Soups

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Chicken Broth with Noodles

Slepičí vývar

Slow-simmered Sunday chicken broth with noodles, vegetables and liver dumplings.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Chicken Canja

Canja de Galinha

A Cape Verdean chicken-and-rice soup seasoned with onion, herbs and lemon, inherited through the Lusophone Atlantic.

🇺🇸Hawaii, United States

Chicken Long Rice

A Hawaiian soup of chicken broth with translucent mung bean threads ('long rice') and shredded chicken.

🇷🇴Romania

Chicken Noodle Soup

Supă de tăieței

Clear chicken broth with thin egg noodles, the sweet (non-soured) counterpart to ciorbă, finished with chopped parsley.

🇭🇺Hungary

Chicken Paprika Soup

Csirkepaprikás-leves

Chicken Paprika Soup is a creamy chicken soup with paprika, sour cream, vegetables, and noodles or dumplings, silky and rich.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Chicken Peanut Soup

Caldo de Gallina con Maní

Chicken soup thickened with smooth peanut paste, onion, herbs, and spices, served as a rich Paraguayan broth.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Chicken Soto

Soto Ayam

Indonesia's most popular soto with turmeric-yellow broth, chicken, compressed rice cakes, and vermicelli

🇪🇨Ecuador

Chicken Soup

Caldo de gallina

An Ecuadorian chicken soup with potatoes, onions, and herbs, a comfort and hangover classic.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Chicken Soup with Rice

Пилешка супа

Clear chicken broth with rice or fine noodles, carrot and parsley, finished with a beaten egg-and-yogurt liaison stirred in off the heat.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Chicken Souse

Souse

Chicken parts simmered with potato, onion, allspice and a great deal of lime into a clear, sour, peppery broth.

🇲🇽Mexico

Chileatole verde

A green corn-and-chile atole, thick and savory, with epazote.

🇺🇸United States

Chilled Avocado Soup

A cold, silky soup of pureed avocado, broth or cream, and lime, popular in warmer-climate restaurants.

🇲🇽Veracruz, Mexico

Chilpachole de jaiba

A Veracruz crab soup with tomato, chile, and epazote, thickened with masa.

🇹🇭Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand

Chim chum (Thai Meat Hotpot with Galangal and Lemongrass)

จิ้มจุ่ม

Chim chum, the clay-pot herbal broth hotpot of Isan cooked at the table, is a named dish with dedicated restaurants.

🇧🇿Belize

Chimole

Chicken and hard-boiled egg in a jet-black broth coloured by recado negro, a paste of chillies burnt to charcoal and reground.

🇩🇿Algeria

Chorba Beida

شربة بيضاء

White chicken soup with chickpeas, vermicelli or kadaif noodles and no tomato at all, finished with lemon and cinnamon.

🇩🇿Algeria

Chorba Frik

شربة فريك

Freekeh — young wheat roasted green — simmered in a lamb and tomato broth with chickpeas, coriander and mint.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Chorba Frik

شربة فريك

Green cracked wheat cooked in a tomato-and-lamb broth with celery leaf and harissa, thickened by the grain itself.

🇩🇿Algeria

Chorba Hamra

An Algerian red soup of lamb, chickpeas, and vegetables in a tomato broth, thickened with broken vermicelli.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Chupe Andino

A Venezuelan Andean cream soup with shredded chicken or hen, cheese, potatoes, vegetables and cream, a hearty, warming mountain specialty.

🇵🇪Arequipa, Peru

Chupe de Camarones

Thick, spicy river shrimp soup from Arequipa with yellow potatoes, cheese, milk, fava beans, corn, and eggs.

🇦🇷Ushuaia, Argentina

Chupe de Centolla

A creamy Patagonian king-crab gratin of centolla meat, bread, milk, cheese, and cream, baked until golden. A southern Argentine specialty from Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel.

🇵🇪Peru

Chupe de Pollo

A Peruvian chicken chowder with potatoes, corn, peas and cheese, topped with poached egg. Thick, creamy and comforting.

🇵🇪Junín, Peru

Chupe Verde

A Junín green soup of potatoes, cheese and huacatay served hot in the Andes.

🇲🇽Michoacán, Mexico

Churipo

A Purépecha beef and vegetable soup with corn and chile, from Michoacán.

🇵🇱Poland

Chłodnik

A Polish cold beet soup of young beets, cucumbers, dill, and kefir or buttermilk, served chilled with a halved egg. A refreshing summer soup, tangy and pink.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Clear Vegetable Broth

ဟင်းချို

A very light broth of greens, gourd or radish in water with a little fish paste, served to wash down the oil of the curries beside it.

🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

Cock-a-Leekie

A traditional Scottish soup of chicken and leeks simmered in broth, often with prunes, dating back to the 16th century.

🇰🇮Kiribati

Coconut Crab Soup

Coconut crab soup is a broth made with coconut crab meat, coconut milk, aromatics, and island vegetables; the crab gives the soup a sweet, rich seafood flavour.

🇰🇷South Korea

Cod Head Soup

대구탕

Cod-head soup in a restorative milky broth with vegetables and whole garlic.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Cold Beet Soup

Šaltibarščiai

A shocking-pink cold summer soup of beets and kefir or buttermilk, with cucumbers, dill, and hard-boiled eggs, served with hot boiled potatoes.

🇱🇻Latvia

Cold Beet Soup

Aukstā zupa

Bright pink chilled soup made with beets, kefir, cucumbers, eggs and dill, a refreshing summer staple.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Conch Chowder

Conch simmered with tomato, potato, carrot, celery and thyme into a red soup finished with a splash of sherry pepper sauce.

🇧🇿Northern Honduras, Belize

Conch Soup

Sopa de caracol

Queen conch simmered in coconut milk with green plantain, yuca and cilantro until the shellfish softens and the broth turns pale and sweet.

🇻🇮Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands

Conch Water

Dark broth soup with conch stewed in large hunks, seasoned with thyme and cloves; a St. Croix specialty particularly associated with Frederiksted; can be eaten alone or used to moisten rice.

🇬🇬Guernsey

Conger Eel Soup

La Soupe d'Andgulle

Conger eel soup is a Channel Islands preparation of meaty conger eel with onions, herbs, milk, leeks, and seasonal vegetables, traditionally served at Lent.