Panera 10 Vegetable Soup Recipe
Panera Ten Vegetable Soup is PACKED with bold flavor and ten different vegetables! This copycat recipe, which is now discontinued from the Panera menu, has all the healthy goodness you’ve come to expect from Panera – and I think it even tastes a little better! 😉
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🔍 COPYCAT SECRETS UNCOVERED!
⭐ Don’t Skip This If You Want That Panera Flavor
- Layers of Flavors – with a variety of textures in the veggies along with layered flavors in the broth – that is what makes this soup a fan favorite
- 👉 Adhering to the specific ingredients like the Mirin and chia seeds are essential to the flavor!
- Retired from the Menu – Panera updated their menu and removed a bunch of menu items and this soup was one of them!
- Roasted Vegetables – this is the recipe with the most accurate ingredients inspired by Panera’s original ingredient list of TEN vegetables! And roasting them in the oven first will give you the most authentic Panera experience!!
Panera Vegetable Soup Ingredients
As the name suggests – this authentic Panera 10 Vegetable Soup recipe has TEN vegetables. That’s all your daily servings in one bite! I’m a protein girl but I have to say – this soup is delicious – mainly because – beyond the veggies – there’s more good stuff. Here’s everything you need:
- Red pepper – Swap: green or orange pepper if you don’t have red/yellow
- Yellow pepper
- Poblano pepper – Swap: jalapeno – poblanos have a kick to them, so they’re a good match
- Carrots
- Celery
- Onion – you can use yellow or white – I prefer yellow
- Corn – you can use canned, frozen or fresh
- Tomatoes – canned diced tomatoes are fine or a fresh tomato diced is great too!
- Spinach – fresh spinach is the best here!
- Garbanzo Beans or Chickpeas – Swap: hominy
Here are the other ingredients in the soup:
- garlic
- vegetable broth or stock – you could use water or chicken broth – it’s a vegan soup if you stick with water or veg
- Better than Bouillon (omg – love this stuff!) – this adds more flavor – not 100% necessary but I like it
- soy sauce
- mirin (or rice vinegar + 1 tsp sugar or lemon or lime juice)
- tomato paste
- seasonings: smoked paprika, bay leaves, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, sea salt (you can add red pepper flakes or chili powder for a little heat)
- chia seeds (so healthy)
- spelt – Spelt isn’t easy to find and it’s expensive – it’s basically a whole grain – so I swapped out with a brown rice & quinoa mixture – it’s a hearty grain so I went with it! You could also use wheat berries or bulgur.
- Brown rice/quinoa or bulgur are the lowest price options
🧰 Tools That Help You Make This Just Like Panera
- Dutch oven – this is the way to get the most flavor out of your soup
- Rimmed baking sheet – perfect for broiling your veggies
- Sharp knife – helps you cut your veggies to your desired size
What to Serve with Panera 10 Vegetable Soup
A hearty soup like this can feel like a meal of it’s own – but when I have this for dinner – then I’ll make some biscuits or a salad! Here’s a few ideas:
- Panera Pumpkin Muffins – great fall recipe!
- Ruby Slipper Buttermilk Biscuits
- Olive Garden Salad Recipe
How do you make Panera’s 10 Vegetable Soup?
The most important thing is making sure we’re able to draw out the natural flavors of our vegetables – we can do this by roasting the veggies first! Here’s the basics:
- PREHEAT the oven to broil
- CHOP all your veggies and place them on a rimmed baking sheet with garlic and olive oil
- BROIL for 10 minutes, stirring halfway through – roasting them like this keeps their texture but lets out some of the juices – yum! You could also saute them but I think roasting the vegetables keeps them firmer
- WHILE the veggies are in the oven, put your Dutch oven on the stove top over medium high heat and add the stock, water and bouillon and bring that to a boil
- ADD everything to the pot except the spinach
- SIMMER over medium heat for an hour
- ADD the spinach right at the end – and you’re done!
- GARNISH with parmesan cheese if you’d like
FAQs
The soup recipe makes about 10 cups of soup! That said – you might have leftovers! Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week – or freeze in the freezer for up to three months. Reheat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
Yup! They got rid of about 40 items in their menu revamp. Here’s the list and a BUNCH of copycat recipes!
Of course! I stuck to the Panera version – but desperately wanted to add mushrooms! I think potatoes and green beans would be great too! You could also swap spinach for kale!
Definitely! I would still recommend roasting the vegetables first and then place everything in the slow cooker on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours – again adding the spinach at the very end.
Yes – I browned ground beef and added some in on day 2 & 3 just to change it up a bit! Delicious!
No – but I recommend it! I have 3-4 of their varieties! I chose the Garlic for this to stay vegan/vegetarian. You can also use just plain water, more veg stock or chicken broth.
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10 Vegetable Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper diced
- 1 poblano pepper diced
- 3 ears corn kernels cut off
- 2 carrots diced
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp coarse sea salt
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 3 cups water
- 3 tbsp Better than Bouillon Garlic Base
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp mirin
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp coarse sea salt
- 1 cup garbanzo beans drained
- 28 oz fire roasted tomatoes
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 2 cups cooked brown rice & quinoa or spelt or farro
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cups chopped spinach
Instructions
- Preheat oven to broil – high
- Move oven rack to highest position
- Dice peppers, carrots, onion, celery.1/2 red bell pepper, 1/2 yellow bell pepper, 1 poblano pepper, 2 carrots, 1/2 yellow onion, 2 stalks celery
- Cut corn off cob3 ears corn
- Smash garlic cloves using side of knife and chop5 cloves garlic
- Place all veggies on a parchment paper lined rimmed baking sheet
- Sprinkle with olive oil and 1 tbsp coarse sea salt1 tbsp coarse sea salt, 2 tbsp olive oil
- Broil for 10 minutes, stirring halfway through
- While veggies are roasting, in a dutch oven, add the stock, water and bouillon and turn heat to medium high. Whisk until mixed.4 cups vegetable stock, 3 cups water, 3 tbsp Better than Bouillon Garlic Base
- Remove veggies from oven and set aside
- Add tomato paste, soy sauce, mirin, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin and salt – stir to combine.2 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp mirin, 6 oz tomato paste, 2 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp onion powder, 2 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp coarse sea salt
- Add chia seeds, brown rice/quinoa, roasted vegetables, garbanao beans, tomatoes and bay leaves1 cup garbanzo beans, 28 oz fire roasted tomatoes, 1/4 cup chia seeds, 2 cups cooked brown rice & quinoa, 2 bay leaves
- Gently stir to combine and simmer for 1 hour
- Add the spinach during the last 3 minutes of cooking3 cups chopped spinach
- Remove bay leaves
- Spoon & serve! Garnish with parmesan cheese if you'd like
Wow! There is so much depth of flavour in this recipe! I love the healthy style of it and the depth that you have put in to the combination of ingredients. Can’t wait to make this!
Oh wow! So many flavors and vegetables packed into this soup. Definitely perfect and comforting for the cooler weather lately.
Nice soup! I really liked it, just like Panera’s!
This was spot on! I do not live near a Panera anymore and had been craving this soup. This hit the spot, thank you!
What amazing flavors I think we hit the jackpot of soup recipes right here!
Followed recipe exact. It was WAY TOO THICK like Chili not like Panera soup. I had to add more.water….LOTS more. Add base and boil in stock pot. Too much rice and quiona!! soaked up all the juice. The taste was good, just way too thick.
Wow – that’s crazy – 7 cups of water was fine for me – you see the pics of how mine turned out. Did you measure the rice AFTER cooking? That might have been the issue. I just used two of those pre-cooked cups of rice/quinoa mix.