Soup’s on! Whatcha having?

For lunch today: leftover hot and sour soup. 

How was it? Delish. Totally perfect for this crisp Florida afternoon. (56 degrees at the moment, according to my phone.)

When it comes to soup, what’s at the top of your list? 

i made chili not too long ago. It wasn't awful.

As a meal, chicken noodle with crackers.

Egg drop with the Chinese restaurant lunch special.

We had my wife’s chili the other night. I made the trip to Publix for the oyster crackers. 

Tom made his famous post-thanksgiving turkey noodle soup last night, so I had a nice bowl of that for lunch.

Anything with Coconut and basil. 

Homemade split pea soup with ham, potatoes, onions, garlic, celery and carrots last night. It hit the spot.

Margie

I had tomato soup for lunch but I am planning on making some chili this week. 

I made a batch of homemade chicken noodle last week for the pre-Thanksgiving lunches. Last cold snap was chili. Next on the list is probably a beef stew. 

DW makes fantastic chili, but because I'm weird, chili is chili and not soup.

We make scratch tomato soup that is excellent - that may be my favorite.

I'm more partial to hearty soups than brothy soups.  I like bean and ham soup, baked potato soup, that kind of thing.

Just because:

Chili.  You have to try really  hard to screw up chili.  Then add as much hot sauce, cheese, bread/crackers, and/or sour creme until it reaches epic levels of delicious.  

I've made the famous Reddit "Upvote soup" a few times. It's basically creamy chicken tortellini soup with spinach. I find it a bit bland, but my family really likes it. Other than that, I have a pretty cracking chili recipe that's adapted from my MIL's, but with a few tweaks. Of course, I use the chili seasoning from a certain Texas chicken farmer who also did a bit of racing.

If you're from Pittsburgh or visiting here, people will try to tell you Italian Wedding Soup is good to eat.  These people are wrong. Tasteless salty broth with mystery meat.  No thanks. 

I love just about any homemade soup. My go-to is the Clean the Fridge. Open the fridge and make soup out of whatever leftovers are in it. It's a little different every time.

If there is a ham bone or a chicken carcass to start with you know it's going to be a good one. On occasion, I'll have the wife pick up some chicken feet and prepare a base with those. 

From there, if there is any leftover rice I'll throw it in the pot, if not, then some sort of noodles, barley, or potato. 

Now I'm going to have to dig through the fridge when I get home. 

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

...It's basically creamy chicken tortellini soup with spinach. I find it a bit bland, but my family really likes it...

Try making it with kale or collards instead of spinach. They go amazingly well in a soup. 

Scotty Con Queso said:

If you're from Pittsburgh or visiting here, people will try to tell you Italian Wedding Soup is good to eat.  These people are wrong. Tasteless salty broth with mystery meat.  No thanks. 

When done well, it's delicious. The problem is fewer and fewer people do it well. It used to be every dive bar had an old lady in the back making the soup, but they've been dying off without passing on the recipes, or worse, their kids have been subbing stuff in to save time or costs at the expense of flavor. 

I will say the further you get from Pittsburgh the better it gets. The trick is to find church soup sales that still have old ladies making everything. 

Homemade chicken broth, shredded NON rotisserie chicken, baby meatballs, spinach, orzo, parmesan. Sometimes an egg.it's simple, but people still manage to screw it up. 

Chili and soup season will start once we've recovered from whatever demon brought home from school before Thanksgiving. 

My chili is all peppers onions and meat, no powder bullE36 M3, no mixes. 

The aforementioned wedding soup has been a big request, and the wife wants me to try to mimic the stuffed pepper soup she's been getting from the church ladies. I'm not sure how I'm going to pull it off, but I'm going to try. 

RevRico said:

My chili is all peppers onions and meat, no powder bullE36 M3, no mixes. 

Do you mean no chili powder?

If so, as someone who despises chili powder and almost everything it touches, I'd like your recipe. 

Italian wedding soup is a resounding meh.  It's usually greasy, somehow.

On the other hand, DW makes a fantastic knockoff of Olive Garden's pasta fagioli that is delicious.

If chili isn't soup then the clear winner is French Onion Soup. 

Scotty Con Queso said:

If chili isn't soup then the clear winner is either Tom Yum or Tom Kha. 

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Toyman! said:

RevRico said:

My chili is all peppers onions and meat, no powder bullE36 M3, no mixes. 

Do you mean no chili powder?

If so, as someone who despises chili powder and almost everything it touches, I'd like your recipe. 

I cheat and use the instant pot, but yes.

1lb peppers, 1lb onions, sauteed, then enough beef stock to trip the sensor. 45 minutes later, immersion blender everything, and add rough chopped peppers and onions and meat. At this point, instant pot again or transfer to the stove and simmer. 

I wanted to melt my spoon from heat, I accidentally made some of the best chili ever, so it's been my go to for years. 

Meat is whatever leftovers from the smoker all year that I bag and freeze, brisket, pulled pork, pork belly, sausage. 

I've also used my homemade hot sauce instead of beef stock for liquid. Works a little nicer, comes out a bit thicker.

We made beef stew that evolved into vegetable beef soup the second go around. Turned out good.