This Paleo and Whole30 butternut squash soup is creamy, sweet and savory! It’s made simple and fast in the Instant Pot for a quick healthy comforting meal. Bacon and apples lend sweet and smoky flavor to this fall and winter family favorite.
It took me quite a long time to warm up to making homemade soup, believe it or not. After years of canned soups as a kid I just had a bad association with soups.
Salty, flavorless, and all around boring – does this sound familiar to you?! I obviously realized at some point that homemade soups were another ball game entirely. Still, I really just didn’t have a strong desire to explore my options.
But, over the past year or so I’ve been working on breaking my bad soup association with some truly delicious clean eating homemade paleo versions. This butternut squash soup with apples and bacon is one of them!
Packed with lots of my favorite ingredients, this soup is a far cry from the store bought canned variety.
Butternut squash, apples, and bacon. That combination remains one I just keep coming back to every fall, whether we’re talking a breakfast hash or a soup!
And what makes it even better? The fact that you make this soup easily all in one pot – the Instant Pot! I’ve been using my instant pot more and more lately and I’m always impressed by how efficient it is and how tasty the results are.
One of the huge benefits of the Instant Pot, besides cooking things lightening fast, is the saute function. This means you can cook your bacon right in the pot first thing, and then use the bacon fat to saute the onions and garlic.
Cooking everything in one pot makes this soup SO easy. To puree, I added my cooked bacon back to the pot and used my Immersion blender to get it all nice and creamy smooth.
Instant Pot + Immersion blender is a dream come true combo for creamy soups!
Once the soup is pureed you can simmer it a bit longer or taste and season a bit more to your liking. Then it’s time to serve and top the soup!
I made sure I had extra cooked bacon to garnish (since most of the bacon actually gets pureed with the soup itself) and also sliced up some scallions for extra flavor.
Lastly, if you’re a coconut milk fan, a bit swirled on top is a pretty addition and adds rich creamy texture.
This butternut squash soup recipe makes about 6 generous servings. Additionally, the leftovers save well – woohoo! You can also make it ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze it to serve later on.
It’s sweet, savory, creamy, filling and of course healthy! I hope you’re ready to forget canned soups forever and make this easy homemade comforting butternut squash soup – let’s go!
Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon and Apples in the Instant Pot {Whole30}
Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon and Apples in the Instant Pot {Whole30}
Ingredients
For the Soup:
- 5 slices nitrate free bacon cut into pieces
- 4-5 cups butternut squash cubed (1 large)
- 1 large apple peeled and diced
- 1 med onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp fresh minced sage
- 1/2 tsp fresh thyme
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt fine grain (plus more to taste as desired)
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2.5 cups chicken bone broth or chicken broth (no sugar added)
- 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast optional
For Garnish:
- 5 slices nitrate free bacon cooked and crumbled
- Coconut milk full fat
- thinly sliced scallions
Instructions
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Turn Instant pot to “sauté” and wait until it reads “hot”. Cook bacon until crisp, stirring, remove to a plate and drain all but 1 tbsp fat. You will return bacon to pot when it’s time to blend.
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Add onions to pot and saute 45 seconds, then add garlic and stir, cook until soft, then press “cancel”
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Add the squash, apples, herbs and spices, salt, pepper and broth. Cover pot and cook on high pressure 5 mins. Once cook time is up, quick release the pressure.
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Turn off the pot and add the bacon back in, then add nutritional yeast, if using. Place your Immersion blender in the instant pot to puree until very smooth. (If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can transfer everything to a regular blender to purée.)
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Once soup is nice and smooth, you can taste and add any salt or seasonings to suit your taste.
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Serve hot garnished with a crumbled bacon and scallions.
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Swirl in a tbsp or two of coconut milk if desired. Enjoy!
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Want More Paleo Butternut Squash Recipes? Try One of These!
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Roasted Butternut Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
Butternut Squash Fries with Rosemary and Bacon
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Can you make this in a slow cooker? If so how?
I’d like to know as well. Thanks!
I just made this for lunch and it is DELICIOUS!!
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I just made it and it’s so good! Bacon, squash and apple is a winning combination.
Love all your recipes, but this is truly an outstanding one and I just had to comment. Perfection!
I’m so thrilled you enjoyed this one!
Just want to clarify before I make it – do I use 10 total strips of bacon? Half of them get blended with the soup and the other half get used as garnish?
I figured it out by actually reading the blog! Haha you’ve done it again – this is an amazing soup
That’s about what I did 🙂
Sounds great – but I don’t have an instant pot. C could this be made in a crock-pot?
I made this tonight!! And it is AWESOME!! I subbed dry spices for the fresh (didn’t have time to run to the store)…and I had printed out the recipes…so I only saw 5 pieces of bacon…not 10. No garnish necessary…the soup is just awesome!!
Can you make this in a slow cooker?
I’d also like to know if this could be made in a slow cooker? ? thanks!
So easy and I had almost everything I needed. So yummy and creamy. Thank you. Making Whole 30 so much more doable with new recipes.
This recipe was amazing! It was my first time using my new instant pot and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I’ve used paleorunningmomma in the past and she has never let me down with any recipe. They are all truly amazing!
I Made it without bacon (dietary preference) and it was THE BEST SOUP I HAVE EVER HAD!!!! I seriously couldn’t get enough! It went great with a sandwich for lunch the next day. Making again ASAP.
This soup came out great. I made a whole package of bacon for inside and on top and it was gobbled up. Great idea to add to the soup. We all loved this recipe, kids included. Will definitely make again.
can you make this without the apples?
Can I sub onion powder instead of an onion?
This is so good! Just used a pressure cooker and it turned out really well used the cooking times in the recipe.
Would it be possible to get directions for stovetop cooking or crockpot cooking? Thanks for such yummy recipes.
I really LOVE this recipe. Makes a comforting, complex and rich soup that is perfect for winter. The directions are spot on and it was easy to make in my Instapot. I used Applewood Farms turkey bacon and didn’t add any salt — for me, it did not need salt with the bacon. For my own personal taste. I tripled the sage to balance out the salty bacon and I kicked up the chili powder for a bit more heat. Thanks so much!
This soup is so utterly easy, so deeply delicious! I added more fat and creaminess with a half can of canned coconut milk for my Whole 30 program. With a roasted chicken breast, it’s a perfect, easy meal.
OMG!!!! I was honestly a bit skeptical but this is soooo yummy!!!!!
I made mine on the stove top; just boil on high for five minutes to soften up the squash and apples and then I transferred into a regular blender. Was a bit too thick so I used coconut milk to lighten it up!!
So quick and simple to make; it’s definitely become one for my books!! My mum loved it too!
Can you do this in a crock pot?
So easy and delicious. I added a can of coconut milk when I blended it so I was creamier.
Amazing soup, so tasty. Tastes like Christmas! Delicious
I just made this- so so good. I love the flavor combination of the apple, squash and bacon.
Waiting for stovetop or crockpot directions.
Thank you, Michele, for a wonferful recipe! I was intrigued by the addition of bacon and an apple, so I tried this recipe! My family REALLY enjoyed it and so did I !
What a delightful combination of Savory and Sweet!
They asked me to make this recipe again!
I could eat it everyday!
😋
The only thing I didn’t have was ground sage or ground ginger.
I also did not add the garnish on top.
It still turned out so yummy!!!
Looking forward to checking out your other recipes!
I rarely leave reviews but had to here because this is the best soup recipe I have ever followed!! Tastes SO amazing, so much flavor and it’s the right amount of creamy without actually having any type of cream in it!! I reduced the bacon a bit but next time will probably go the full amount such great flavor! Will definitely be making again!
This soup was delicious 😋 I love the flavor that the bacon gives it & the combination of the herbs & spices made it taste so flavorful! Thanks for sharing this. I will definitely make it again ❤️
I literally just made this and am enjoying a small serving before dinner. Used about a tablespoon of fresh ginger and left out the sage. WONDERFUL recipe – and I’ve made lots of great butternut squash soup before. The bacon is a master touch.
Soo good! I was scrambling for a meatless Whole30 meal for my picky teen’s school lunch this morning, saw I had a butternut squash and a green apple, and thought, hey, this is worth a try. Left out the bacon (with a tear in my eye), b/c #LentenFriday and also had to use dry spices, but it was still delicious! I added a pinch of heat for warm and a pinch of smoked paprika to try to make up for the lost bacon…I’m sure it’s not the same, but it was a good combo of heat and sweet. Will definitely make this again with bacon!
For the first time making this it was easy and so delicious! We will definitely have again! Loved it! Thank you and I am loving this food a lot!
This was delicious! I used the Vitamix to blend this and it turned out perfect!
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I’m here for your butternut squash soup again! The weather reminded me that it would be the perfect time! I didn’t even know I liked butternut squash until I made this!
What kind of apple did you use? Looking forward to making this for our Friendsgiving this weekend!
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Amazing!!! It was first time to make a blended soup so I should have done that longer, but the flavor is perfection! I added cumin and my chili powder is chipotle, so it had some extra kick but absolutely delicious!
Also, it was my first time to ever even see a butternut squash, so I looked up a tutorial for how to cube it, which helped a lot. And my Instant Pot and submersion blender are both in storage right now, so I winged-it on the stove top. I sauteed my garlic (no onion for me) in the bacon grease, poured in the bone broth, brought it to a boil, added the squash and apples, boiled for 10 minutes and proceeded from there, using a traditional blender. So good and easy!!
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