It’s split pea or ham and potato for me.
In my mind, soup is just a technique that’s really about the stock. This is just me suggesting that you all should adopt traditional French cooking technique.
For me, it’s saving old chicken scraps and certain veggies and then cooking them until they are mush in water. Grocery store rotisserie chicken skin, bones, and juice; carrots, onions, celery, garlic. Anything getting past it’s prime. No brassicas though. I’ll throw a t bone in there, but while really good beef broth is amazing, good beef bones cost as much as real beef.
Clam juice or shrimp/crab/lobster shells sauteed in butter with water (or the aforementioned stock…) Is also awesome.
Once you’ve got that, just put anything in it. That’s good soup.
Make sure that you put the correct amount of salt in it. If there’s no salt, stock tastes terrible.
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Ah yes. My dad’s famous egg nog.
Better served when?
Before drinking
I have a clone recipe for Chili’s chicken enchilada soup that I love making. Don’t do it often though as it’s like 50% cheese…
Chicken and dumplings, or French onion with smoked Gruyère.
A good hearty borscht (the red variety). Serve with a sprinkle of fresh dill on top and a spoonful of sour cream dropped in.
mushroom soup, Adam Ragusea made a video a while, it was amazing! Very hearthy.
I made Georgian Kharcho few times. Its a beef soup with rice and spices.
Theres one that i have an addiction for. Ita a cold beet soup called Šaltibarščiai its basically buttermilk with cucumbers and beets, but its soo refreshing. And it takes no time to prepare. I eat it during the summer
Ramen, pho, soondubu, doenjiang jigae, laksa, Hungarian mushroom, French onion, clam chowder, lobster bisque…
Mmm, now I want soup.
I make a pretty simple potato and kale soup that’s a favorite in my house. It’s not a recipe per se with set quantities, I just wing it.
I start in a large pot with diced carrot, onion, and celery sautéed for a few minutes, then add spice at the end to bloom: rosemary, thyme, black pepper at a minimum. Sometimes I add some garlic powder and/or paprika for a touch of daring. Next add beans, usually 1 or 2 cans of cannellini beans. Then add chicken broth, homemade if possible. About 2 quarts of broth (or 2 liters if you use a sensible measurement system). Sometimes add another 2 of water to expand the amount. Salt to taste, cover, and bring to a simmer.
After at least 30 minutes add 3-4 potatoes diced into bite-sized pieces. Simmer for another 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. At this point, I usually scoop out a few ladles-full and blend it smooth, then add back in to thicken the soup. Add some chopped fresh kale to wilt in the broth for a few minutes, then serve.
It’s warm and hearty, can be vegan if desired by using vegetable broth, and can be ready in about an hour.
end note: If you want to use the whole kale leaf including the rib, dice the rib and add it to the carrot/onion/celery sautee. Keep in mind if you do this and also do the blending step, your broth will be greenish. Still tastes good though and you get more fiber.
I like vegetable soup as a way to use up any veg that’s about to go out of date. Fresh vegetable stock, roasting some veg beforehand, and adding a hint of curry powder helps make a lovely blended soup.
Tomato soup although personally I would love a coddle stew with some tiger bread
Homemade Pho is my jam. Trash meat/bone cuts at the grocery store for less than $3/lb or salmon heads.
Just start with oil on saute in the instant pot and bloom out coriander, cinnamon, clove, star anise, and a LOT of black pepper. Toss in chopped onion or shallot, ginger, and lemon grass, add salt. Cook until browned, turn off the heat and toss in smashed garlic cloves, allowing carryover heat to bring out the fragrance. Add about 1/2 cup of water while still hot and use a WOODEN spoon to scrape the frond off the bottom of the cooking vessel. Do not skip this step.
Add your protein (chicken skeletons or smoked turkey wings also work great), then toss in a dash of soy and a few drops of fish sauce. Go easy with the fish sauce as it’s powerful joojoo and easy to overdo. Fill up the vessel to the top fill mark with water and cook on high pressure. In theory, it should require 38 minutes, but I go for an hour and twenty. Strain out the broth and pour over cooked rice noodle and add pho stuff to it.
Garbage soup.
Throw all your food waste in the freezer and make a stock with it all at the end of the week.
I did that once for a vege stock and it turned out horribly bitter. The advice regarding this is “garbage in, garbage out”.
I mainly just save my onion, carrot, celery, and garlic scraps. It’s a safe combination. I often add these to chicken bones but it’s not necessary if you’re doing a vegetable centric soup
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That sounds a lot like my “mix-match” frittata and “mystery” croquettes.
Ribollita
Tomato and dumpling
Dakbokkeumtang (Korean Chicken stew)
And anything I can make with leftover ham or prime rib bones from holiday dinners
Hot ham water.
Hot, with just a smack of ham.
Pho is amazing this time of year. I think my favorite soup of all time though is a good coconut laksa.
Pho is amazing year round, especially if you can find a place with good ox tail
I’ll have to look around for that!
