Garden Vegetable Soup Recipe (Panera Bread Copycat)
Hearty soup made with 10 different veggies, just like the restaurant!
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American
- 12 cups vegetable broth
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 yellow bell pepper diced
- 4 carrots peeled and chopped
- 4 stalks celery chopped
- 1 poblano pepper seeded and diced
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 28 oz. can fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 14 oz. can chick peas
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. tomato paste
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp. cumin
- 2 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. smoked paprika
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large Dutch oven or stock pot. Add the celery and carrots. Cook until softened and sizzling, about 10-12 minutes.
Add the chopped onions, red peppers, yellow peppers, poblano peppers and garlic to the pot. Saute 5 more minutes.
Using a wooden spoon, stir in the tomato paste, thyme, paprika, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper.
Pour in the broth and tomatoes. Bring soup to a boil.
Reduce heat. Add the cooked rice, chick peas and frozen corn. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in the spinach leaves.
Keyword dinner, gluten free, low fat, vegetarian, healthy, low carb, lunch