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Karen Martini's lentil and ham hock soup with poached egg.

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25 hearty soups to warm and fill you up

Heart-warming and tummy-filling, these chunky, substantial soups (and soupy-stews) are bulked up with grains, beans, veg, pasta, bread and even eggs.

25 recipes
Roasted vegetable and lentil soup.
EASY

Roasted vegetable and lentil soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Roast pumpkin soup with merguez sausage, chilli, chickpeas and a swirl of rose harissa.
EASY

Roast pumpkin soup with chickpeas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Smoky tomato soup with shredded chicken, cavolo nero and cheese.

Smoky tomato, pearl barley and chicken soup with parmesan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Hearty winter vegetable soup with borlotti beans and porcini mushrooms.
EASY

Borlotti bean, winter vegetable and porcini soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
A quick but flavour-packed midweek dinner.
EASY

Spicy chicken miso soup with a poached egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Coconut vegetable curry.

Coconut vegetable curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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This cheat's chicken noodle soup works with any small pasta shape.
EASY

Pesto chicken, lemon and supermarket leftover pasta soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This chicken soup is a riff on the Greek avgolemono.

Roasted lemon chicken and burghul hot yoghurt soup with chilli oil

  • Katrina Meynink
Seafood soup with chorizo jam.

Rustic seafood and potato soup with chorizo jam

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's pea and ham soup.

Soup recipes: Pea and ham soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Karen Martini's spring chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup.
EASY

Chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
French onion beef stew.

French onion beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Laksa inspired by spicy Sichuan dandan noodles.
EASY

Dandan inspired laksa

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Mexican style pork and chickpea soup

Neil Perry's Mexican pork and chickpea soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Eggplant and winter greens soup

Eggplant and winter greens soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Minestrone with cheese-stuffed meatball.

Mozzarella meatball and minestrone soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Tunisian breakfast soup with greens.
EASY

Tunisian breakfast soup with greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Warm up with this homestyle barley broth with a lemony twist.

Braised lamb neck and barley broth

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons.
EASY

Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini's smoked ham hock and lentil soup.

Smoked ham hock and lentil soup with parsley and poached eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Serving suggestion: Chunky chicken and celeriac soup with garlicky grilled sourdough on the side.

Chunky chicken and celeriac soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
A lovely, chunky winter meal.

Cavolo nero and bean soup (ribollita)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Steve Manfredi
Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of veggies

Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Use any soup mix in this Sri Lankan-spiced soup.
EASY

Sri Lankan-spiced lentil and bean soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
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Chicken and vegetable soup with parsley pistou

  • 2 hrs +