Three Bean Turkey Soup
Who doesn’t love a hearty soup on a cold day? We all need more easy weeknight meals that the whole family loves. This tasty turkey bean soup is just what you need—it has so much flavor! Feel free to jump to the recipe card and get started, or scroll down for a quick how-to.
Why I love this soup so much
A few pantry staples, quick prep, throw it all in a soup pot, and simmer for 30 minutes. This cold, blustery weather makes me want to stay in, eat soup, and read. I need to go out and run some very necessary errands today. I can’t put them off another day. But I’d rather not. Instead, I want to make some more soup and not go out. My kid can wear her glasses a few days, who needs contacts. Zit prescription, who needs it? Wash your face and quick picking kid! Mail picked up at the post office. People, please quit sending mail until April. I promise we will pay all our bills in April. We have plenty of groceries in the cupboards, including cereal for days! Dog to the groomer, who needs a clean hound? Well, thank goodness for this simple recipe! I will whip it up before I leave, transfer it to the slow cooker, and when I get home, hot soup will be ready and waiting. I love how easy this soup is; I love that my family all like it, and I love that it tastes even better the next day. Which means I can have it for lunch and read my book tomorrow!
Gather these ingredients
Can we talk about beans for a minute? We eat a lot of beans. Beans are good for you. Beans taste good in soups, chili’s, in burritos, quesadillas, and with rice. Beans are the musical fruit. (I know beans are a fruit, just in case you were concerned.) Beans for president!
How to make three bean turkey soup.
- Add olive oil to a large pot, 8-10 quart, over medium heat. Add ground turkey, cook until browned breaking it up with a meat chopper or a wooden spoon.
- While meat is browning chop vegetables. Add diced onion, celery, and carrots to pot with meat. Mix together and allow to cook for an additional 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Drain and rinse all three cans of beans and set them aside.
- Add spices to the browning turkey. Allow to simmer for a minute longer. Add tomato sauce (+1 can of water) and crushed tomatoes followed by remaining ingredients; beans, stock, sugar, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Stir to combine. Turn stove top to low and allow to simmer for 30 minutes before serving. Add additional salt and pepper to your taste.
Tips & Variations
- This soup travels well making it a great recipe to make for someone in need of a homemade meal. Place it in an airtight container, add a loaf of bread or some rolls. Make them a batch of muffins or cookie bars and they will be forever grateful!
- Use any type of ground meat you like. I have used both lean ground beef and ground chicken. I think ground venison would also be great in this recipe.
- Beans: Don’t be afraid to use whatever canned beans you have on hand. I have made this with many different types of beans. I have used great northern beans in place of the cannellini beans. I don’t think you could go wrong here, use what you prefer.
- This is a thicker soup that lends itself well to the same toppings as chili. We often eat it with tortilla chips and diced avocado on top. Shredded parmesan cheese also tastes great. Of course, bread and crackers are a mainstay with this delicious soup.
- This easy soup freezes really well. Ladle into freezer safe containers, allow some room for expansion when it freezes. When soup is completely cool, label and date container and freeze for up to 6 months. When ready to eat, remove from freezer let thaw and reheat on the stove top, microwave or place in a crock pot.
Back to the weather: We are expected to get a foot of new snow, coupled with heavy winds, and negative 80 below temps tonight. I exaggerate. I’m grateful there are leftovers from last night! This soup makes enough for 6 hearty eaters, leaving you with leftovers.
I hope you love this delicious soup. Please give the recipe a star rating if you do and please pin!
Have a warm day! ♥ Sheila
Easy Three Bean Turkey Soup recipe
Equipment
- 1 large stock pot 8-10 quarts
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 1/2 cups spanish onion peeled and diced (aprox 1 onion)
- 3 stalks celery diced (It's Ok to chop up some of the leaves, they add flavor!)
- 3 whole carrots diced into small cubes (approximately 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning blend
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 15 ounce can tomato sauce + 1 can of water
- 15 ounce cans black beans
- 15 ounce can cannellini beans
- 15 ounce can kidney beans
- 32 ounces vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Add olive oil to a large stock pot, mine is 10 quart, turn heat on medium high add ground turkey and cook until brown breaking it up with a meat chopper or a wooden spoon.
- While meat is browning chop vegetables. Add diced onion, celery, and carrots to pot with meat. Mix together and allow to cook for about 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Drain and rinse the beans. Set aside.
- Go back to the browning meat and vegetables add spices at this time. Allow to simmer for a minute longer. Add tomato sauce (+1 can of water) and crushed tomatoes followed by beans, stock, sugar, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Turn heat down to low and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
Thanks for the recipe! We are trying to eat more beans in 2015 as well (beans for president indeed). I don’t have a fitbit, but am thinking of getting a gps watch. I walk the dog a lot, and I think I would like to know distance vs steps.
We bought my son a gps watch for Christmas he love it! Thanks for stopping by!
This looks so delicious! I want to curl up with a bowl of this right now!
Thanks for stopping by, Hope you get time to curl up with a warm bowl of something YUM this week!!
Hey Sheila,
You’re not lying. Baby it’s COLD outside!
I also have made fitness goals recently. I’m trying my fitness pal for the first time and am liking that. Sounds like it’s old news to you though.
Actually, I don’t have an opinion about a work out tech device, but I did want to share an app that I live by. It’s call “our groceries.” You can share an account with your family members and everyone can add to the same grocery list. Even while you’re at the store your chitlin can be adding milk and zip-cream, so you can pick them up as you go. You can even go to the store with a family member, and each of you can check off the list as you go. This app has been amazing for my family! It also shares the responsibility, so if their favorite cereal doesn’t get added to the list, you don’t have to blame yourself for forgetting. It’s free, so give it a try if you’d like
Erika, that is a great app especially for families with teens that have gadgets they are on constantly! Thanks for sharing! Keep warm, Sheila
Oh it’s cold, cold, cold, and this soup looks great. I will have to try it soon. On fitness gadgets I have the bodybugg which is a Jawbone gadget. I love it. I’ve lost 55lbs over the last year using the bodybugg, an old shwinn air dyne bike I dug out of my parents basement, and making better food choices. I think the bodybugg is very accurate and love that info is easy to view from my phone.
Janell!! That is awesome! 55lbs! You go girl. See it doesn’t take any fancy classes you did it all on your own with what you had available. I’m applauding you my friend. Here’s to another great year! I will check out the body bugg I haven’t heard of that one, thanks for sharing, you’re an inspiration to me. Have a great day, Sheila
Ugh I’m so cold too. Can we sit and cuddle by the fire eating this chili???
BRRR it is. I will be making this real soon!
Keep warm Robi!!
Okay I literally just laughed so loud at this! Oh. My. Word. The weather is making me crazy! SO. COLD. I want to live in my fleece pjs. If I could avoid leaving my house and live in pjs till April that would be fine with me. I also want to make copious amounts of soups and chili because it just feels right. This looks delish GirlFriend. Pinning to make soon. Stay warm!!!
Kim, Oh girl I hear ya! Hope you have a good book! XO Sheila