderful. And what makes it even better is that I already have all the ingredients on hand. We have tons of red peppers and the thought of yet another stuffed pepper dinner was…just ugggh (I love stuffed peppers, but enough is enough). Now I know what’s for dinner tonight! Thanks for saving me from stuffed-pepper fatigue!

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  29. Emma @ Fork and Good says

    Ahh seriously craving me some roasted peppers right now. On the shopping list it goes so I can have this soup for tea. YUM!

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