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Why You’ll Love My Recipe

This recipe for roasted butternut squash soup is the perfect cure for the winter blues! With its beautiful golden hue and gorgeous, warming flavors, it’s sure to get you through until spring!

Cold winter months practically demand we eat some warming and nourishing winter soups, and the bonus to using roasted veggies to make a big pot of hearty soup is that the oven helps keep the house nice and cozy!

For this recipe, make sure that you make my Roasted Butternut Squash!

A bowl of thick orange soup garnished with chopped herbs, served on a white plate with two slices of crusty bread and a spoon on the side.

Karlynn’s Recipe Notes

Skill Level: This soup is easy to make—just set it up and let it cook low and slow!
Total Time: You’ll need to set aside 45 minutes of roasting time for your squash and additional 10 minutes of simmering on the stove after everything’s blended, but you won’t have to babysit this dish! You can do a little tidying—or better yet, relaxing!—while the squash bakes and the soup simmers.
Variations: You can make this soup vegan by using olive oil and veggie stock instead of butter and chicken stock! Or make it extra rich with a little heavy cream or crème fraîche drizzled on top! You can even feel free to experiment with seasonings—add some ginger for extra warming spice, or a little rosemary and sage for an extra punch of wintery goodness!
Tools For This Recipe: You will need a large roasting pan, and a pitcher blender or immersion blender to make this recipe. If you really love a slow-cooked soup, consider investing in a dutch oven!

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What You’ll Need For Ingredients

Roasted Butternut Squash: Roasting your butternut squash deepens and intensifies its sweetness, and cuts down on the amount of liquid that ends up in your final soup!

Karlynn’s Tip: For even more sweetness, feel free to roast your carrots along with the squash instead of sweating them together with the rest of the veggies!

A flat lay of bowls containing chopped potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, cooked squash, butter, and a jar of broth on a white marble surface, with salt and pepper in wooden spoons and a gray cloth in the corner.

Stock: You can use chicken or vegetable stock in this recipe depending on your preference! Feel free to use homemade or store bought stock, depending on what you have on hand—homemade stock gives you more control over the final flavor of the dish, but if you don’t have the time to make your own, there’s nothing wrong with reaching for your favorite carton or can!

Butter: Sweating your onion, celery, carrots, and potatoes in butter adds a beautiful creamy richness to this soup, but if you want to make it vegan, consider substituting the butter with margarine or olive oil instead—you just might not end up with quite the same taste or texture.

How To Make Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

This is a quick overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients & complete step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.

A blue Dutch oven on a marble counter contains chopped carrots, celery, potatoes, and onions. Nearby are a jar of broth, small bowls of spices, a dish of cubed squash, and a folded gray towel.

A teal Dutch oven filled with soup topped with chunks of roasted butternut squash, surrounded by a wooden spoon, measuring spoons with spices, a jar of broth, and a striped cloth on a white marble surface.

Melt the butter in a large pot and cook your onion, celery, carrots, and potatoes for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Pour in enough chicken stock to cover your vegetables and add your cubed, roasted butternut squash.
Bring to a boil, then drop the temperature to low and cover the pot. Simmer for 40 minutes, or until all the vegetables are tender.
Transfer your soup to a blender and blend until smooth, then return to the pot and mix in any of the remaining stock necessary to reach your desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper, then serve.

A white bowl of orange-colored soup garnished with chopped herbs and black pepper, served with a slice of bread on a white plate, next to a wooden spoon.

Karlynn’s Tips and Tricks for the Perfect Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Add Some Glam: Most people don’t really think about garnishes when planning their soup recipes, but they’re not just for looking pretty! The right garnish can contribute color and textural contrast that can improve the soup eating experience overall. Consider garnishing this soup with a sprinkling of chopped celery leaves, a drizzle of heavy cream, a sprinkling of toasted pumpkin or sunflower seeds, or even some seasoned croutons!
Browned is Better: You might be tempted to skip the roasting step and just drop your squash straight into the pot, but you’ll thank yourself when you get your first bite of the delicious, roast-y flavor that comes from caramelizing the sugars in the vegetable!

Two white bowls of yellow soup garnished with chopped herbs, served with sliced baguette on white plates. A hand holds a spoonful of soup. Salt and pepper shakers and more bread are on a marble surface nearby.

Storage Instructions

Refrigerator: Let your soup come down to room temperature and store it in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days!

Freezer: After your soup has cooled completely, you can store it in airtight, freezer-safe containers in the chill chest for up to 3 months!

More Delicious Soup Recipes

For a satisfying, creamy lunch or dinner, try my Beer Cheese Soup!
My recipe for New England Clam Chowder makes a tasty and filling soup suitable for any time of year!
Full of fall-apart tender pork shoulder and rich root vegetables, my Classic Homestyle Pork Stew is perfect for a cozy weekend dinner!

I love a homemade soup! They always taste cozier and healthier than anything I can get out of the can, and it’s just so easy to roast up some hearty vegetables, toss them into a pot with stock, and blend them into a rich and hearty meal!

Make yourself a pot of this delicious soup and let me know how it went for you in the comments below! I always love to hear about your successes in the kitchen!

Happy Cooking!

Karlynn