Soup is a hug in a bowl – prove me wrong. Whether it is a cold winter night that you need to warm up from the inside out or a summer’s evening that needs a cozy night in. Soup is a year round meal for sure. There are so many ways to make soup – this is just 12 of them together so you can check out some tried and true and maybe new to you Soup Recipes.
A few key kitchen tools you may want to have to hand when it comes to making these Soup Dishes:
- Soup Ladle – you really need a ladle to make serving soup the easiest it can be. The ladle helps you to capture all of the good stuff, while keeping a good ration between the “liquids” and “solids”.
- Food Scoops – several of these soup recipes have meatballs (in a variety of sizes) and the best way to get uniform meatballs is with food scoops. You can portion them out and roll them up swiftly.
- Stock Pot – when making soup you need a decent sized vessel to cook it in. I like to go for at least 8 qt size but 12 qt is better – this makes it easiler to stir.
And without further adieu – here are My Favorite Soup Dishes from the blog!
Beef Enchilada Soup – Soup is a must for homemade on a weeknight cooking. Soup can bring so much flavor in a short amount of time. I love to play with all sorts of classic dishes and flavors and turn them into flavor packed soup. And that’s exactly what I did with this Beef Enchilada Soup. A silky soup loaded with corn, tomato, jalapeno, black beans and delicious cheesy meatballs.
Creamy Italian Tortellini Soup – Some people, a few from my family, have a notion that soup can not be hearty enough to be the whole dinner. And those same people were proven wrong when I served up this very hearty Creamy Italian Tortellini Soup. It is a creamy soup loaded with kale, carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, sausage, and cheese tortellinis. Trust me, no one is walking away from their bowl hungry!
Dutch Oven Chicken Dumpling Soup – Fall is just around the corner and that means it’s time for cozy meals. And it doesn’t get much cozier than a hearty soup made in a Dutch Oven. There is something so delicious about making every piece of this soup in the same pot. While chicken breast is not always the most tender cut of chicken, but in this soup you add just the right combination of ingredients to keep it moist and tasty. Dutch Oven Chicken & Dumpling Soup is the perfect semi-homemade weeknight dinner.
Lasagna Meatball Soup – Soup is one of my favorite things to make for dinner. It’s so easy to give it huge amounts of flavor when you make it at home. And lasagna is another favorite thing for me to make – but it’s a bit much for a weeknight. So I put the two together and made this delicious Lasagna Meatball Soup. Using roasted tomatoes for the soup base and homemade beef meatballs – you and your family are really going to love it.
Pork & Kale Soup -Soup is such a great #weeknightmeal because it can be so hearty, but honestly so easy to make taste like you worked on it all day. This recipe for Pork & Kale Soup is perfect for the fall and winter months, when kale is naturally in season. When I say this is a warm hug in a bowl – I really mean it. Whenever I know a storm is coming, or even the snow, I plan to make this soup to warm up my family.
Roasted Tomato & White Bean Soup– The amazing depth of flavor you get just taking the extra step of roasting the tomatoes, onion, garlic and herbs with olive oil. And not just the flavor but the texture is vastly improved as well. This recipe for Roasted Tomato & White Bean Soup is perfect for a blustery fall or winter day. The Italian sausage makes it hearty enough to be a whole meal – or what I like to call an #EntreeSoup.
Meatball Couscous Soup– This soup brings together some lovely Moroccan flavors in a delicious broth with scrumptious chicken meatballs. With so many bold flavors packed into this recipe, you do not actually have to do that much work. Meatball Couscous soup is going to be a big hit and makes for a perfect weeknight meal.
Tarragon Chicken Noodle Souup – If you aren’t familiar with tarragon – this is a great recipe to introduce yourself and your family to this delightful culinary herb. It has a sort of anise and pepper flavor to it, sort of a subtle licorice. It is used frequently in French cooking and goes so very well with chicken. This Tarragon Chicken Noodle Soup takes an average homestyle chicken noodle soup to the gourmet level with the great aroma and flavor of tarragon added in.
Chicken & White Bean Soup – A creamy hearty soup loaded with plenty of chicken, white beans and veggies – this recipe for Chicken & White Bean Soup is going to be enjoyed any night of the week. The simplicity of the ingredients is what makes it such and inviting dish. You can’t get much more “home cooking” then theses classic rustic flavors all in a hot soup.
Spaghetti & Meatball Soup – I didn’t think you could make the classic comfort food of Spaghetti & Meatballs even more homestyle – but turns out you can! Spaghetti & Meatball Soup is like a warm hug in a bowl of hearty goodness. The mini meatballs are the perfect addition to this tomato broth, along with some bell peppers and pasta. So if you are looking for an extra comforting, feels like home meal, this is the one for you.
Chicken Teriyaki Ramen – We are a soup all year kind of family and I think more people are than they might realize. There is more to soup than warming your belly up with its cold out, there is something about it making you feel warm from a hug. This Chicken Teriyaki Ramen is going to do just that for your family, no matter what time of the year you make it. The rich flavors of the soy, ginger and garlic mixed with the sweet tang of the teriyaki sauce is undeniable and the slightly jammy egg just sets it all off.
Chicken Tortellini Soup – Full of flavor hearty soups are the perfect cold weather weeknight meals that the whole family will enjoy. This recipe for Chicken Tortellini Soup is fairly simple to put together, with not a ton of active cooking going on. What makes this particular soup special is that it has not one but TWO unexpected ingredients – Worcestershire Sauce and Tabasco Sause. You get that deep earthly flavor from the Worcestershire and a pop of heat from the tabasco for a great bite.
Hope you enjoyed my selections of Chicken Recipes – do you have a favorite? Which one will you be trying first?
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