Hearty Chunky Vegetable Soup | Slimming Eats Recipes (2024)

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What is a thick chunky soup called? ›

Chowder is a thick, chunky soup. Traditionally, chowder is made with seafood or fish, but chowders made with poultry, vegetables, and cheese are also popular.

Dried herbs and seasonings: homemade seasoned salt, black pepper, Italian seasoning, and dried bay leaves lend flavor to the soup. Stock: I much prefer chicken stock over vegetable stock in terms of flavor, though if you want to keep this soup vegetarian, feel free to use vegetable broth or stock instead.

Rich in Essential Nutrients

Low-sodium versions of chunky canned ready-to-serve vegetable soup provide about 23 percent of the daily value for potassium, 52 percent of the DV for vitamin A, 14 percent of the DV for riboflavin and 10 percent of the DV for fiber.

According to the Taste Atlas Awards, the international food database, the Filipino favorite, Sinigang, is hailed as the best soup in the world.

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A squeeze of citrus, a dollop of yogurt or a drizzle of cream, a dusting of cheese or a good chile powder, a sprinkling of some herbs or croutons — all can take a perfectly fine soup into the realm of the delectable. Even a spiral of good olive oil to finish and some coarse sea salt can do wonders.

It may sound a bit strange and unusual for some, but vinegar is a common ingredient in some soup recipes, and there is a good reason for it. If you think about it, vinegar is really a flavor-enhancer (umami). That's why it is so often used in cooking, sauces, and salad dressings.

Add flour or cornflour

Put a tablespoon of either into a small bowl and stir in 2-3 tbsp of the soup until you have a smooth mixture. Stir this back into the soup and bring it to a simmer. Cook for a few minutes to allow the starch granules to burst to thicken, and to cook out any flour flavour.

You'll start by sweating onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil with some tomato paste. Then, stir in more flavor with garlic, fennel seeds, salt, and pepper. Pour in your broth (try homemade veggie or homemade chicken broth).

For clear, brothy soups, stock is your most important ingredient. If you want to make a good soup, you need to use an excellently flavored stock — otherwise, the entire pot could be tasteless.

What are good spices to put in vegetable soup? ›

To season it, we recommend starting with our Vegetable Soup Mix. It contains celery salt, parsley flakes, garlic powder, sea salt, summer savory, marjoram, thyme, black pepper, turmeric and sage, which are all excellent with root vegetables, so you can incorporate things like carrots or potatoes into the soup.

You can thicken soup by adding flour, cornstarch, or another starchy substitute. For the best results, never add flour or cornstarch directly to your soup. If you do, it will clump up on top. Instead, ladle a small amount of broth into a separate bowl and let it cool.

CHICKEN BROTH (WATER, CHICKEN STOCK), SEASONED CHICKEN, CARROTS, CELERY, NOODLES (WHEAT FLOUR, WHOLE EGG, EGG WHITE), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, CHICKEN FAT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACT (BARLEY), GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTS (MUSTARD), HYDROLYZED PROTEIN (SOY, CORN, WHEAT), DRIED PARSLEY, BETA ...

For those wanting a more intense regime, a vegetable soup can replace two meals a day for five to seven days without any negative side effects. Although much of the weight loss will be fluid, sometimes all we need to feel leaner and healthier is a flatter stomach and a kilo or two less on the scales.

You can also call a chunky soup an unpassed soup, as the soup has not been strained of any chunks before serving.

Thick soups are classified depending upon the type of thickening agent used: purées are vegetable soups thickened with starch; bisques are made from puréed shellfish or vegetables thickened with cream; cream soups may be thickened with béchamel sauce; and veloutés are thickened with eggs, butter, and cream.