This hearty Autumn Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup is true healthy comfort food! It’s made with tomatoes, Italian sausage, and garbanzo beans is a perfect fall soup recipe!

This squash soup pairs really well with a fall salad like this Apple Bacon Pecan Salad or I love to serve it with crusty artisan bread!

A soup bowl filled with chunky butternut squash and sweet potato soup, resting on a plate with a spoon.

Autumn Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

I can remember the first time my mom made this soup–my life was changed! Okay, that’s an exaggeration. But it was instantly a favorite of mine and every year I look forward to making it, when the weather gets cooler. The fennel and cumin are stand-outs in making the flavor of this soup amazing, and I love how hearty and healthy it is!

How to Cut a Butternut Squash in 5 Steps:

  1. Pierce the skin.  Using a fork, poke wholes around the outside of the squash.
  2. Microwave the squash. Place the entire squash in the microwave for 2 minutes.  Allow the squash to cool to the point that you can comfortably hold it.
  3. Peel the squash.
  4. Cut in half.  Cut the squash lengthwise (hot dog style) and scrape out the seeds from the rounder portion of the squash.
  5. Cut into cubes.  Cut the remaining halves into 1 inch sections.  Then cut each section into smaller, bite-sized cubes.

How to Make Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Soup:

  • Peel and cut. Peel the squash and sweet potatoes and chop into half-inch cubes.
  • Sauté onion.  In a large stock pot over medium heat, sauté the onion until translucent; push to the side.
  • Brown sausage.  Add the sausage to the pot and brown. Drain grease and remove sausage to a plate.

A wood cutting board with peeled and cubed butternut squash and sweet potato next to a skillet with browned sausage and a wooden spoon..

  • Add: squash, sweet potatoes, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, and tomato paste.
  • Cook.  Cook for approximately 7-10 min. or until squash and sweet potatoes are slightly firm on the outside but tender in the middle. Don’t overcook them or they will be mushy.
  • Add: garbanzo beans, fennel, cumin, salt and pepper and cooked sausage.
  • Serve warm.

A white skillet with broth and chopped sweet potato and squash next to another photo of the skillet with garbanzo beans added.

Make Ahead Tips:

Depending on the freshness of your vegetables and meat, you can make this soup 1-3 days ahead of time.  You can make the entire soup ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator or prep the soup ahead of time by cutting the squash and sweet potatoes into cubes, in advance.

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Recipe

A soup bowl filled with chunky butternut squash and sweet potato soup, resting on a plate with a spoon.
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 30 minutes
Total 40 minutes
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 small butternut squash , peeled and chopped into 1/2” cubes (about 3 cups)
  • 2 small sweet potatoes , peeled and chopped into 1/2” cubes (about 3 cups)
  • 1 pound ground Italian sausage
  • 1 medium onion
  • 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 2 Tablespoon. tomato paste
  • 5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 15 ounce can garbanzo beans , drained
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons whole fennel seeds
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste

Instructions
 

  • Peel the squash and sweet potatoes and chop into half-inch cubes. You will want about 3 cups of each.
  • In a large stock pot over medium heat, sauté the onion until translucent; push to the side of the pan.
  • Add the sausage to the pot and brown. Remove grease, and set aside onto a plate.
  • Add to the pot: squash, sweet potatoes, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, and tomato paste. 
  • Cook for approximately 7-10 min. or until squash and sweet potatoes are slightly firm on the outside but tender in the middle. Don’t overcook them or they will be mushy.
  • Reduce heat to low. Add cooked sausage, garbanzo beans, fennel, cumin and salt and pepper.

Notes

Vegetarian:

To make this soup vegetarian, omit the sausage and replace chicken broth with vegetable broth.

To Make Ahead:

Depending on the freshness of your vegetables and meat, you can make this soup 1-3 days ahead of time.  You can make the entire soup ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator or prep the soup ahead of time by cutting the squash and sweet potatoes  beforehand.

Nutrition

Calories: 385kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 14gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 1359mgPotassium: 1033mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 17035IUVitamin C: 40.2mgCalcium: 110mgIron: 3.4mg

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*I originally shared this recipe October 2015. Updated October 2019.

Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup--this recipe is my FAVORITE during the fall! And it's so easy to make. Recipe from Tastes Better From Scratch

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  1. My friend made it for card party ‘ it was excellent ! Everyone raved ! I’m making it this week ! Found the spices very reasonable at rural king

  2. Ingredients look great, but I think the recipe is missing some steps from instructing to dice the onion, to after you add the herbs and spices it needs to simmer on low heat for 20min.
    Smells great and tastes good!

  3. 4 stars
    I was out of squash so doubled the amount of sweet potatoes. I also was out of anise seeds so I added 1 tsp of Knorr’s Caldo de Tamate and hot italian sausage.
    At the end, I added a handful of fresh spinach.
    It turned out YUMMY!

  4. 4 stars
    Delicious soup! Fall in a bowl. Definitely had to cook for longer as the sweet potatoes were pretty hard even after 10 minutes.

  5. 3 stars
    Not my fave. A bit plain on flavor also way more than the 7 min to cook the the squash & sweet potatoes. I would say approx 20 min total, for me. My husband did like it though. I have made several of your recipes, atleast 20, and this is the only one that I haven’t loved so no complaints here. Ty!

  6. 5 stars
    I made this exactly, with the exception that I used mixed beans since I had no garbanzo. It was absolutely delicious! Everyone loved it and I will make this a regular!

  7. 5 stars
    I made this exactly, with he exception that inside mixed beans since I had no garbanzo. It was absolutely delicious! Everyone loved it and I will make this a regular!

  8. Delicious recipe! I have made this several times using frozen root veggie mix and that was just as good.

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