Easy Roasted Butternut Squash & Red Pepper Soup

An easy butternut squash soup made with roasted butternut squash and red pepper. This small batch of soup is perfect for lunch or dinner.

There is nothing better than a comforting bowl of soup and my latest soup is this easy roasted butternut squash and red pepper soup.

It's a flavour-packed creamy soup, with lots of flavour, but it's not labour-intensive.

Apart from cutting the butternut squash in half, there is no chopping and only a handful of simple ingredients.

It's gorgeous enough to serve at a dinner party too, or on family get-togethers like Sunday dinner or Christmas dinner.

Jump to:

• 🍲 Small batch soup
• ⭐ Why you will love this butternut squash soup
• 📋 What you need to make this vibrant butternut squash soup
• ♨️ Roasting butternut squash
• 💭 Don't throw away the seeds
• 💭 You can cheat on the roasted red peppers
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Blend it!
• 🥣 How to serve butternut squash and red pepper soup
• 🍞 And for dunking ...
• 🥘 Storing homemade soup
• 🥘 Can you freeze red pepper and butternut squash soup?
• 🥣 More soup recipes
• 🥖 Pairing with soup
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• 👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Roasted Red Pepper & Butternut Squash Soup
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

🍲 Small batch soup

This autumnal velvety soup recipe makes a small batch of soup.

It makes enough soup for three generous servings of velvety soup.

Of course, you can make a bigger batch if you like (my recipe card has that function).

However, if you make a larger batch of soup you will have to either blend the soup in batches in a blender or food processor, or with a stick blender (immersion blender) in a pot on the cooker top.

If you have a soup maker, try this creamy mushroom and leek soup this creamy baked potato soup or even this soup maker harissa sweet potato soup.

⭐ Why you will love this butternut squash soup

Here are a few reasons why you will love this butternut soup.

• Easy - it's super simple to make
• Seasonal - it's a seasonal recipe so the butternut squash is cheaper at the moment and at it's best
• Healthy - full of lovely vegetables and high in vitamin C, which is great for cold and flu season
• Low calorie - 120 calories
• Low fat - only 1g of saturated fat (under 5g is low fat)
• Cheap to make - about 93 p per serving (at time of publishing)
• Tasty - it has so much flavour

♨️ Roasting butternut squash

When you roast butternut squash to make soup, it adds so much flavour.

Traditionally butternut squash is roasted in large chunks on a baking sheet (or roasting pan) in a hot to medium heat in an oven.

However, these days many people, me included, have an air fryer and use it for everything we can.

To roast the butternut squash, cut a little of the stem end and base, then cut it in half lengthways with a sharp knife, then scoop out the seeds.

Rub the cut side of the squash with oil, season it, then roast it in the air fryer (or oven) flesh side up until has a soft and creamy texture (I think they call this fork tender) and is easy to scoop out with a spoon.

💭 Don't throw away the seeds

When you scoop the seeds out of the butternut squash, don't throw them away, they are nutritious and make a great snack, just like pumpkin seeds.

Clean and dry them, then toss them in olive oil and dried herbs or spices and salt and pepper, then bake them for a few minutes in an air fryer or oven until crisp.

👩🏻‍🍳 Blend it!

This comforting soup is a beautifully smooth soup.

It's blended with hot stock instead of being cooked in a pot (or instant pot), and then heated through.

It's beautifully smooth and silky, which works well with the rich flavours.

You can use a food processor, blender (a high powered blender will give a smoother finish) or a stick blender (immersion blender).

If you love smooth soups, try my tomato soup made with tinned tomatoes, mushroom and fennel soup, cream of parsnip and apple soup or my super green broccoli and pea soup.

Have a soup maker? Try my roasted red pepper soup or my baked potato soup.

I also have a huge list of soups in my soup recipe index over at my other website Tinned Tomatoes.

🍞 And for dunking ...

I know it's maybe not very polite to dunk bread in your soup if you are dining at a fancy restaurant, but if you are eating soup at home, it's vitally important!

Here are a few ideas for dunking.

• Buttered brown wholemeal bread
• Soft white bread
• Morning roll (bap, barm, bun, bread cake, bread roll)
• Vegan cheese toastie fingers
• Slices of baguette
• Cheesy quesadilla
• Toast fingers
• Garlic bread

Do you dunk when you eat out or at home? Or do you never dunk? Let me know in the comment section at the bottom!

🥘 Storing homemade soup

Once cool, you can store this gorgeous creamy soup in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Just heat as you need it.

It's great for lunch or a low-calorie main course at dinner time served with some crusty bread.

🥣 More soup recipes

Looking for more easy soup recipes? Try these:

🥖 Pairing with soup

These are my favourite recipes to make and serve with roasted butternut squash and red pepper soup:

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Roasted Red Pepper & Butternut Squash Soup

These step-by-step photos will show you how to make this easy squash soup.

Step 1

• Preheat the oven or air fryer (full info in recipe card below).
• Cut the butternut squash in half lengthways, and scoop out the seeds.
• Rub the flesh side of the squash half with oil and sprinkle a pinch of the herbs and spices and season with salt and pepper.
• Roast until soft.
• Add to a blender or food processor (you can use a stick blender (or immersion blender in a pan at a later stage).

Step 2

• Add the roasted peppers, herbs and spices to the blender too.

Step 3

• Add the stock and blend until smooth.
• Pour into a pot to heat.
• Taste to check the seasoning.
• Serve with a swirl of cream and small dollops of pesto and fresh basil.
• Enjoy!