Soups

🇨🇳Tibet, China

Thukpa

थुक्पा

Tibetan-style wheat noodles are simmered in a savory broth with vegetables and meat, a Himalayan soup carried into Nepal and Bhutan.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Timbuche

A Loreto fish broth with carachama and Amazonian herbs, served as an everyday river meal.

🇵🇭Philippines

Tinola

Tinolang Manok

Tinola is a Filipino ginger chicken soup with green papaya or chayote and peppery chili leaves in a clear, aromatic broth.

🇦🇹Tyrol, Austria

Tiroler Käsesuppe (Tyrolean cheese soup)

Tiroler Käsesuppe melts mountain cheese into onion-seasoned stock, often thickened with bread and finished with chives.

🇭🇺Hungary

Tojasleves

Tojásleves

Caraway and egg-drop soup.

🇱🇦Laos

Tom Jeaw Pa

ຕົ້ມແຈ່ວປາ

Clear sour fish soup with lemongrass, galangal, dill and padaek, deliberately thin and sharp.

🇹🇭Thailand

Tom Kha Gai

ต้มข่าไก่

Coconut chicken soup with galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and mushrooms, balancing creamy and aromatic flavors.

🇹🇭Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand

Tom saep

ต้มแซ่บ

Tom saep is an Isan sour-and-hot offal soup with a clear, chilli-lime broth and fresh herbs.

🇹🇭Bangkok, Thailand

Tom Yum Goong

ต้มยำกุ้ง

Hot and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and chili paste.

🇯🇵Japan

Tonjiru

豚汁

Hearty pork and vegetable miso soup with daikon, burdock, and konnyaku, a winter warmer.

🇬🇷Greece

Trahanas Soup

Σούπα τραχανάς

Greek trahanas soup of trahanas granules simmered in broth or milk, tangy and creamy. A rustic, comforting winter soup, a home and national classic, served with bread and feta, a childhood favorite.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidadian Callaloo

Callaloo

A Trinidadian dasheen-leaf dish simmered smooth with okra, coconut milk, aromatics, and often crab or salted pork; served as a soup, side, or sauce with rice and meat.

🇦🇼Aruba

Tripe Soup

Sopi di Mondongo

Sopi di mondongo; a traditional Aruban tripe soup; made with tripe, spices, a medley of vegetables, and West Indian pumpkin (calabas); a hearty soup popular with locals; a feature of Aruban cuisine; a culinary adventure for the brave; a staple of the midday meal; a traditional dish.

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Tripe Soup

Sopa de mondongo

Tripe soup with beef tripe, vegetables, potatoes, and yuca in a flavorful broth with cumin and oregano, hearty and adventurous.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Tripe Soup

Bébélé

A traditional tripe soup from Marie-Galante; a thick, nourishing soup with beef tripe, green banana (poyo), breadfruit, small dombrés, and Creole spices; slow-cooked to tenderize the tripe; a main course for family meals; the bebélé that is a Marie-Galante specialty.

🇭🇺Hungary

Tripe Soup

Pacalleves

Tripe Soup is a hearty soup with beef tripe, vegetables, paprika, and vinegar.

🇷🇴Romania

Tripe Soup

Ciorbă de burtă

Beef tripe simmered until soft in a broth soured with vinegar and enriched with egg yolk, cream and a great deal of garlic.

🇸🇰Slovakia

Tripe Soup

Držková polievka

Tripe cut into strips and stewed with paprika, marjoram and a great deal of garlic into a thick red soup.

🇬🇷South Aegean, Greece

Tsouvras

Τσούβρας

A simple Aegean soup of coarse bulgur simmered with tomato and olive oil, finished with crumbled feta or myzithra.

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Turkmen Chorba

Çorba

Turkmen chorba is a meat soup built on shurpa broth, with vegetables, legumes, or noodles added and bread served alongside.

🇺🇸Louisiana, United States

Turtle soup

A rich soup of turtle meat (or mock turtle), vegetables, and sherry — a Creole and Philadelphia specialty.

🇹🇷Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Tutmaç çorbası

Tutmac corbasi, the yoghurt-and-noodle soup recorded since the eleventh century and still cooked in eastern Anatolia, is a named historic soup.

🇷🇺Russia

Tyurya

Тюря

Tyurya is a Russian cold soup of bread soaked in kvass or water with onions and herbs.

🇩🇪Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Tüften un Plum

Tüften un Plum is a Mecklenburg sweet-savoury soup combining potatoes with plums, onion and bacon.

🇷🇺Russia

Ukha

Уха

Ukha is a Russian clear fish soup with salmon, cod, or perch, root vegetables, and herbs.

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Unash

Unaş

A traditional Turkmen noodle soup made with milk and noodles or with beans and noodles; one of the most traditional Turkmen soups; listed in Wikipedia's Turkmen cuisine; the milk version is creamy and comforting, the bean version is hearty; a homely dish of everyday Turkmen life; served hot with bread.

🇹🇿Zanzibar City, Tanzania

Urojo

Turmeric-yellow soup of mango and tamarind thickened with chickpea flour, loaded with bhajia, crisps, cassava, boiled egg and coconut chutney.

🇵🇱Poland

Uszka

Tiny Polish dumplings ('little ears') filled with mushrooms and onions, served in clear borscht (barszcz) on Christmas Eve. A Wigilia staple, small and savory.

🇭🇺Hungary

Vadgombaleves

Southern Hungarian wild mushroom soup.

🇭🇷Croatia

Veal Soup

Teleća juha

Clear veal soup with vegetables and noodles, often served as starter, a classic continental Croatian soup, comforting.

🇺🇸New England, United States

Vermont Corn Chowder

A New England chowder of corn, potatoes, and often bacon or ham in a creamy base.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Viche

An Ecuadorian Manabí soup with fish, peanuts, plantains, and corn, a coastal and traditional classic.

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Vincentian Callaloo Soup

Callaloo Soup

Thick, nutrient-dense soup made from dasheen (taro) leaves, coconut milk, okra, garlic, and ground provisions like yams or cassava; a thick, dark green stew; traditional pots often include salted meat or fresh crab; deeply rooted in West African culinary traditions; the callaloo soup of Saint Vincent; a hearty, comforting soup.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Vori Vori

Vorí Vorí

Chicken-and-vegetable soup with small cheese-cornmeal dumplings that swell in the broth, a fixture of Paraguayan Sunday lunches.

🇪🇸Canary Islands, Spain

Watercress and Corn Soup

Potaje de berros

Potaje de berros is a Canarian soup of watercress, corn, and vegetables simmered until the greens soften.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Waterzooi

A Ghent classic: rich stew-soup of chicken or fish with vegetables, cream, and egg yolks