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Share your best soup recipes please

22 replies

Lonelynow · 01/09/2021 19:31

I'm full of the cold and the weather is rubbish Sad. Really craving a big steamy bowl of soup. What's your favourite? I'd quite like some spicy ones to unblock my nose and ears if anyone has a good one L, but I love any soups (apart from fishy ones) Smile

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SummaLuvin · 01/09/2021 19:50

this, not spicy, but really nice. www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chestnut-bacon-parsnip-soup

PermanentTemporary · 01/09/2021 19:57

I made this butternut squash and chilli soup to wow my new boyfriend - mission accomplished Grin
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Comedycook · 01/09/2021 20:00

Sweet potato and coconut.

Made it up myself...fry and onion and some chunks of sweet potato until a little bit browned. Add chicken or veg stock and simmer until sweet potato is soft. Blitz and add a can of coconut milk...add chilli's and coriander too

quinin · 01/09/2021 20:01

Tom yum goong, prawns can be substituted with anything really chicken, tofu, veg. Will definitely clear the nasal passages.

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/tom-yum-goong/

ohfourfoxache · 01/09/2021 20:05

Leek and potato

Ideally soak a gammon for 24h then change the water, add carrot celery and onion - boil for 4-6 hours and you end up with a fab stock

Alternatively chicken stock with added stock cube

Peel/dice/add potatoes
Cut up/add leeks
Grate carrot

Season - if using chicken stock it might need more salt but as gammon is super salty beware of adding too much

And don’t hold back on the pepper!

CheekyAFAIK · 01/09/2021 20:05

cookieandkate.com/west-african-peanut-soup/

It's different to most other soups, it's creamy but feels kind of healthy at the same time. For collard greens I use anything cabbagey.

pickingdaisies · 01/09/2021 20:05

The Tesco soup recipe, Nan's magic soup or something like that, is really nice.
Or else, a pack of chopped sweet potato and butternut squash, saute with cumin seeds, a little chopped onion, a chopped garlic clove. Add boiling water and a heaped tsp of vegetable stock powder. And some chopped red chili.

ohfourfoxache · 01/09/2021 20:06

Shit, sorry

Take gammon out, cook potatoes leeks and carrots in the stock until the potatoes are cooked

Leaving the gammon in would make it VERY different Grin

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 01/09/2021 20:21

my faves are
butternut squash, chop it and roast it first though, blitz it to make it super smooth and serve with parmesan crisps. Grate little piles of parmesan onto a baking tray and into a hot oven with them until the edges are golden, get them off the tray before they are cold or they will weld themselves to the tray fro all eternity

yellow split pea and ham...cook a smoked hough until the meat is falling off, start the soup with sweated celery and onions, add stock, pre soaked yellow split peas ( or red lentils at a pinch!) cook until th esplit peas are mush and then put the ham back in

Chicken Medicine soup....whole chicken or drumsticks, (you MUST have bones in it!!) Cover the chicken with water and poach with onion celery carrot, lots of parsley, couple of garlic cloves, lots of salt. Once the chicken is cooked, drain and keep the stock, take all the chicken off the bone/carcass, fridge the stick overnight and skim off the fat in the morning
Restart with fresh onions/celery/carrots but chopped really finely and sweat those, add the skimmed stock, plenty of S&P, more parsley, again finely chopped simmer gently, and add snapped spaghetti, drop in the chicken and once it's all piping hot serve....this is guaranteed to chase off all cold and flu germs!

MrsFin · 01/09/2021 20:26

Google the recipe for Welsh cawl.
It's delicious.
Usually made with lamb, but you can use any meat really - beef shin is good. And you can make dumplings to have with it Grin

weegiemum · 01/09/2021 20:31

Lentil is our fave.

Chop up 2 big onions, one large leek and grate 3 big carrots.

Fry onion and leek, add 150g lentils and stir.

Add carrots and sauté a couple of mins then pour in ham stock (you can make it like pp or I just use know cubes).

Simmer about 20 mins then blend.

OhRene · 01/09/2021 20:33

I made a cheesy leek and potato today and I can't get enough.
Dice a few potatoes, and an onion, slice up a leek or two (roughly same weight as the potatoes), fry them up in a knob of butter til softened and then pour in some chicken stock. Let it cook until everything is really soft, add a bit of cream and whizz it up, throw in some cream cheese (I used laughing cow triangles today as they were the only cream cheese I had, add a good handful of grated cheddar cheese and whizz again. I also add pepper to taste.

hammyhamster72 · 01/09/2021 20:39

www.rivercottage.net/recipes/mexican-tomato-bean-soup

This is totally lush I urge you to try it, it's more than the sum if its ingredients I promise you!

OhRene · 01/09/2021 20:50

@hammyhamster72 that looks good. I've just bookmarked that!

RIBlue · 01/09/2021 20:50

The BBC lentil and bacon is really good. I add double carrots and celery and as much chilli as you like!

hammyhamster72 · 01/09/2021 20:53

[quote OhRene]@hammyhamster72 that looks good. I've just bookmarked that! [/quote]
OhRene it really is! It's my go to wfh lunch and never disappoints! 😋

Lonelynow · 02/09/2021 01:22

Wow lots of lovely ideas to work my way through! Thank you all, think I'll start with the chicken medicine soup and the Mexican bean one as I have most of the ingredients for both already.

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ISpyCobraKai · 02/09/2021 01:47

@CheekyAFAIK
I love the sound of that soup, I'm definitely going to making it using sweetheart cabbage as the greens.
I'll have half left next week anyway from making a pasta dish with cabbage, anchovies and lemon.

CiaoForNiao · 02/09/2021 02:07

I love this one which is similar to the one mexican bean one posted earlier I think.

Share your best soup recipes please
violetbunny · 02/09/2021 07:47

This one is a favourite in our house:

realfood.tesco.com/recipes/hearty-lentil-and-bacon-soup.html

Mulletsaremisunderstood · 03/09/2021 21:45

Here's another lentil type one, you could add some chilli flakes to make it spicy if you like. I've made it a few times recently and it's yum.

downshiftology.com/recipes/very-best-lentil-soup/

I use baby spinach instead of kale as I don't like it, and normal tinned tomatoes instead of fire roasted as I can't get those. And add cheesy croutons on top - delish!

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