Soup Recipes
There's nothing quite as comforting as a bowl of hot, nourishing soup on a cold day. These easy soup recipes are a cinch to make and feature loads of fresh vegetables, good broth, and plenty of herbs.
Jump to Recipes | What makes an easy soup? | Tips
What makes an easy soup?
Easy soup recipes should be simple in concept, rely only on a single pot, and be pretty forgiving. They're the perfect recipes for new cooks or for people who enjoy cooking, but who like to experiment in the kitchen.
Tips
Most soups follow the same basic method of preparation. First, you sauté or sweat the aromatics in cooking fat, and then add vegetables or meat before adding your liquid medium (typically bone broth or chicken broth). Then you simmer it all together.
Add cooked beans and grains as well as tender herbs and leafy greens toward the end of cooking. Cooked beans and grains may soak up too much liquid if added earlier, while leafy greens and herbs can overcook quickly. Adding them toward the end of cooking improves the soup.
For puréed soups, you'll take the additional step of puréeing or blending the soup until smooth. This works well for vegetable soups and cream soups, and an immersion blender which can be used to purée the soup right in the pot is the easiest option.
Recipes
Most of these easy soup recipes come together in about 30 minutes. They're also flexible, allowing for easy adjustments on the fly such as adding more herbs, or different vegetables.
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White Bean Soup
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Wild Mushroom Soup
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Lime Soup (Sopa de Lima)
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English Bacon, Leek, and Potato Soup
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Kale and White Bean Soup
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Slow Cooker Chicken Soup
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Scotch Broth
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Classic French Onion Soup
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Root Vegetable Soup
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Shellfish Cioppino
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Czarnina (Duck Blood Soup)
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Onion Bisque with Frizzled Leeks & Rosemary
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Chicken and Black Bean Soup
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Crispy Bacon
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Ginger Chicken Soup
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Salmon Chowder
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Kale and Potato Soup with Chorizo
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Lovage Soup
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Tomato and White Bean Soup
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Red Kuri Squash Soup
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Quick Pho
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Asparagus Soup
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Nabemono with Salmon, Shiitake and Miso
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Carrot Leek Soup
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Turkey and Wild Rice Soup
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Clam Chowder
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Dilled Potato Leek Soup
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Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup
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Simplest Kidney Bean and Vegetable Soup