Chunky soups are made by cutting up vegetables and meats into small bite sized pieces.
Chunky soups are made with both a vegetable base or cream based soup.
Chunky soup flavors have much more variety of tastes and foods in them than smooth soup flavors.
Try making your own chunky soups at home using these delicious recipes!
Minestrone Soup
Minestrone soup is full of vegetables, pasta, and kidney beans, making it a hearty, chunky soup that you’ll love!
Minestrone soup is made with celery, spinach, carrots, zucchini, green beans and potatoes that are cooked into a soup base.
Minestrone soup has bacon bits, and parmesan cheese added to it to make it full of salty flavor that balances out the soup since it’s packed full of vegetables.
Minestrone soup is best if served with a crusty bread for dipping into the soup with.
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Broccoli and cheese soup is a cold evening favorite soup!
You can even serve it in a bread bowl if you like. As you eat the soup, you can rip parts of the bread off and eat them!
Broccoli and cheese soup is made by chopping broccoli up into bite sized pieces. The broccoli, carrots, and onions are cooked into a soup base.
The milk and cheddar cheese is added after the vegetables are cooked through to thicken up the soup and make it creamy.
Broccoli and cheddar soup can also be served with cheddar cheese scones that can be dipped into the soup.
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla soup is filled with corn, black beans, tomatoes, peppers, slices of jalapeno, and pieces of chicken in a soup base.
Tomato paste is added to the soup which makes it have a purple color to it, and a bit of acidity to the soup base.
Tortilla soup is topped with a few crushed tortilla chips and a spoonful of sour cream for a crunchy and creamy soup.
You can even finish off the soup with a few pieces of avocado and grated cheddar cheese for a delicious chunky soup.
Thai Red Curry Soup
Thai red curry soup is filled with vegetables, noodles, and has a coconut milk base.
Thai red curry soup is one of the most satisfying and flavorful soups you can make!
Thai red curry soup is made by cooking onions and peppers with oil olive and garlic for a fragrant start to the soup.
Thai red curry soup is made with red curry paste, ginger, chicken broth, and coconut milk which creates the soup base.
Rice noodles are added towards the end of the cooking process to thicken up this chunky soup.
You also have the option of adding chicken into the soup, but it’s better without the chicken.
White Tuscan Bean Soup
White Tuscan bean soup is made with the addition of white wine to make up the soup base.
White wine adds an aroma of intense flavor to soup, that you will love!
White Tuscan bean soup is made with cannellini beans, carrots, celery and onions to make this soup extra chunky.
The vegetables are cooked into the soup base, along with a bit of tomato paste and herbs, creating the Tuscan flavor.
Kale is added at the end of cooking the soup. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and it’s ready to serve.
Make sure to taste test your soup, you may need to add more salt and pepper to adjust it to your liking.
You could add Hot Italian sausage to this soup if you wanted a bit of spicy meat flavor which goes well with Tuscan flavors.
Tortellini Soup
Tortellini soup is made by cooking hot Italian sausage with some onions and garlic to create the flavor for the soup base.
Herbs, chicken broth, and heavy cream are added to the pot to create the creamy soup base of the chunky soup.
Let the soup simmer and thicken. Add kale and tortellini and let it simmer until the pasta is fully cooked.
Serve tortellini soup with a bit of French bread for dipping into the soup.
