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

Vatapá 
(Brazilian seafood stew with coconut milk)

Menudo Rojo 
(Mexican spicy beef tripe soup)

Pho Bo 
(Vietnamese beef noodle soup)

Soon Dubu Jjigae 
(Korean spicy tofu stew)

Dograma 
(Turkmen shredded meat and bread stew)

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

Lham Lahlou 
(Algerian lamb and dried fruit tagine)

Gundi 
(Israeli Jewish chickpea and chicken dumplings)

Dashi 
(Japanese basic soup stock)

Sancocho 
(Latin root vegetable stew)

Pozole 
(Mexican pork and hominy stew)

Plantain Porridge 
(Nigerian plantain and vegetable stew)

Zarzuela de Mariscos 
(Spanish seafood stew)

Olla de Carne 
(Costa Rican beef and vegetable stew)

Ash-e Jow 
(Persian barley bean soup)

Tonkotsu Ramen 
(Japanese noodles and pork in rich broth)

Toshikoshi Soba 
(Japanese New Year soba noodles)

Irish Stew 
(Irish lamb and potato stew)

Kare-Kare 
(Filipino oxtail and vegetable stew)

Tinolang Manok 
(Filipino ginger chicken soup with papaya)

Carapulcra 
(Peruvian pork and freeze-dried potato stew)

Chupe de Camarones 
(Peruvian shrimp chowder)

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

Bográcsgulyás 
(Hungarian beef and pepper stew)

Gumbo 
(American Cajun-Creole meat and shellfish stew)

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

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

Caldereta 
(Filipino beef stew)

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

Sopa de Frijoles Negros 
(Caribbean black bean soup)

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

Matoke 
(Ugandan beef and plantain stew)

Bouillabaisse 
(French Provençal seafood stew)

Su Udon 
(Japanese noodles in broth)

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

Shchi 
(Russian cabbage soup)

Hakô Bantara 
(Guinean cassava leaf stew)

Sinigang na Baboy 
(Filipino sour pork and vegetable stew)

Bredie 
(South African lamb stew)

Gazpacho 
(Spanish chilled tomato-cucumber soup)

New England Clam Chowder 
(American clam and potato stew)

Pappa al Pomodoro 
(Italian tomato-bread soup)

Sopa de Mondongo 
(Latin American tripe and vegetable soup)

Feijoada 
(Brazilian pork, beef and black bean stew)

Minestra de Ceci 
(Italian chickpea and pasta soup)

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

Risi e Bisi 
(Italian stewed rice and peas)

Seco de Chivo 
(Ecuadorian goat stew)

Knaidlach 
(Israeli, Jewish matzo balls in broth)

Candinga Hondureña 
(Honduran stewed pork liver)

Caldillo de Congrío 
(Chilean seafood stew)

Moqueca 
(Brazilian fish and coconut milk stew)

Tom Yum Kung 
(Thai hot and sour shrimp soup)

Puchero 
(Spanish meat and chickpea stew)

Harira 
(North African lamb and chickpea stew)

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

Oyster Stew 
(American shellfish stew)

Sopa de Ajo 
(Spanish garlic and bread soup)

Misoshiru 
(Japanese miso soup)

Curry Laksa 
(Malaysian, Singaporean coconut curried noodle soup)

Porotos Granados 
(Chilean pumpkin and cranberry bean stew)

Locro 
(Ecuadoran, Peruvian potato-cheese soup)

Sopa de Caracol 
(Honduran conch and vegetable soup)

Sopa de Maní 
(Bolivian peanut soup)

Hkatenkwan 
(Ghanaian chicken and groundnut stew)

Cioppino 
(American West Coast fish and seafood stew)

Sopa de Albóndigas 
(Mexican meatballs in broth)

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

Beef and Okra 
(Jamaican beef and okra stew)

Encebollado Ecuatoriano 
(Ecuadorian fish and onion stew)

Fabada Asturiana 
(Spanish sausage and bean stew)

Meggyleves 
(Hungarian sour cherry soup)

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

Ärtsoppa 
(Swedish yellow pea soup)

Borshch 
(Ukrainian beet soup)

Caldo Verde 
(Portuguese potato and kale soup)

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

Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup 
(American Midwestern hearty cheese soup)

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

Tashreeb Dajaj 
(Iraqi chicken and chickpea stew over bread)

Zuppa di Lenticchie 
(Italian lentil soup)

Sambar 
(Indian spicy lentil stew)

Curry Goat 
(Jamaican curried goat stew)

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