Top 5 cozy fall soup recipes
Quick answer
For easy fall soups, start with Natasha's Kitchen's Zuppa Toscana, Babish's French onion soup, Love and Lemons' butternut squash soup, RecipeTin Eats' lentil soup and Simply Recipes' homemade chicken noodle soup. Three are ready in about an hour, two are slow weekend projects, and all of them reheat well for lunches.
The first cold evening of the year always calls for soup. These five cover every fall mood: rich and creamy, cheesy and slow, bright and vegetable forward, cheap and filling, and the one you want when someone at home is sniffling.
We picked recipes from creators who test their food properly and explain the why behind each step. Every pick links to the original, and the button under each one saves it to Recepti so the recipe is ready on your phone while you cook.
1 Zuppa Toscana
By Natasha's Kitchen on YouTube · Written recipe
Natasha's take on the Olive Garden favorite is a one-pot soup loaded with spicy sausage, bacon, soft potatoes and kale in a creamy broth. It is hearty enough to be dinner on its own, and the video makes every step easy to follow, even if you have never made soup from scratch.
- Time
- About 1 hour 10 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Hot Italian sausage, bacon, russet potatoes, kale, garlic, onion, chicken broth, cream
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2 French onion soup
By Binging with Babish on YouTube
Babish calls it a rainy Saturday project, and he is right. The onions cook down slowly until they are deep brown and sweet, then simmer in broth with a splash of sherry. Topped with toasted bread and bubbling Gruyère, it is the coziest bowl on this list and worth every minute of stirring.
- Time
- A few hours, mostly slow-cooking onions
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Key ingredients
- Lots of onions, good beef broth, dry sherry, thyme, day-old baguette, Gruyère
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3 Butternut squash soup
By Jeanine Donofrio, Love and Lemons
Written recipeButternut squash souploveandlemons.comSilky, golden and naturally vegan, this soup gets its warmth from sage, rosemary and a little fresh ginger rather than cream. Jeanine tops it with toasted pepitas and serves it with crusty bread. It keeps for days in the fridge and freezes well, so it is a good one to double.
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Butternut squash, onion, garlic, fresh sage and rosemary, ginger, vegetable broth
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4 Lentil soup
By Nagi Maehashi, RecipeTin Eats
Written recipeLentil souprecipetineats.comNagi's promise is a lentil soup that is never bland, and she delivers. A little cumin, coriander and paprika give it depth, and a squeeze of lemon at the end makes it taste bright. It is cheap, filling and vegetarian, and it is one of the most reliable pantry dinners we know.
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Dried lentils, carrot, celery, onion, crushed tomato, cumin, coriander, paprika, lemon
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5 Homemade chicken noodle soup
By Elise Bauer, Simply Recipes
Written recipeHomemade chicken noodle soupsimplyrecipes.comThis is the from-scratch version: a whole chicken simmers into a light, golden broth, then fresh vegetables and egg noodles go in at the end. It takes time but very little effort, and it makes a big pot. Freeze a few portions for the next time someone needs a bowl of comfort.
- Time
- About 2 hours 15 minutes, mostly simmering
- Difficulty
- Easy, just slow
- Key ingredients
- A whole chicken, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, thyme, parsley, egg noodles
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Questions
What is the easiest fall soup to make?
Butternut squash soup and lentil soup are the easiest here. Both use simple ingredients, cook in under an hour and are hard to get wrong.
Which fall soups freeze well?
Lentil, butternut squash and chicken broth based soups freeze very well. For chicken noodle, freeze the soup without the noodles and cook fresh noodles when you reheat it. Creamy soups like Zuppa Toscana can separate a little after freezing.
Can I make these soups vegetarian?
The butternut squash soup is already vegan and the lentil soup is vegetarian when you use vegetable broth. The others rely on meat or beef broth for their flavor.
How do I save soup recipes from blogs and YouTube in one place?
Paste each link into Recepti. It saves the ingredients, steps and creator credit, so your recipes from different sites end up in one list.
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