Soups & Stew recipe collection

Hearty Portuguese soup with smoked ham shanks, linguica sausage, kidney beans, cabbage, and potatoes in a tomato broth. A loaded one-pot meal built on smoky ham stock.

Italian rice and endive soup with fresh tomatoes, carrots, and basil. A light vegetarian meal ready in 45 minutes, simmered in vegetable stock with curly endive for a pleasantly bitter depth.

Traditional Greek chickpea soup with rosemary, olive oil, and a bright squeeze of lemon. Just five ingredients, long-soaked dried chickpeas, and the patience to let simplicity shine.

Spicy chicken tortilla soup where crushed tortilla chips simmer right into the broth, thickening it and lending a toasty corn flavor. Chipotle and cayenne bring the heat, lime and cilantro the bright finish.

Traditional Italian mixed-meat broth (brodo di carne mista) made with chicken, beef short ribs, and veal bones. A slow-simmered foundation for tortellini in brodo, minestrone, risotto, and countless Italian soups and sauces.

A universal cream soup formula: butter, onion, potato for body, chicken broth, and any steamed vegetable you like, pureed silky and finished with heavy cream.

Cape Cod fish chowder with fresh haddock, crispy salt pork, potatoes, and creamy milk broth. A hearty New England classic built on homemade fish stock for real depth.

This is an easy recipe with some great flavor. Next time I will have rice instead of pasta, and I think it will be yummy too.

Old-fashioned navy bean soup simmered low and slow with a meaty ham bone, onions, and bay leaf. Just 7 ingredients, feeds a crowd of 15, and freezes like a dream.

A low-fat vegetable soup loaded with zucchini, mushrooms, spinach, leeks, and stewed tomatoes, spiked with chili powder and oregano. A crumble of blue cheese on each bowl adds a savory finish.

Leek, asparagus and herb soup pureed with potatoes, chives, parsley, dill, and chervil into a silky spring-green soup. Finished with lemon and a dollop of yogurt. Lighter than cream-based soups but just as satisfying.

Pressure cooker black bean soup with smoked ham hock, leeks, and beef stock pureed silky smooth with a splash of dry sherry. Hearty, smoky, and ready in under an hour.

Santa Fe salmon chowder with potatoes, corn, green chilies, and chili powder in a creamy lowfat milk base. A Southwestern-style fish chowder with a gentle kick of heat.

Hearty Southwestern chicken soup with brown rice, corn, diced tomatoes, green chiles, and a cumin-chili broth. A warming one-pot meal ready in 45 minutes.

Hearty ground beef chili loaded with kidney beans, tomatoes, and just enough chili powder to warm you up from the inside out. Pair it with hot cornbread and honey butter for the full cold-weather experience.

Stale bread simmers with Roma tomatoes, garlic, white wine, and marjoram in this hearty Italian peasant stew. Tiny pastina added at the end gives it body. Ready in 45 minutes.