What are your favorite soups?

[smirkymonkey]

I love soup! I think it is one of my favorite foods. I even like eating soup for breakfast.

I love so many different kinds of soups, it's hard to decide, however I just don't like them if they are too thick. I like them "soupy". Some of my favorites:

Classic Chicken Noodle:


Tuscan White Bean Soup:


Lobster Bisque:


Cream of Asparagus:


And many, many more...

What are your favorites and do you have any good recipies?

[LakeArenal]

1. Cream of asparagus or Cream of potato.

EDIT: to me it’s more than soup, but
Baked French onion. Mmmmmm.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Yum!

I love them all!

[brer cat]

2. Cream of spinach and potato.

Very hearty and tasty.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Sounds delicious!

[El Supremo]

3. I love soup too.

But I can't decide on a favorite. But I sort of don't like pea soup.

[smirkymonkey]

13. It's hard to pick a favorite.

I only like pea soup if it's kind of thin. I don't like it if it's thick and gloppy.

[luv2fly]

4. Moosewood's Very Creamy Potato-Cheese Soup

At least a few times every winter... with a loaf of warm bread.

http://recipeofhealth.com/recipe/moosewoods-very-creamy-potato-cheese-soup-50660rb

[smirkymonkey]

16. Sounds wonderful! Especially for winter!

[Angleae]

5. Chicken Noodle, Beef Barley, NE Clam Chowder, Split Pea

[smirkymonkey]

18. Excellent choices!

I only like NE Clam Chowder if I make it or if it's made exactly the way I like it. I find that too many restaurants thicken it w/ too much flour, which kind of bums me out. I like it on the thinner side. I hate it when people use a ton of flour or roux to thicken soups.

[mpcamb]

6. Mushroom

Home made. Mushroom and onion odor as you walk in the kitchen.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Yes! Anything with mushrooms in it is delicious!

I love all kinds of mushrooms soups.

I am going to make a lentil soup this weekend in a tomato based broth w/ onions, spinach, mushrooms and top it off w/ some Romano cheese.

[blaze]

7. Spicy Mulligatawny

This is the recipe I use... except I usually double the mango chutney.

1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
½ pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 cup chopped peeled Gala or Braeburn apple
¾ cup chopped onion
½ cup chopped carrot
½ cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped green bell pepper
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
⅓ cup mango chutney
¼ cup tomato paste
Chopped fresh parsley (optional)

Step 1
Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken, and sauté 3 minutes. Remove from pan; set aside.

Step 2
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in pan. Add apple and next 4 ingredients (apple through bell pepper); sauté 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in the flour and next 4 ingredients (flour through salt); cook 1 minute. Stir in broth, chutney, and tomato paste; bring to a boil.

Step 3
Reduce heat; simmer 8 minutes. Return chicken to pan; cook 2 minutes or until mixture is thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-mulligatawny#reviewSection

[smirkymonkey]

21. That sounds wonderful!

Will have to save that recipe!

[CatMor]

8. Green bean soup....

Lobster bisque
Potato soup with homemade noodles and sausage

[smirkymonkey]

22. Sounds great!

How do you make the green bean soup?

[CatMor]

41. It is Hungarian ..

Green beans, cubed potatoes, ham pieces, vinegar, sour cream and paprika.
Use a ham bone with some ham left on, whole onion an d whole carrot to make the broth. Discard onion, carrots and ham bone after saving the ham bits. In the broth cook the potatoes, ham and green beans. When potatoes are done add paprika to the broth and vinegar to your liking. Add some hot broth to the sour cream before adding it to the broth so it doesn't curdle.
This was handed down by my grandmother from Hungary to my mother with no measurements just watching so that is the best I can do. It really is delicious.

[sheshe2]

9. Portuguese Soup.

Recipe from Cape Cod.

You can google The Moors recipe. Also I combine one from Howard Mitcham's, cookbook. He signed it for me. Both are Provincetown recipes and the best.

I spent all my summers there. My dad was born and raised there.

[smirkymonkey]

25. I love it! Also called Portuguese Kale soup, right? It's one of my favorites!

Very similar to Tuscan white bean soup. A few ingredients are swapped, but otherwise almost the same. We used to eat it down on the Cape all the time.

[sheshe2]

33. You can combine kale and cabbage

Very similar recipes.

I loved growing up on the Cape. So much fresh seafood. We picked the muscles on the jetty when mom made Bouillabaisse. And the Portuguese bread fresh from the bakery, ambrosia. I have never found a bread equal to theirs.

[Wicked Blue]

48. Also called Caldo Verde

My favorite!

I thought The Moors closed down ages ago.

[sheshe2]

59. Sadly they did.

Their recipe lives on as does Howard Mitchem's Caldo Verde. I combined his two recipes because I love both the cabbage and kale. The touch of white vinegar takes it home as does the hours of simmering.

[Wicked Blue]

73. Thank you, sheshe2!

I will look them up as soon as possible. Never used vinegar, but will add it the next time I make it.

My recipe was put together from memories of The Moors version and recipes found online. We leave out sausages because we don't eat meat, and add crushed red pepper instead. I tried Trader Joe's vegetarian chorizo but it doesn't quite work in the soup.

[sheshe2]

79. Now I am hungry...

I am going to have to make a batch next week, Blue.

[Ziggysmom]

11. Tomato rice or broccoli cheese

[smirkymonkey]

27. Both very good choices!

[procon]

14. Creamy Beer Broccoli Cheese Soup.

Homemade Tomato Soup is quick and easy in the instant pot. I also love Split Green Pea Soup with bits of ham, almost any dried bean soup is high on my list.. Not black beans though, they always taste like dirt to me.

[smirkymonkey]

29. That is delicious, but almost seems too sinful.

However, every once in a blue moon can't hurt you! The others are great as well!

[PA_jen]

15. I absolutely love soup.

French Onion

Cream of Broccoli


So many to pick from but my absolute go to is the classic cream of Tomato soup with Grill cheese and I am safe in the world.

[smirkymonkey]

30. Yes! Cream of Tomato and Grilled Cheese so much reminds me of childhood after a

cold day of skiing or sledding. It was so comforting!

[gibraltar72]

17. Clam chowder, bean and ham, chicken noodle canned or home made, same with Beef noodle.

[smirkymonkey]

32. My mom used to make homemade ham and white bean after we had a ham for a meal.

It was my dad's favorite and it was so good! One of my favorites also, but so hard to find. You really have to make it yourself, but I never really eat ham, so I never make it myself.

[gibraltar72]

37. Did that last week first time ever in a pressure cooker.

I said to wife ham and bean soup would be good she replied it will take three days. I said leave it to me checked you tube and found recipe turned out great no soaking in water. Downside wife says that is my baby now she's not making it again.

[LiberalLoner]

19. Borscht. With chopped fresh dill

[smirkymonkey]

35. I do like a good borscht.

There was a great Ukrainian restaurant in NYC that we used to go to that had a good borscht. You could get it with meat or vegetarian. I have never made it myself, but would like to try sometime.

[OnDoutside]

23. Smokey bacon and potato soup.....Also, Goulash soup. And Curried

Parsnip soup.....And of course, French Onion soup !!!

[smirkymonkey]

36. Oh yes!

Especially the Goulash suppe! I studied in Vienna for a semester in college and we lived on Goulash suppe! I absolutely loved it! I haven't had it since. I should learn how to make it. Bacon and potato soup is delicious as well!

[electric_blue68]

84. Oh, bacon and potato soup sounds wonderful...

And since I'm half Ukrainian-American decades back (and then on my own) my dad took me to one of the several back then Ukrainian restaurants in the East Village. That's probably where I had borscht for the first time.

[smirkymonkey]

85. Did you go to Veslka?

That was one of my favorite places in the East Village. A real Ukrainian diner/deli. I still miss it.

[electric_blue68]

86. Yes, among a few others.

Happy memories 💖

[Tanuki]

24. Tom kha gai, a Thai coconut milk/chicken soup with spices like galangal and lemongrass

https://seonkyounglongest.com/tom-kha-gai/

[smirkymonkey]

39. I forgot to mention that!

That is another one of my favorites! Especially when I am not feeling well. We have a great Thai restaurant down the street that makes a really good one. It is so soothing when you are ill. It's the best, most comforting thing!

[mtngirl47]

26. Freezer Soup!

Courtesy of my Dad who is a child of the Depression!

After every meal we would have a few spoons of vegetables left over and he would put them in the freezer in a tupperware bowl. Then when he had enough he would use it to make a Beef Vegetable Soup....brown the beef, add onions, potatoes or lentils, carrots, some canned diced tomatoes and a soup bone. Add seasonings---salt, pepper, bay leaves and thyme.

Delicious with cornbread on a cold winter day!

[smirkymonkey]

42. Vegetable beef is another one of my favorites!

I love broth soups. I actually think that is how people started making soup in the first place. To stretch lean ingredients into a heartier meal. Little did they know it would actually become one of the world's most beloved foods!

[tblue37]

28. Minestrone; New England clam chowder.

[smirkymonkey]

43. Very good choices!

Nothing like a good Minestrone with some freshly grated parmesan.

[zanana1]

68. I'm with you on the clam chowder.

[El Supremo]

31. We both love soup.

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[El Supremo]

34. And in summer...

Cold soups Vichyssoise and Gazpacho.

[smirkymonkey]

45. Yes! Cold soups are certainly worth a mention!

They are both excellent!

[applegrove]

65. Vichyssoise is my favourite.

[2naSalit]

38. I love soup too...

My favorites are many but just to be different...

I love

Garlic soup
French onion soup
roasted red pepper and coconut
carrot ginger soups.

[smirkymonkey]

46. Very good! I am glad to see that you added some new and different choices.

You can never have too many different kinds of soup!

[2naSalit]

50. It's the one thing you can make from anything.

It's a wonder of nature.

I saw so many common soups listed, I had to offer something new and unusual.

[diva77]

40. Pho

here's a vegan recipe (doesn't have to be vegan)

https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/vegetarian-vegan-pho-recipe/

easier recipe (fewer obscure ingredients) https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/easy-vegan-pho/#wprm-recipe-container-13285

[smirkymonkey]

52. I love this! It's not that I don't like beef broth soups, it's just that with some cuisines,

I would prefer a lighter broth, such as Vietnamese. But what do I know. However this sounds wonderful. One of my favorites is miso soup. You don't even miss the fact that it doesn't have meat in it (but may sometimes have fish seasoning in it).

[MustLoveBeagles]

44. It's hard to pick

In no particular order:

Clam Chowder
Chicken & Dumplings
Egg Drop Soup
Hot & Sour Soup
Tomato Bisque
Beef & Vegetable Stew
Asparagus Soup
Celery Soup
Potato Soup
French Onion Soup
Coconut Curry Soup

[smirkymonkey]

53. Oh! I forgot about Hot & Sour soup!

Another one of my favorites! However I prefer the vegetarian version. I absolutely love it!

[MustLoveBeagles]

57. I'm not vegetarian or vegan

but I'm sure I'd like it that way too. My husband makes a great Egg Drop Soup.

[smirkymonkey]

61. I'm not either, but for some reason, I prefer it without meat.

I love most Asian soups.

[Niagara]

47. My fav is Hamburger Soup.

Side note: One thing that I like about Hamburger Soup is that it's versatile and things can be mixed up, omitted or added to it, including pasta. I use to make this with sliced celery and replaced celery with green papers. I have never went back to using celery. I keep diced sweet onion and diced green peppers in separate plastic containers in the freezer and grab what I need and put what I don't need back into the freezer. Also, I never measure anything while making this soup, I always eyeball it. This can be made in a crockpot as well.



I slice roughly 1.5 Cups of carrots. I place about 2 TBSP of extra virgin oil olive in a pan and let it warm on a low setting. I place the carrots and about 2 TBSP of diced onions and diced green peppers in the pan and saute and stir for about 5 minutes. I then add 32 ounces of beef broth and between 4-6 ounces of tomato sauce into a 6 quart stockpot, then I add the sauteed onions and peppers into the stockpot.



While the broth is on low, I take a bag of frozen corn out of the freezer and heat up half of the bag and place the rest back into the freezer. I also skin 3 large potatoes and dice the potatoes. I add the corn and potatoes to the broth.


I take a separate pan and brown a pound of hamburger and drain it. I add the browned hamburger to the broth a let the soup simmer on low and stir frequently. I usually add another 16 ounces of beef broth after added the hamburger.

This soup feeds the 2 of us for 2 nights straight as it makes a large amount of soup and can be frozen in smaller containers. I have plans to make this tomorrow night, so I'll try to remember to take photos and post them.

[smirkymonkey]

54. Yum! That sounds good!

A lot of times, I will make a soup out of whatever I have left in the fridge. In fact I still have a pound of ground beef in there that needs to be used so maybe I will use that in a soup. Although I was thinking of making a Stroganoff, since I have the ingredients for that as well. I will see how I feel tomorrow.

I have been putting off ordering groceries for days. I don't know if anyone else is getting like this, but now that I am home all the time, I am getting very weary of dealing with food and meal planning and I just dread ordering groceries. I've been kind of scraping by out of indecision. I just have no idea what I want anymore. I have been eating a lot of cheese and crackers and pickles. Because that is all that is left. I just need to motivate and restock!

[Niagara]

62. It's delicious and addicting!

Yeah, just see what you're in the mood for tomorrow. There are days when I have strong cravings for a certain food and it doesn't subside until I get what I'm craving. There are so many recipes of this soup online, that there's always one that you can experiment with.



There's two of us in our home, so meal planning is a little easier. If it was only me, I'd probably only be eating soup and mashed potatoes for my evening meal. Perhaps in 5 more days, we'll actually want to get chores like meal shopping done since our country will be moving in a different direction. I can't believe how sour my mood has been in the last week just waiting for this Inauguration. Try to hang in there, SM, we're almost there.

[smirkymonkey]

63. Thanks, Niagara!

I think it's just been such a long slog and it's been exhausting. I just want this nightmare to finally be over. Just when we thought it had ended, we found out that he wasn't done with us. Five more days. And this will be the longest five days ever.

[Niagara]

81. You're very welcome, SM!

It has been one exhausting nightmare for sure. Here's hoping that we never have to endure anything like this again. Four more days!!



As promised, here's a photo of the soup that I made tonight. Obviously, I filled my bowl with more broth after taking the photo

[marked50]

49. Duck Soup- ala Marx Brothers-n/t

[brewens]

51. Split pea with ham. One mission this year has been to make all my own soup from scratch.

Just made turkey noodle from my Thanksgiving turkey and the split pea from a ham bone from last spring.

Chicken noodle, chili, and navy bean and ham are also stashed in the freezer. I just talked to a mad scientist tomato grower that sells at a local farmers market. I noticed his patch on one of my neighborhood walks and met him. He'll set me up with some of the good shit once they come on next summer! I'll be making a huge batch of tomato soup with some of what I get from him.

I sued to buy the canned soups until I went on a serious diet. Counting calories and nutritional value showed me how worthless a lot of that is. I vowed to never buy another can of soup or chili. It's so much better. Almost worth it just for the way my house smells when I'm making it.

[smirkymonkey]

58. They are so much better when you make them from scratch.

I had a can of Progresso soup in my cupboard and I wasn't feeling that great about a month ago so I thought I would take a chance. I heated it up and it was horrible! I had to dump it out. It was flavorless and tasted terrible at the same time. I will never buy another can of soup in my life!

I was hungry, but I just couldn't eat it at all.

[applegrove]

66. In canada we eat Habitant Brand split pea soup. Nobody is embarrassed.

It is simply well made as canned soups go. You can buy it with ham or without.

[smirkymonkey]

69. Oh, I don't think it's a matter of being embarrassed or a snobby thing or anything.

I personally love Lipton dry noodle soup out of the box, which is just broth and noodles. It's just a matter of taste. I am sure there are probably some very good canned soups that taste very good, like the one you mentioned.

It's just that the ones I have had have not been very good. Perhaps if I tried a better brand I would like them better.

It's just that it's pretty easy to make soup yourself (and I kind of cheat by using a product called "Better Than Boullion" as a base) so I would rather make it and have enough to last me for a few meals than get a canned soup.

[MicaelS]

55. I thought I was the only soup nut.

I can eat soup all day long. I eat Campbell Thick and Chunky. Any type of veggie.

[smirkymonkey]

60. I could eat it for every meal.

I just find it so comforting and soothing. Not to mention that it's delicious and that there are so many varieties!

[MissB]

64. I love Spanish bean soup

It was a recipe that ran in the Oregonian ages ago. Uses onion, garlic, veggie broth, garbanzo beans and paprika.

I adapted it to the instant pot to make it faster.

Just had some last night, perfect with cornbread.

[smirkymonkey]

70. Sounds great!

What are these Instant Pots that I keep hearing about?

[MissB]

75. Electric pressure cookers

Way less scary than the stovetop type pressure cookers.

[smirkymonkey]

77. Oh, sounds interesting.

Thank you!

[Duppers]

67. Lobster!

Anything with lobster in it.

[smirkymonkey]

71. Yes! My favorite too!

You can by the broth and the meat more cheaply here in the northeast. My sister and her husband are friends with a couple who own a restaurant and wholsale seafood business and they give us a discount on fresh seafood so occasionally I will get shelled lobster meat from them (and other things). It's really great because buying it in a market is prohibitively expensive. It is insane what they sell it for retail.

[blaze]

72. French Onion Soup for One!

I recently found this recipe and have made it three times!! The only adjustment I make is caramelizing the onions quite a bit longer.

https://onedishkitchen.com/french-onion-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-26954

3 tablespoons salted butter
▢1 small yellow onion , halved lengthwise, then thinly sliced
▢1 clove garlic , chopped
▢1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
▢1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
▢1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
▢1/4 cup red wine
▢1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
▢2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
▢1 thick slice French bread
▢1/4 cup shredded Gruyere cheese (I used swiss)

Melt the butter in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper and cook until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes.

Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the wine has evaporated, about 5 minutes.

Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the flour doesn't burn.

Stir in the chicken broth and bring the soup back to a simmer, cook for 10 minutes.
Taste and add additional salt, if necessary.

Heat the broiler. Place the slice of French bread on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the Gruyere cheese over the top and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3-4 minutes.

Place the bread in a soup bowl and pour the soup over the top.

[Montauk6]

74. New England Clam Chowder or Chili with lotsa beans

[Marthe48]

76. My Mom made barley soup

As she got older, her batches got thicker and thicker. My son-in-law started calling it gruel lol

For that soup, she cooked barley, onions, garlic, potato and ground beef together and seasoned it with Lawry's seasoned salt. She also made what we laughingly called cream of leftover. Some of us were daring enough to try it, but most of us passed.

She also made pea soup with ham, sliced carrots, onion and barley. I loved that.

[mysteryowl]

78. Yum! I am hungry for soup now!

[malaise]

80. Jerk Chicken and corn soup

Split peas soup
Pumpkin soup

[electric_blue68]

82. While I'm more a stew person I have a few soup...

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favorites!

I couldn't believe I forgot about French Onion soup!
My mom used to make it from scratch! 🥰

Greek Easter Lentil Soup My mom was 1st Gen Greek-American
Cook onions, carrots (maybe one other veg possible potato) down till put through a strainer to come out with a mush that's added to the cooking lentils at some point. Some garlic, maybe some olive oil, a ?touch oregano. A little bit of tomato paste towards I'm he end of the cooking. I've only eaten it.
[before I learned to love it I used to say - ew how can you eat that - it looks like pebbles in mud] 😄 Which wasn't very polite.

Greek Avgalemono Soup
Buoilion, eggs, lemon, rice or orzo (maybe something else - i've only eaten it in restaurants )

[FSogol]

83. French Onion, Potato Leek, Beer Cheese, and Gazpacho

Unless chili, beef stew, and brunswick stew count as soup.

and NE Clam chowder.

[IcyPeas]

87. Spicy lentil.

[LeftInTX]

88. Best soap I've had:

Jim's tortilla soap

https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/restaurants/article/Critics-pick-the-5-best-tortilla-soups-in-San-14978049.php#photo-18884158