Soups have been made since ancient times. Around 1300, Huou, chef at the court of Kublai Khan, wrote a collection of recipes (mainly soups) and household advice entitled "The Important Things to Know About Eating and Drinking".[1]
A list of different types of soup:
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Meat and vegetable soups
Large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid
- Ajiaco- A chicken soup from Colombia
- Borscht - (Slavic) beet and veal soup
- Canja de Galinha- A Portuguese soup of chicken, rice and lemon.
- Caldo verde - A Portuguese minced cabbage soup
- Cazuela - (South American) and (Spanish) soup, composed of a clear broth, rice, potato, squash or pumpkin, corn and chicken or beef. It combines native and introduced ingredients.
- Cock-a-leekie - Leek and potato soup made with chicken stock, from Scotland
- Fufu and Egusi soup - A traditional soup from Nigeria made with vegetables, meat, fish, and balls of ground melon seed
- Goulash soup- A Hungarian variety of Goulas, made as a soup, with beef, pork, paprika, peppers, tomato, potato and onion
- Gumbo - A traditional Creole soup from the American South, thickened with okra pods.
- Íslensk Kjötsúpa - Traditional Icelandic meat soup made with lamb and vegetables.
- Kharcho - A Georgian soup of lamb, rice, vegetables and a highly spiced boullion.
- Kimchi jjigae - (Korean) kimchi stew
- Lagman - A traditional Uzbek soup of pasta, vegetables, ground lamb and numerous spices.
- Lentil soup- A soup popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
- Leek soup - A simple soup made from Leeks popular in Wales during St. David's Day
- Menudo (Mexican) tripe, calf's feet, chiles, hominy and seasonings
- Minestrone - (Italian) vegetable soup, with noodles
- Mulligan Stew - made with whatever is to hand
- Oxtail soup
- Philadelphia Pepper Pot - beef tripe pepper soup
- Pozole - (Mexican) thick, hearty soup made of pork or chicken meat and broth, hominy, onion, garlic, dried chiles and cilantro
- Phở- A Vietnamese beef/chicken soup with scallion, welsh onion, cherred ginger, wild coriander, basil, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and black cardamom.
- Ramen - A Japanese soup made from flavorful broth, spaghetti-like noodles, various meats like pork or lobster, onion and other various herbs (miso), and sometimes even corn
- Sundubu jjigae - (Korean) mild tofu stew with spicy seasoning
- Samgyetang - (Korean) chicken ginseng soup made with glutinous rice, jujubes, chestnuts, garlic, and ginger
- Snert- A thick pea soup, eaten in the Netherlands as a winter dish, traditionally served with sliced sausage.
- Shchav, a sorrel soup in Polish, Russian and Yiddish cuisines
- Solyanka - A cabbage soup from Russia
- Tarhana soup - from Turkey
- Tomato soup (pomidorowa) - Traditional Hungarian and Polish soup made of tomato
- Winter melon soup is a Chinese soup, winter melon, filled with stock, usually chicken stock vegetables and meat, that has been steamed for hours.
- Żurek - A Polish wheat soup with sausages often served in a bowl made of bread.
Cold (chilled)
Some soups are served only cold, and other soups can optionally be served cold
- Cold borscht – There are two borscht, hot and cold. Both are based on beets, but are otherwise prepared and served differently.
- Cucumber soup is a soup based on cucumbers, known in various cuisines.
- Dashi soup (Japanese) fish stock soup, with seasonal vegetables.
- Gazpacho – (Spanish) pureed tomato and vegetable soup.
- Okroshka – (Russian) kvass- or kefir-based vegetable and ham soup.
- Sour cherry soup – A cream-based Hungarian soup.
- Tarator – A Bulgarian cold soup made from yogurt and cucumbers.
- Vichyssoise – (French-American) creamy potato and leek soup, served with chives.
- Sayur Asem - An Indonesian soup that tastes sour and spicy.
- Naengmyeon - (Korean) buckwheat noodles in a tangy iced beef broth, raw julienned vegetables, a slice of a Korean pear, and often a boiled egg and/or cold beef
Dessert soups
- Ginataan, Filipino soup made from coconut milk, milk, fruits and tapioca pearls, served cold.
- Etrog, a fruit soup made up from the citron used in Jewish Ritual at the feast of Succoth, is eaten by Ashkenazi
- Fruktsuppe, Norwegian fruit soup, on dried fruit such as raisins and prunes
Fish soups
- Bouillabaisse - (French) fish soup
- Cioppino - (Italian-American) fish stew with tomatoes and a variety of fish and shellfish
- Cullen Skink - A fish soup made with Smoked Haddock, potatoes, onions and cream from Scotland
- Fanesca - A traditional cod soup from Ecuador
- Fisherman's Soup - (Hungarian Halászlé) Ηot and spicy river fish soup with a lot of hot paprika
- Lan Sikik - A Thai soup made with noodle, dried fish and tomato extract.
- Psarosoupa (ψαρόσουπα) - Greek fish soup, uses a traditional oil-and-lemon sauce, vegetables, rice and sea fish
- Sliced fish soup, a dish from Singapore with fish, prawns and vegetables
- Sour soup (fish soup) - A Vietnamese dish made with rice, fish, various vegetables, and in some cases pineapple.
- Ukha or уха - Russian fish soup, made of cod or salmon, vegetables, lime, dill, parsley and black pepper
- Waterzooi - A Belgian fish soup
- Lohikeitto - A Finnish soup made with salmon, potatoes (other root vegetables can be addded such as, rutabaga, carrots, onions), cream and dill
Broths
A flavored liquid usually derived from simmering a food or vegetable for a period of time in a stock.
Consommés
A crystal clear broth or stock that is full of flavor, aroma, and body.
Noodle soups
- Bird's nest soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine.
- Beef noodle soup
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Fuhn, Chinese rice noodles in broth, usually beef, chicken or custom broth
- Egg drop soup, a savory Chinese soup made from cracking eggs into boiling water or broth.
- Log-log, Filipino egg noodle soup (regional variants include Kinalas, Batchoy)
- Mian, Chinese egg noodles in broth, usually beef, chicken or custom broth
- Phở, Vietnamese staple noodle soup
- Ramen, Japanese fresh or dried noodles in broth
- Pasta Fagioli - (Italian)
- Saimin, Hawaiian fresh, soft, undried egg noodles in bonito fish or shrimp broth with Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean and Portuguese influences
Potages
Other broths
- Avgolemono (Αυγολέμονο) - Greek soup made of lemon juice, rice, and egg yolk
- Beer soup: A recipe from the middle ages using heated beer and pieces of bread;[2] though other ingredients were also used.[3]
- Bourou-Bourou - A vegetable and pasta soup from the island of Corfu, Greece
- Chicken noodle soup - Broth with pieces of chicken and noodles
- French onion soup: Broth made with onions and beef. Often topped with croutons and cheese.
- Panada: bread soup made with leftover bread, eggs, beef broth and Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese [4].
- Scotch Broth - mutton, barley and various vegetables
- Tinola: Broth popular in the Philippines made with pieces of chicken, sliced green papayas.
Bisques
Heavy cream soups prepared with fish, shellfish or puree of vegetables or fruits.
Chowders
Thick soups usually containing seafood and potatoes, milk and cream
- Clam chowder
- Corn chowder
- Chupe
- Callaloo - A thick, creamy soup made with okra and, often, crab meat from Trinidad and Tobago
- New England Clam Chowder made with potatoes and cream
- Manhattan Clam Chowder, made with a tomato base.
- Maryland Crab Soup - A soup made of vegetables, blue crab, and Old Bay Seasoning in a tomato base. From Maryland, USA
- She-crab soup - from Charleston, South Carolina, a creamy soup made with blue crab meat and crab roe.
Clear or Stocks
- Brown Veal
- White Beef
- Fumet
- Chicken
- White Veal
- Fish
Cream
Thickened with a white sauce. Although they can be consumed on their own, they often come in condensed form and can be used to create a variety of meat and pasta dishes.
Beverage soups
- Beer soup - (European) medieval breakfast soup poured over bread)
- Wine soup - Hungarian soup with wine
Fermented soups
- Miso soup - a traditional Japanese soup produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans
- Sayur Tumpang - a traditional Javanese soup made from expired tempe, chilli, and other Indonesian seasoning
Pureed
Coulis
Originally meat juices, now thick purees
See also
References
- ^ Food history timeline at Food Reference Website
- ^ Recipe: DANISH BEER SOUP
- ^ "Wild women in the kitchen: 101 ... - Google Books". books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=8zKBmkw0kVIC&pg=PA22&dq=Beer+soup&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Beer%20soup&f=false. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Panada recipe". http://www.happystove.com/recipe/68/Panada+(Bread+Soup).
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