Soup

This (vegetarian!) Italian classic is about as comforting as it gets, packed with hearty greens, meaty beans, and plenty of rich olive oil and umami-packed Parm.

If you want this take on classic chicken soup to have a similar consistency to congee, add 10–15 minutes to the cooking time.

The key to a soup with fully developed savory flavor starts with the soffritto—a mix of slowly cooked aromatic vegetables.

If you've always thought you needed hours to make a luxuriously silky puréed vegetable soup, well, this recipe is here to say you don't! 

This black bean soup is seasoned with a heavy hand. If you are salt- or spice-averse, decrease the amount of salt to 1½ tsp. and use 1 chipotle chile with 1 tsp. adobo sauce instead.

The dal is vegan but full of hearty protein thanks to the chickpeas, lentils, and coconut milk.

Simmering a rotisserie bird with a handful of aromatics and ‘shroom stems beats boxed chicken stock any day.

Few ingredients have such a stellar deliciousness-to-affordability ratio, and the best part about starting a soup with dried beans is that they create their own incredibly savory broth as they cook.

The homemade stock makes all the difference in this flavorful, savory, perfectly smooth chowder.

This simple veg-forward broth (with #aneggonit) is the ideal cure for whatever ails you.

Molokhia, a braised chicken and greens dish popular in Lebanon and Egypt, inspired this riff on chicken soup.

This recipe takes all the right shortcuts and none of the wrong ones.

Split pea soup is a lot like your favorite pair of slippers—it might not look like much, but boy does it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

A ginger-forward chicken tonic soup that will provide some much-needed relief when you’re not feeling too hot.

Posole is one of the tastiest, prettiest one-pot dishes on earth. Make ahead and all that’s left to do is ice some beers and set out all the toppings.

Alison Carroll, who developed this recipe, relies almost entirely on dry pantry staples to build depth of flavor in this superfood broth. Feel free to swap out the vermicelli for your favorite cooked grain or a different noodle—the recipe is designed to be customizable.

This back-pocket broth is hardly even a recipe, but it's the most soothing soup we can imagine for sick days, cold nights, and any other time you need a little extra comfort. 

This savory soup is just what you need in the depths of winter.

Serve with trout roe, live your best life.

The most flavorful, hearty, and warming meal you've ever made with (almost) exclusively pantry staples.

You're going to want to make a double or triple batch of the umami-rich dashi to freeze for later.

If you can’t find delicata squash in your neck of the woods, acorn or butternut will do the trick.

DIY kid food is the best food, if you ask us.

You know the soup and salad deal? Well, this is our take on combining the two into one dish.