13 Warming Soup Recipes

Soup recipes to nourish and comfort you and your loved ones on these cold and dark nights, whether you’re seated at the same table or you drop some off on their front porch.

A white bowl filled with brodo di pollo on a wooden surface with a fork and spoon beside the bowl.
Brodo di pollo. That's Italian for "the most gosh darn comforting and restorative chicken soup ever to cross the lips of someone who's under the weather or just needs some soothing sustenance."
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A ceramic bowl filled with hot and sour soup.
Hot and sour soup may be something you’re used to ordering from your closest Chinese restaurant. But this easy and authentic version, filled with ground pork, tofu, and mushrooms, is done in less time than it takes to order takeout. And, quite honestly, it’s the best we’ve ever had.
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A white bowl filled with carrot ginger soup, with a spoon resting inside and a plate of carrots beside it.
Carrot ginger soup is a creamy cool-weather classic happens to be vegan and is made with a few healthy and inexpensive ingredients including carrots, onions, garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin, and garam masala and, if desired, coconut milk. Ready in minutes.
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A white bowl filled with pasta soup with potatoes and pancetta on a linen cloth with a spoon resting on the edge of the bowl.
This pasta soup with potatoes and pancetta is a traditional Italian soup made with potatoes, carrots, and leeks, tender pasta and diced pancetta. Hearty cold-weather comfort food.
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Plastic container or North African chicken soup with shredded chicken, ras el hanout, couscous, and preserved lemon
This North African chicken soup is made with chicken stock, ras el hanout, couscous, and preserved lemon. It’s an easy and inexpensive soup that is just as satisfying at dinner as it is at your desk for lunch the next day.
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A white bowl filled with lentil soup and topped with fried chiles, greek yogurt, and cilantro.
This warmly spicy, soul-satisfying Moroccan lentil soup blends red lentils, tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, and cilantro with ras el hanout, a North African spice mix. On top? Chile-fried onions. Healthy doesn’t taste any more soothing.
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A white enamel pot filled with turkey meatball soup.
This turkey meatball soup with spinach is a healthier riff on Italian wedding soup and is made using mini meatballs made with turkey. Also includes farro, a nutty whole grain. A weeknight fix that’s satisfying, simple, and kid-friendly.
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A bowl of authentic Vietnamese pho with rice noodles, beef, lemon, basil, and scallions in it and a pair of chopsticks resting on top of the bowl.
Vietnamese pho is a soup made with a beef broth rich with ginger, onions, star anise, fish sauce, and onions. Into that go rice noodles, beef, scallions, bean sprouts, and fresh herbs.
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A white bowl filled with broth, avocado slices, lime wedges, cheese, and tortillas strips
This Mexican chicken soup is authentic Yucatan fare that’s simply broth, avocado, lime, tortilla, and rice. The sum is far more than the parts. And it’s comforting as heck.
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Three blue bowls filled with ancho chile soup on a wooden table.
This ancho chile soup recipe is made with a chile-spiked broth, queso fresco, avocado, sour cream, and fried tortilla strips.
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Two mugs of Hungarian cauliflower soup with two spoons beside them.
Hungarian cauliflower soup with dumplings, also known as karfiolleves, is a quick, easy, frugal, pantry-friendly soup that’s simple to make but complex in taste. It’s made with lotsa spice and, quite frankly, is unlike any other soup you’ve experienced.
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A white bowl of shrimp laksa soup with a small bowl of crispy fried shallots, a spoon, and a container of chopsticks on the side.
This shrimp laksa soup, made with macadamia nuts, curry paste, coconut milk, chicken broth, green beans, shrimp, and rice vermicelli, is our version of the popular southeast Asian soup.
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