Soup

This chicken and rice soup has everything we're craving, plus a big handful of crushed peanuts on top.

A restorative, Japanese-inspired chicken soup with only 10 ingredients.

Cornmeal thickens this soup and gives it a silky texture, and the combination of smoky andouille and greens packs in more flavor than you could imagine from a one-hour recipe cook time.

It’ll take a couple of hours to make the homemade broth and cook a whole chicken (your house will smell amazing) for this soup recipe. If you’ve had a long day, use 2 quarts store-bought broth and shredded meat from a rotisserie chicken. Whatever method you choose, use the chicken breasts to make this amazing salad with crispy rice. Check out step-by-step photos here.

If you don’t happen to have or particularly enjoy pastrami, bacon or pancetta would be a delicious substitute for this minestrone recipe. Check out step-by-step photos here.

Bacon and cream gild this ultra-rich corn chowder recipe, but it easily goes vegetarian if you want it to.

A cool green zingy soup; pack it in a thermos on ice and take it picnicking or to the beach.

Puntarelle refers to the bitter inner stalks of the Catalonian chicory (Belgian endive and radicchio are close cousins). Reserve the white stalks for another use—they’re great in a crunchy salad.

For this butternut squash soup recipe, you need to toss the squash occasionally while it’s roasting so it doesn’t burn or stick, and to encourage as much caramelization as possible.

Roasting brings out the sweetness of canned tomatoes, but this method works with fresh tomatoes, too. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

For a beautiful creamy-white (not khaki) color, don’t let the leeks and celery take on any color when sautéing.

Blanching the spinach before blending helps this broccoli soup recipe retain a vibrant green color. Parsley would work in place of the cilantro.

Gigante beans are our favorites, but almost any bean will be delicious this way. 

The pasta will continue to absorb the broth as it sits, so use a small noodle like ditalini, stars, or alphabet shapes.

Try pouring the soup directly over the sliced sandwich for an irresistible cheesy bread soup.

Humble cabbage takes center stage in this vegetarian ramen-inspired cabbage soup.

Heart-healthy coconut oil adds delightfully nutty, aromatic flavor to this creamy, sweet soup. If you can't find harissa to garnish with, drizzle it with hot sauce or sprinkle with a pinch of chili flakes instead.

You have a can of beans? You’ve got a meal. In this kale soup recipe, they take the place of traditional dried beans.

Store-bought rotisserie chicken makes it easy to create a meal without having to cook a whole bird.

Reheating the chicken in broth magnifies the flavors of both, and because you’re using rice noodles, the soup won’t get cloudy or starchy. And if it’s a cold you’re fighting, jalapeño and sriracha will help clear those sinuses.