How can I add more flavour to my soup?

[Millie1]

Have just made a huge pot of pumpkin soup - 3 parts pumpkin to 1 part potatoes, couple of onions, couple cloves of garlic, tin tomatoes without the juice and chicken stock ... and it is sooooooo bland. What can I add at this stage to give it a bit of oooomph but keep it child friendly?

Thanks

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More stock? Soya sauce? Miso? fry a little garlic in curry paste and stir through. Is there enough salt? Lemon juice?

go to marks an spencer and buy htier stock in a jar - its liek a bovril thing
they do veg flavour too

You could put a little turmeric in, or some cumin just to spice it up a bit.

Branston pickle or chutney

If you don't want to add more stock because of the salt content you could try either a mix of cayenne/paprika/chilli/cumin/coriander, or a blended packet of prawns with lemon juice.

It sounds like it needs SALT

Shove some in a pot for the grown-ups and stick a spoonful of salt in

You could try a spoonful of Marmite

Thanks for all the great ideas everyone ... although I don't think I'll try them all at once . There is some curry powder in it but probably not enough given the quantity of soup which I've ended up with so I'll add some more of that as a starting point and take it from there.

Thanks again!

add some "everyday seasoning" it is good with gravy too

Also remember that any flavouring you add is likely to intensify after a night in the fridge or time in the freezer.

Put in a couple of teaspoons of Marigold Bouillon powder. It's fabulous stuff, I can't cook without it.

Try marmite or vegemite.

Marigold is fantastic I agree

Otherwise fry off a few rashers of bacon and add to soup. Bacon and pumkin go so well together

I second bacon. Otherwise turmeric and cumin - fry it first in some butter then add to the soup.

Pepper.

Mmmmm - cumin would be lovely too!

Tis making me hungry - I love pumkin soup

worcestershire sauce - gives a real depth of flavour, plus a dash of tabasco!

Bacon adds salt too. Yummy!

Delia adds cubes of cheese to her pumpkin soup

Stuffing Mix adds a nice flovour to soups.....but I'm not sure if it would help pumpkin..

How was your soup?

Lovely thanks Zippitippitoes ... I added a good (very generous) twist of black pepper, some salt and more curry powder and we had it with the most delicious Cheddar & Red Onion Bread from Sainsburys - mmmmmm.

Thanks for all the tips - the main pot is still unseasoned so quite fancy trying some of your other suggestions with it.

I add Marigold stock powder to almost everything, instead of salt, and it's fab.

curry powder and choppped up bacon