Tuscan White Bean Soup
21 Comments Mar 20, 2023
Updated May 16, 2025
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This Tuscan White Bean Soup recipe is packed with white beans, shredded chicken breasts, fresh herbs, and a few vegetables for an absolutely delicious soup that everyone is sure to enjoy. You’ll love the quick prep and how easy it is to make.
Making a healthy soup doesn’t have to be difficult or call for tons of ingredients. This delicious soup is packed with lots of flavors and it’s so easy to make. Everything is tossed into the crock pot, the chicken is shredded after a few short hours of cooking time, and you end up with one of those one-pot delicious recipes that call for seconds.
If you love Tuscan flavors, try my Creamy Tuscan Mushrooms, or Crockpot Tuscan Chicken.
What Goes In:
This almost from scratch soup is restaurant quality. Find the full recipe in the recipe card below the imgaes.
This Tuscan White Bean Soup is made with simple, hearty ingredients that pack in flavor. Chicken breasts cook right in the slow cooker and are shredded for a tender finish. Carrots, celery, onion, and fire-roasted tomatoes add richness, while white beans soak up the savory broth—cannellini, butter beans, or small white beans all work well. Garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, and oregano give the soup its signature Tuscan taste. A sprinkle of Parmesan on top makes it even better. If you love these flavors, my sausage white bean soup is amazing too.
How to Make Tuscan White Bean Soup – In two easy steps!
Here is how I easily make this soup in my slow cooker.
Step One – Add the chicken, beans, tomatoes, vegetables, seasonings, and broth to the slow cooker.
Step Two – Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Discard bay leaves, shred the chicken right in the slow cooker, and serve!
Pro Tips & Recipe Twists
Here are my tips to change up this soup:
Add flavor – with a Parmesan rind added during cooking—just remember to remove it before serving.
Make Vegetarian – Skip the chicken and use vegetable broth for Tuscan bean soup.
Bean Swap – You can use any white bean, or even kidney beans, which will make this similar to a chicken minestrone soup.
Rotisserie chicken – You can use leftover chicken instead of fresh for this recipe!
Additional Veggies: You can add cut green beans, mushrooms or kale!
Perfect Pairings
Some simple ways to enjoy this soup:
A simple way to elevate this soup is by topping it with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. It melts into the broth and adds a rich, savory finish that pairs perfectly with the herbs and beans.
Crusty bread is another great addition—ideal for dipping and soaking up the flavorful broth. A warm baguette or slice of artisan bread turns this into a more filling meal.
If you like to customize your bowl, add a pinch of red pepper flakes for some heat, a sprinkle of Italian seasoning, or a small dollop of sour cream to make it extra creamy.
Featured Comment
“One of my faves! I make it for people often, and they always love it. In fact – making it for my kids’ teachers tomorrow! Thank you for the great recipe!”
– Savannah
Tuscan White Bean Soup Recipe (+Video)
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Ingredients
- 30 oz. white beans, drained and rinsed, (two 15-oz. cans)
- 30 oz. fire-roasted diced tomatoes (do not drain), (two 15-oz. cans)
- 2 cups sliced carrots
- 1 ½ cups diced celery
- 1 small white onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried rosemary,
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 32 oz. box chicken broth
- 1 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
For serving
- parmesan cheese
- bread
Instructions
- Add everything to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Discard bay leaves.
- Shred the chicken with two forks right in the slow cooker. Serve topped with parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Sarah’s Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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Hello. I have a question about the rosemary. I see both fresh rosemary and dried rosemary. Under Recipe Ingredients, it states to use fresh rosemary. In the directions and list of ingredients, it says 1 tsp of dried rosemary. Do I use fresh or dried rosemary? I have dried rosemary leaves but can pick up fresh. This is the rosemary I have.
https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-rosemary-leaves/0001111068413?fulfillment=PICKUP&searchType=default_search
It’s dried, thank you for letting me know.
Thanks! I am planning on making it this weekend during the winter storm.
Made a few adjustments but used the basic recipe/I use cumin in everything; also like rosemary garlic and garlic pepper. I never measure seasonings but seem to know what is just right Only had one can of beans and one diced tomatoes. The taste was superb! No need to add anything before serving. We did not have any cheese but I did get a really fresh loaf of french bread. It’s a real keeper!
One of my faves! I make it for people often, and they always love it. In fact – making it for my kids’ teachers tomorrow! Thank you for the great recipe!
Thank you Savannah for the kind comment. I’m sure the teachers will love the soup just as we do.
Can this be cooked on high to shorten cooking time?
Yes! I recommend about four hours on high.
This was fantastic! I added some red pepper flakes and hot sauce to give it a little heat but other than that I followed the receipt. Will be making this again!
Can this be made on the stove top? Would it be as good and what would cooking time be?
I did not test this recipe on the stove top. It would need some tweaking.
*Cooking dry beans in a slow cooker is not recommended by FDA because they don’t get hot enough to kill the toxins in the beans.
This rule is mostly for kidney beans.
Can rotisserie chicken be used in these recipes?
Yes, though you may need to add additional broth.
This was delicious.
This recipe inspired me! I one of those people that just cook based on what is already in frig and cupboard. I added Frank’s Hot sauce to taste. 2 Arbol dried chillis (remove after cooking). I did not plan ahead and I was in a huge hungry hurry and used dried white beans. Pre-warmed all ingredients in crock in microwave (while crockpot cradle was getting hot), so everything was hot when placed in crock cradle. Cranked crockpot to high. I needed to shave at least an 2 hours off total 8 hr recommended slow-cook time. Adjusted amount of homemade chicken broth to accomidate dried beans–eyeballed it. Used left over rotisserie chicken. Served with gluten free homemade corn bread. YUM! Thanks for a great recipe that is very adaptable.