Chunky Vegetable Soup

This easy homemade vegetable soup comes together in minutes on your stovetop. This simple soup is a great meal idea for those busy days and evenings when you want a meal on the table quickly.

This  chunky soup is a 30-minute meal that is full of flavor and fresh vegetables. 

Why You Will Love This Recipe

Easy Recipe. Made from hearty vegetables, this delicious meal comes together on your stove top very easily in about 30 minutes.

Delicious. This  hearty vegetable soup is delicious and full of fresh vegetable flavors.

Good for You. This hearty veggie soup is a healthy soup recipe, that is full of fresh vegetables.

Versatile. This hearty soup is a great way to use different vegetables you have on hand to make this soup.

Chunky Vegetable Soup Ingredients

• Vegetable bouillon cups or vegetable broth or chicken broth
• carrots
• celery
• onion
• garlic
• golden potatoes
• bell peppers
• tomatoes
• zucchini or yellow squash
• mild green chilis
• Italian seasoning
• olive oil
• salt and black pepper

Full list in recipe card

Variations & Substitutions

You can also switch up the vegetables in this chunky vegetable soup recipe

For example, sometimes I will add yellow squash instead of zucchini or throw in some of those cute, colorful mini peppers in place of the bell pepper. You can also add some green beans or snow peas to the soup.

Fresh herbs like parsley, basil and oregano can be added.

You could easily make this in your slow cooker.

How to Make Chunky Vegetable Soup

Soup can be one of the quickest and easiest meals to prepare. This simple vegetable soup recipe from scratch is made with just a few fresh ingredients and I just love that it incorporates so many fresh produce items. It is a nice way to add more vegetables to your meal plan deliciously and easily.

Step 1 - In a large stock pan or dutch ovens, add carrots, celery and onion and saute in olive oil.

Step 2 - Add broth and other vegetables and cook over medium heat.

This chunky vegetable soup is filling and delicious. I like to make a little extra and then have a cup of it the next day with a salad or sandwich.

Timesaving Tips for Simple chunky Vegetable Soup 

• This easy vegetable soup recipe all comes together in a single pot for easy preparation and even easier clean up. You can also double this recipe if you need more servings.
• Cut your vegetables the evening before so that they are ready to add to your soup when you are ready.
• You can use a bag of frozen vegetables in place of the fresh carrots and zucchini to save preparation time. Frozen vegetable soup takes almost no time at all to put together.
• You can use garlic in a jar to save time.
• For best results, serve soup immediately.
• Store soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Serving Suggestions

This is a good soup to serve with crusty bread or cornbread. It also goes great with a leafy greens green salad.

📖 Recipe

Chunky Vegetable Soup

Raquel Pineira

This easy Chunky vegetable soup comes together in minutes on your stovetop. It is a great hearty meal idea for those busy weeknights.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Easy Soup Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Equipment

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  large dutch oven or large pot

Ingredients

  

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• 1 tablespoon oil
• ¼ cup onion chopped
• 2 stalks celery sliced ¼” slices
• 2 carrots peeled and sliced
• 1 clove garlic peeled and minced
• 4 vegetable bouillon cubes
• 6 cups water
• 2 russet potatoes peeled and cubed
• 1 medium zucchini sliced
• 2 small tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons mild green chilis
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon cilantro chopped (optional)

Instructions

 

• Always wash all produce prior to preparing and cutting.
• Heat oil in stock pot over medium-low heat.
• Add onion, celery, carrots and garlic
• When onions become translucent, add 6 cups of water.
• Raise heat to medium until boiling
• Add boullon cubes and blend fully.
• Add potatoes and reduce heat to medium.
• Allow potatoes to cook 6-8 minutes.
• Add zucchini, tomatoes, salt and pepper.
• Cook another 6-8 minutes and serve.
• Top with cilantro and serve.

Notes

• • If you use vegetable or chicken stock, you do not need to add the bouillon cubes.
  • This easy vegetable soup recipe all comes together in a single pot for easy preparation and even easier clean up. You can also double this recipe if you need more servings.

• • Cut your vegetables the evening before so that they are ready to add to your soup when you are ready.

• • You can use a bag of frozen vegetables in place of the fresh carrots and zucchini to save preparation time. Frozen vegetable soup takes almost no time at all to put together.

• • You can use garlic in a jar to save time.

• • For best results, serve soup immediately.

• • Store soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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