Soups

🇺🇸United States

Shrimp Bisque

A velvety, creamy soup of pureed shrimp and shellfish stock.

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Shurbo

Шӯрбо

Lamb on the bone boiled slowly with whole potatoes, carrots, turnip and chickpeas, the broth served first and the solids after.

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Shurpa

Sho'rpa

A Uzbek soup with large pieces of fatty mutton, fresh vegetables, and herbs

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Shurpa Mash

Şurpa maş

Shurpa Mash is a Turkmen mung-bean soup built on meat bouillon, with a creamy texture as the beans soften.

🇵🇱Silesia, Poland

Siemieniotka

A Silesian flaxseed soup, made from ground flaxseeds, milk, and potatoes, a regional specialty. A rustic, earthy, creamy soup, a Silesian tradition, served warm with bread.

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Pepper Soup

Pepper Soup

A fiery Sierra Leonean broth of fish or meat, ginger, chilli and fragrant spices.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Siga Shorba

ሥጋ ሾርባ

An Ethiopian-style beef soup, lightly spiced and warming — comfort in a bowl, often served when someone's feeling under the weather. Simpler and brothier than a wot.

🇵🇭Philippines

Sinigang

Sinigang na Baboy

Sinigang is Filipino sour soup built around a tart tamarind, guava, green mango, or other fruit broth with vegetables and a chosen protein.

🇲🇫Saint Martin

Sint Maarten Callaloo Soup

Callaloo Soup

The national dish of French Saint-Martin and on the whole island; a thick green soup made from callaloo leaves (spinach-like vegetable), pork cubes, okra, hot peppers, black pepper, thyme, and chicken stock

🇸🇽Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten Conch Soup

Conch Soup

A hearty soup with fresh conch, carrots, pumpkin, potatoes, celery, and dumplings in a flavorful broth; a traditional Sint Maarten soup

🇸🇽Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten Whelk Soup

Whelk Soup

Traditional soup made with whelks (smaller sea snails than conch), stewed in coconut milk with vegetables, callaloo greens, and seasonings; a Sint Maarten soup Sint Maarten's whelk soup uses coconut and callaloo for a distinct island preparation.

🇳🇵Nepal

Sisnu ra aloo ko tarkari (Potatoes with Nettles and Spinach)

सिस्नु

Stinging nettle leaves are blanched and cooked with garlic, spices, or lentils into a green Nepali dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Snail Soup (Babbouche)

ببوش

Moroccan snails simmered in a dark, cumin-heavy broth with paprika and aromatic herbs.

🇨🇳China

Snow Fungus Soup

银耳汤

Yin er tang, the cooling snow-fungus and rock-sugar soup, is a named Chinese tong sui with a fixed identity.

🇳🇴Trøndelag, Norway

Sodd

Trondheimssodd

Sodd is a clear Trøndelag meat soup containing small meatballs, diced carrots, and potatoes in a clean, savory broth.

🇨🇭Solothurn, Switzerland

Soledurner wysüppli

Soledurner wysüppli is a Solothurn white-wine soup thickened with egg yolk and cream, often served with toasted bread.

🇷🇺Russia

Solyanka

Солянка

Solyanka is a thick sour soup with meat, fish, or mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, cabbage, and smetana.

🇩🇯Djibouti

Somali Meat Soup

Fah-fah

A traditional meat and vegetable soup popular in northern Somalia and Djibouti; a hearty, spiced soup with goat or beef; vegetables and aromatic spices simmered until tender; a comforting dish served with flatbread or rice; the soup of northern Somalia; found at restaurants and homes across the north; a beloved regional specialty.

🇸🇴Somalia

Somali Soup

Maraq

A spiced Somali soup or stew of goat, beef, or chicken with vegetables; anchors many Somali meals and changes from region to region; served with rice, canjeero, or pasta; the comfort food of home kitchens; a hot pot that combines meat, vegetables, and aromatic spices; a foundational dish of Somali cuisine; the soup that warms Somali homes.

🇵🇹Lisbon Region, Portugal

Sopa caramela

Sopa caramela is a Portuguese soup from Palmela, built around a seasoned broth and the region’s staple ingredients.

🇦🇷Argentina

Sopa Correntina

A northeast Argentine dish of fresh corn, chickpea flour, cheese, and milk baked into a soft, savory pudding. A Corrientes specialty, often served with fish or meat.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Sopa Criolla

A Peruvian beef and noodle soup with aji, milk and a poached egg. Creamy, spicy and comforting from Lima.

🇵🇹Lisbon Region, Portugal

Sopa da Pedra

Sopa da Pedra is Almeirim’s bean soup enriched with chouriço, pork, vegetables, and a stone-soup legend.

🇲🇽Mexico

Sopa de aguacate

A creamy avocado soup, served hot or chilled.

🇲🇽Mexico

Sopa de albondigas

Meatball soup in a clear broth with rice, vegetables, and a mint-tinged broth.

🇭🇳Honduras

Sopa de Capirotadas

Corn-and-cheese fritters dropped into a tomato and coriander broth with vegetables, so they swell and go spongy.

🇵🇹Alentejo, Portugal

Sopa de cação

Alentejo shark, bread and coriander soup.

🇸🇻El Salvador

Sopa de Gallina

A Salvadoran hen soup with vegetables, yuca, and rice, a daily and home classic

🇲🇽Mexico

Sopa de habas

A fava bean soup, thick and earthy.

🇲🇽Puebla, Mexico

Sopa de hongos y poblano

A mushroom and poblano soup, earthy and creamy.

🇲🇽Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Sopa de lima

A Yucatecan chicken-lime soup with tortilla strips.

🇵🇹Algarve, Portugal

Sopa de lingueirão

Sopa de lingueirão is a Portuguese soup from Algarve, built around a seasoned broth and the region’s staple ingredients.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sopa de Mandioca

A thick Brazilian cassava soup from Minas Gerais and the interior, made with chunks of cassava, meat, sausage and kale. Hearty and filling.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Sopa de Maní

A Bolivian peanut soup with beef, potatoes, carrots, and pasta, a creamy and hearty classic.

🇨🇱Chile

Sopa de Mariscos

A Chilean coastal soup of mixed fresh seafood—fish, shrimp, mussels, clams and squid—simmered in a white wine, tomato and herb broth, often served after a night out.

🇲🇽Mexico

Sopa de milpa (Corn Field Soup)

'Cornfield soup': a corn soup with squash, beans, and herbs.