938 summer soup recipes

Slow-simmered white bean soup with diced ham, potatoes, celery, garlic, and a hit of liquid smoke. Beans cooked separately for the most tender texture, then folded in to finish.

Vegan navy bean soup with balsamic-caramelized onions, miso paste, tomato sauce, and warming spices. Oil-free, long-simmered for deep flavor, serves 8. Worth every minute of the 4-hour cook.

Oxtail soup simmered until the meat falls off the bone, then finished with potatoes, mixed vegetables, and tomato paste for a rich, hearty bowl. A classic stick-to-your-ribs soup served as is or ladled over white rice.

Vegan lentil and tomato soup is a fiber-packed weeknight pot built around red lentils, tomatoes and a cheesy hit of nutritional yeast. Pressure-cooker fast or hour-simmered.

Earthy anasazi beans simmered with cumin, coriander, and jalapeño heat for a hearty Southwestern soup that warms you from the inside out.

Chicken pieces simmered in apricot nectar with canned apricots and onion soup mix for a sweet-savory dinner that's retro and comforting.

White bean soup with rosemary, country ham, and mirepoix simmered in chicken stock then pureed smooth. Make up to three days ahead.

Creamy leek and potato soup for two, simmered in chicken stock with milk and cream. Smooth, comforting, and garnished with fresh chives.

Hearty vegetable soup with leeks, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes simmered in vegetable stock with fresh thyme and rosemary. Vegan and comforting.

Hortosoupa: humble Greek vegetable soup with tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and onion simmered slow in olive oil. Peasant-style, vegan, and deeply satisfying.

Hearty Shaker bean soup simmered with a ham bone, navy beans, tomatoes, carrots, and spinach. A rustic American heritage recipe that feeds 12 and gets better every hour it cooks.

Ochsenschwanzsuppe is the classic German oxtail soup. Slowly simmered oxtails build a rich beef stock, then puree with root vegetables and finish with Madeira.

Aunt Eloise's borscht simmers ruby beets, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes and sorrel into a tangy Eastern European soup served hot or cold with a swirl of sour cream.

Grandma's split pea soup with bacon and homemade butter-fried French bread croutons. Simmered until creamy with bits of pea still visible, served with crisp sourdough croutons floated on top.

Old-fashioned beef and vegetable soup with stewing beef, potatoes, carrots, celery, and cabbage. A rustic two-hour simmer that turns budget cuts into a hearty cold-weather meal.

Appalachian ramp soup: wild leeks simmered with beef, potatoes, carrots, and celery, finished with butter-fried ramps for a pungent, garlicky spring broth.