Chorizo White Bean and Vegetable Soup
Updated Mar 19, 2022, Published Oct 05, 2020
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Chorizo, White Bean and Vegetable Soup is hearty, delicious and the perfect way to warm up and fill up on a chilly day! Spicy chorizo sausage, cannellini beans and lots of vegetables float in a flavorful fire-roasted tomato broth.
It’s soup season and I couldn’t be happier about it! Soup is one of my favorite things to make, and what better way to use up those veggie odds and ends in your refrigerator.
Got kale? Add it.
Got spinach? Add it.
Here’s a Spanish-inspired soup loaded with flavor you’ll want to repeat all winter long! Chorizo, White Bean, and Vegetable Soup!
What is chorizo sausage?
- There are two varieties of chorizo sausage:
- Mexican which is fresh and raw.
- Spanish which is cured and some types can be quite dry.
- True chorizo is made with pork, although it’s now possible to buy chicken chorizo.
You’ll want to use fresh, raw Mexican chorizo for this soup. Spanish chorizo is best served as part of a charcuterie board or tapas menu. The two are not interchangeable.
If you can’t find chorizo links, freshly ground bulk will also work in this soup as will spicy Italian sausage or kielbasa.
How to make Chorizo, White Bean and Vegetable Soup:
- Start by browning the chorizo sausage in olive oil. Brown it well on all sides then remove it to a plate to cool. IT WILL NOT BE FULLY COOKED but that’s okay. You want to brown it so that it’s easier to slice; it will finish cooking in the soup.
- Prep the vegetables.
- Onion
- Carrots
- Celery
- Bell pepper
- Poblano peppers
- Zucchini and/or yellow squash
- Garlic
- Cook the vegetables until softened in the olive oil and fat that remains in the pan from the chorizo.
- Slice the chorizo and add it to the pot.
- Add:
- Chicken broth
- Canned diced and crushed fire-roasted tomatoes
- Drained and rinsed cannellini beans
- Spices
- A pop of vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh parsley…
- Serve in bowls topped with freshly grated Manchego cheese and crusty bread!
Yes! Dive right in!
Chorizo, White Bean and Vegetable Soup can be made well ahead and reheated. It also freezes beautifully!
Enjoy!
More hearty soups you’re sure to love!
- Sausage Lentil Soup
- Creamy Potato, Kielbasa and Kale Soup
- Farmhouse Cabbage Soup with Cannellini Beans and Kielbasa
- Cold-Fighting Chicken Soup with Kale and Orzo
- Smoky Spanish Vegetable and White Bean Soup with Kale
- Old-Fashioned Potato Cabbage and Kielbasa Soup
- White Bean Kale Soup with Parmesan Toast
- Sausage Spinach Tortellini Soup
Chorizo White Bean and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound fresh chorizo links, 3-4 links or 1 pound bulk chorizo
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 2 large carrots, finely chopped
- 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
- 1 large bell pepper, red, yellow or orange, seeded, membranes removed and chopped
- 2 Poblano peppers, seeded, membranes removed and chopped
- 2 medium zucchini or yellow squash, or 1 of each, quartered and sliced
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cans (15-ounce each) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can (15-ounce) diced fire-roasted tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (15-ounce) crushed fire-roasted tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons Hungarian or smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Freshly grated Manchego cheese, or Parmesan cheese, for topping
Instructions
- Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large Dutch oven or other heavy soup pot.
- Add the chorizo links, reduce heat to medium and brown the links well on all sides. Transfer to a plate to cool. THE CHORIZO WILL NOT BE FULLY COOKED.
- Add the onion to the Dutch oven and cook 4-5 minutes or until beginning to soften, stirring often.
- Add the carrot and celery and cook 2-3 minutes or until beginning to soften, stirring often.
- Add the bell peppers and Poblano peppers. Cook 2-3 minutes, stirring often.
- Add the zucchini and/or yellow squash and cook another 2-3 minutes or until softened, stirring often.
- Add the garlic and cook briefly and stir, 15 seconds or so or until fragrant.
- Slice the chorizo into approximately 1/4-inch slices and place in the Dutch oven.
- Add the chicken broth, cannellini beans, diced and crushed tomatoes, thyme, bay leaf, paprika and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Add the red wine vinegar, parsley and salt and black pepper, to taste.
- Serve with freshly grated Manchego cheese.
Notes
- Can use spicy Italian sausage or kielbasa instead of chorizo.
- Can also use plant-based sausage.
- Can be made ahead 1-2 days.
- Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- Cool and place in airtight containers in the desired servings. Freeze 1-2 months.
- Thaw in the refrigerator.
- Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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So delicious! I know you said to not use Spanish chorizo, but Mexican chorizo is hard to come by in Australia and I’ve had Spanish chorizo stews before. It was wonderful! Will definitely be making again.
Hi, Brit, Thanks so very much and happy you love this recipe. If Spanish chorizo worked for you, then great! Some of the Spanish chorizo I’ve had can be quite dry but again, if it worked, great! Appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment and rate.
Large batch of yummy soup made for dinner last night and lunch all week!
Hi, Lisa, Thanks so much and so happy you love this recipe! Isn’t soup the greatest thing? In fact, it’s even better sometimes as leftovers. Thanks again!!
Great, hearty, flavorful soup! Made half a batch and at the end, I added chopped spinach and some leftover cooked quinoa, which made it more like a stew. Tasted great before the two late additions and tasted great after as well. Thank you for sharing!
Hi, Nancy, Thanks so much and so happy you enjoyed! Love that you tweaked it and used what you had. Thanks again!!
I made this and LOVED it. I do have one question. I ran the recipe through a nutrition calculator and it came out much higher in calories and carbs than indicated. I didn’t use anything different – I followed the recipe exactly. I hope your #s are correct – they make more sense to me given the ingredients.
Next time I may try it with chicken sausage, and eliminate the beans (for lower carbs). But the flavor is incredible as it’s written.
Hi, Lisa, Thanks so very much and so happy you enjoyed! I ran it through the nutrition calculator I use again and it came out the same. It’s a computer-generated nutrition calculation and ingredients will vary based on the brand. Thanks so much again and I’ll keep my eye on this one to see if anything changes.
Just made this for dinner. Other than adding zucchini we made the recipe as is and it was hearty and delicious! Will absolutely make this again.
Hi, Sushma, Thanks so much and so happy you enjoyed! Yes, you sure can vary the veggies if you like. Thanks again!
Made this last night. I’m a slow knifer so I did prep in the morning, about 45 minutes. Added a couple of handfuls of fresh spinach and about a half cup of fresh corn to round out the veggies and the color. Used a pound of Tolucan Green Pork Chorizo Links – a mild chorizo – which went well into the recipe. My girlfriend added a loaf of homemade Irish Soda bread. A great recipe, I’ll be making it again!
Hi, Bubba, Thanks so very much and so glad you both enjoyed! Your meal sounds lovely! Thanks again!
Loved this soup! I didn’t have zucchini so substituted fresh kale, otherwise I followed the exact recipe. Everyone loved it! Thank you!
Hi, Marilyn, Thanks so very much and glad you and your family enjoyed!
This recipe will be different than our bean soup. The chorizo sausage alone will give a different flavor.
Your Chorizo, White Bean, and Vegetable soup is another winner. I am always looking for recipes with heat, that are easy, quick cooking, and will freeze well My husband loves spicy food, I do not. So what I like about the big batch size of this (big batch because I am really making it for one), is that I freeze several servings. I did taste the broth, and although it was too hot for me, I could easily appreciate the depth of flavor from all the vegetables and spices. My only question Carol is this…what is your meaning of a “large dutch oven”? Pot size is the one thing I get hung up on. Thanks in advance for the info.
Hi, Lorraine, Thanks so very much and glad you enjoy my recipes! By “large Dutch oven,” I mean something larger than normal or just a big soup pot since this soup makes so much. If you have an 8-quart, I would use that. Thanks again!
Carol your recipes are always spot on. I made this today and it was fabulous! Left out the bell peppers because we’re not big fans, but used poblanos. I used bulk chicken chorizo (from Sprouts). Definitely a keeper.
Hi, Julie! Thank you SOOOO VERY MUCH! So glad you enjoyed and definitely this can be adapted to tastes. Thanks again and glad you enjoyed!
Prep time is FAR MORE than 15 minutes! I’ve been cooking daily since I was a teenager, about fifty years, and if you don’t have the knife skills of a chef, it’s going to take a lot longer than fifteen minutes to chop all those vegetables properly. As a reasonable adept home cook, I recommend prepping them earlier in the day, then proceeding with the recipe about 45 minutes prior to dinnertime. I just spent an hour putting it together single-handedly, it’s simmering now.
Hi, Zelda, Times are definitely an estimate so thank you for your input. Hope you enjoyed!
I just made this and easily chopped the veggies in 15 mins. Super easy to do as you add the next veg every couple of mins. Delicious recipe, added some risoni to bulk out!
Hi, Ashley, Thanks so very much and so glad you enjoyed! Love the addition of the risoni!