Our Favorite Soup Recipes

Soup may be one of the most underrated dishes of all time!

 

A bowl of soup is too often just seen as a lead-up to the main meal, or an appetizer to get through before you can reach the main event. Well, this post is here to convince you otherwise.

 

Bowls of soup are hearty, filling, comfort food. If there’s nothing you want more than a warm bowl of soup to cozy up on the couch with and watch your favorite movie, then keep scrolling for our favorite recipes.

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Our favorite recipe for a noodle soup that’s a complete meal has to be this chicken khao soi recipe. This Thai dish is packed with rice noodles, coconut milk, and chicken.

 

The Thai word for rice is khao, while soi means to cut; signaling the original variations of this dish were made with sheets of hand-sliced rice noodles.

 

For this recipe, you’ll need:

4 cups of coconut milk

2 tablespoons of yellow curry paste

2 tablespoons of massaman curry paste

2 makrut Thai lime leaves

1 tablespoon of fish sauce

2 teaspoons of sugar

1 tablespoon of tamarind paste

1 cup of Thai chicken stock (ingredients below)

2 pounds of chicken leg quarters (cooked through the Thai chicken stock mentioned earlier)

 

When you’re serving this dish, you’ll need:

8 ounces of boiled flat egg noodles

1 handful of fried flat egg noodles

½ a cup of Chinese pickled mustard greens

½ a cup of shallots

2 scallions

Cilantro leaves

 

For the Thai chicken stock, you’ll need:

2 pounds of chicken leg quarters

8 cups of water

¾ of a cup of galangal

2 stalks of lemongrass

2 to 4 makrut lime leaves

1 whole bulb of garlic

1 large shallot

2 to 4 Thai chiles

 

See the full method, here.

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One of the best ways to up your veggie intake has to be through a great bowl of soup!

 

This silky creamy roasted cauliflower soup is what dreams are made of. It’s gluten-free, packed with flavor, and is perfect when paired with sandwiches or a side salad. The roasted flavor you get through the cauliflower also takes this recipe to a whole new level.

 

You’ll need these in your pantry to get started:

1 large head of cauliflower

3 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

Fine sea salt

1 medium red onion

2 cloves of garlic

4 cups of vegetable broth

2 tablespoons of unsalted butter

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg

2 tablespoons of flat-leaf parsley/chives/green onions (to garnish)

 

You can find the complete method, here.

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Whether you’re feeling under the weather or just craving some comfort food, a big bowl of chicken soup hits the spot.

 

This recipe promises to be the best chicken soup you’ll ever eat, and we can attest to that fact! It takes less than an hour to make and it’s definitely going to be one of your favorite recipes in cold and flu season and beyond!

 

You’ll need:

1 tablespoon of avocado oil/olive oil

6 cloves of garlic

1 yellow onion

2 large carrots

2 celery stalks

1 tablespoon of grated ginger

1 tablespoon of freshly grated turmeric/1 teaspoon of ground turmeric

6 cups of chicken broth

1 pound of boneless and skinless chicken breast/thighs

1 teaspoon of rosemary

1 teaspoon of thyme

½ a teaspoon of salt

Black pepper

1 cup of couscous

2/3 of a cup of frozen peas (optional)

 

See the full method here.

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There’s something about the earthy flavors of creamy mushroom soup that makes it feel so decadent, even though this recipe takes just 30 minutes to cook!

 

This recipe includes wine, but it’s so rich that if you need to opt out of adding the wine you don’t need to replace it with any other ingredient.  

 

You’ll need:

4 tablespoons of butter

1 tablespoon of oil

2 onions

4 cloves of garlic

1 and a ½ pounds of brown mushrooms

4 teaspoons of thyme

½ a cup of Marsala wine

6 tablespoons of flour

4 cups of chicken broth or stock

1 or 2 teaspoons of salt

½ a teaspoon/1 teaspoon of black pepper

2 beef bouillon cubes

1 cup of heavy cream

Parsley and thyme

 

You can find the complete method right here.

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A tomato soup with a twist!

 

We love this Spicy Tequila-Lime Tomato Soup that sounds like a cocktail and a hearty bowl of soup in one. This recipe is simple and comes together in less than an hour. You can also add some shrimp to this recipe for some protein.

 

This recipe calls for:

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1 large onion

4 celery stalks

5 cloves of garlic

1 green bell pepper

2 jalapeno peppers

¼ of a cup of tequila

1 can/28 ounces of fire-roasted tomatoes

2 cups of vegetable stock

1 can/15 ounces of crushed tomatoes

1 lime

Salt

Black pepper

3 tablespoons of cilantro

 

Get started with the method here.

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This Vegetable Beef Soup is made for cold-weather days.

 

It’s got melt-in-your-mouth beef chunks, vegetables, and potatoes in a herby, savory broth. If you’re already salivating then we won’t keep you waiting!

 

You need:

1 and a ½ tablespoons of olive oil

1 pound of stewing beef

½ a teaspoon of salt and pepper

1 onion

3 cloves of garlic

2 celery

3 carrots

4 tablespoons of flour

2 and a ½ cups of beef broth or stock

1 and a ½ cups of dry red wine, beer or stout

1 and a ½ cups of water

2 tablespoons of tomato paste

2 bay leaves

1 teaspoon of thyme

1 cup of frozen peas

2 potatoes

 

Check out the full method, here.

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Did we miss out on your favorite kind of soup?

 

Tell us which recipe you can’t wait to try in the comments below!

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