Soup and Stew Recipes

Man with a bowl of soup
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Nothing warms the soul like a hot bowl of soup or a comforting stew, slow-simmered on the stove. Soups and stews can be among the simplest of creations, but their often complex flavor can belie the ease of their creation. Every pot is endlessly customizable — substitute an ingredient here, subtract one there, add a new one this time — so each pot takes on its maker’s personality.

Most soups and stews benefit from a slow simmer and gain in flavor if made a day ahead, which makes this cooking method a favorite of the Slow Food movement.

International Soup and Stew Recipes

Olla de Carne 
(Costa Rican beef and vegetable stew)

Pappa al Pomodoro 
(Italian tomato-bread soup)

Fabada Asturiana 
(Spanish sausage and bean stew)

Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup 
(American Midwestern hearty cheese soup)

Harira 
(North African lamb and chickpea stew)

Risi e Bisi 
(Italian stewed rice and peas)

Ash-e Jow 
(Persian barley bean soup)

Cioppino 
(American West Coast fish and seafood stew)

Bigos 
(Polish hunter’s stew of meat, cabbage and sauerkraut)

Soupe au Pistou 
(French Provençal vegetable and bean soup with basil-garlic sauce)

Matoke 
(Ugandan beef and plantain stew)

Chupe de Camarones 
(Peruvian shrimp chowder)

Irish Stew 
(Irish lamb and potato stew)

Knaidlach 
(Israeli, Jewish matzo balls in broth)

Chili con Carne 
(American Tex-Mex spicy beef stew)

Curry Goat 
(Jamaican curried goat stew)

Asopao de Pollo 
(Puerto Rican, Dominican chicken and rice stew)

Tashreeb Dajaj 
(Iraqi chicken and chickpea stew over bread)

Moqueca 
(Brazilian fish and coconut milk stew)

Chicken Stock 
(How to make chicken stock, with variations)

Minestra de Ceci 
(Italian chickpea and pasta soup)

Zuppa di Lenticchie 
(Italian lentil soup)

Kaeng Khiao Wan Kung 
(Thai shrimp in sweet green curry sauce)

Feijoada 
(Brazilian pork, beef and black bean stew)

Asopao de Gandules 
(Puerto Rican rice and pigeon pea stew)

Lham Lahlou 
(Algerian lamb and dried fruit tagine)

Pozole 
(Mexican pork and hominy stew)

Sopa de Albóndigas 
(Mexican meatballs in broth)

Toshikoshi Soba 
(Japanese New Year soba noodles)

Tonkotsu Ramen 
(Japanese noodles and pork in rich broth)

Bográcsgulyás 
(Hungarian beef and pepper stew)

Porotos Granados 
(Chilean pumpkin and cranberry bean stew)

Penang Hokkien Mee 
(Malaysian spicy shrimp and pork noodle soup)

Misoshiru 
(Japanese miso soup)

Puchero 
(Spanish meat and chickpea stew)

Encebollado Ecuatoriano 
(Ecuadorian fish and onion stew)

Caldo Verde 
(Portuguese potato and kale soup)

Shchi 
(Russian cabbage soup)

Curry Laksa 
(Malaysian, Singaporean coconut curried noodle soup)

Bouillabaisse 
(French Provençal seafood stew)

Vatapá 
(Brazilian seafood stew with coconut milk)

Ogbono Soup 
(Nigerian meat and vegetable stew thickened with ogbono seed)

Dograma 
(Turkmen shredded meat and bread stew)

Hkatenkwan 
(Ghanaian chicken and groundnut stew)

Plantain Porridge 
(Nigerian plantain and vegetable stew)

Seco de Chivo 
(Ecuadorian goat stew)

Borshch 
(Ukrainian beet soup)

Oyster Stew 
(American shellfish stew)

Soon Dubu Jjigae 
(Korean spicy tofu stew)

Hakô Bantara 
(Guinean cassava leaf stew)

Carapulcra 
(Peruvian pork and freeze-dried potato stew)

Candinga Hondureña 
(Honduran stewed pork liver)

Meggyleves 
(Hungarian sour cherry soup)

Menudo Rojo 
(Mexican spicy beef tripe soup)

Daube de Boeuf Provençale 
(French Provencal beef braised in red wine)

Sopa de Mondongo 
(Latin American tripe and vegetable soup)

Sancocho 
(Latin root vegetable stew)

Ewa Dodo 
(Nigerian black-eyed pea stew with plantains)

Caldereta 
(Filipino beef stew)

Scotch Broth 
(Scottish lamb, barley and root vegetable stew)

Su Udon 
(Japanese noodles in broth)

Beef and Okra 
(Jamaican beef and okra stew)

Pho Bo 
(Vietnamese beef noodle soup)

Ärtsoppa 
(Swedish yellow pea soup)

Sopa de Frijoles Negros 
(Caribbean black bean soup)

Sopa de Ajo 
(Spanish garlic and bread soup)

Kare-Kare 
(Filipino oxtail and vegetable stew)

Sinigang na Baboy 
(Filipino sour pork and vegetable stew)

Tom Yum Kung 
(Thai hot and sour shrimp soup)

New England Clam Chowder 
(American clam and potato stew)

Dashi 
(Japanese basic soup stock)

Sambar 
(Indian spicy lentil stew)

Bredie 
(South African lamb stew)

Gazpacho 
(Spanish chilled tomato-cucumber soup)

Tinolang Manok 
(Filipino ginger chicken soup with papaya)

Caldillo de Congrío 
(Chilean seafood stew)

Gumbo 
(American Cajun-Creole meat and shellfish stew)

Sopa de Caracol 
(Honduran conch and vegetable soup)

Gundi 
(Israeli Jewish chickpea and chicken dumplings)

Zarzuela de Mariscos 
(Spanish seafood stew)

Carbonade Flamande, or Vlaamse Stoverij 
(Belgian beef and beer stew)

Sopa de Maní 
(Bolivian peanut soup)

Locro 
(Ecuadoran, Peruvian potato-cheese soup)

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