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Name↕ | Origin↕ | Type↕ | Distinctive ingredients and description↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
Abula (soup) | Yorubaland | Smooth | Beans (including locust beans), ewedu, chili peppers, potash and other vegetables blended into water until smooth. |
Aguadito | Peru | Chunky | Peruvian green soup usually made with cilantro, carrot, peas, potatoes and can have chicken, hen, mussels or fish. It also contains ají amarillo (yellow chili pepper) and various other vegetables and spices. The green color is due to cilantro. It is known for having a potential for easing or alleviating symptoms associated with the hangover. |
Ajiaco | Colombia | Chunky | In the Colombian capital of Bogotá, ajiaco is typically made with chicken, three varieties of potatoes, and the Galinsoga parviflora herb commonly referred to in Colombia as guascas. In Cuba, it is a hearty stew made from beef, pork, chicken, vegetables, and a variety of starchy roots and tubers classified as viandas. |
Açorda | Portugal | Chunky | A typical Portuguese dish composed of thinly sliced bread with garlic, large amounts of finely chopped coriander, olive oil, vinegar, water, white pepper, salt and poached eggs. |
Acquacotta | Italy | Chunky | Originally a peasant food, historically, its primary ingredients were water, stale bread, onion, tomato, olive oil and any spare vegetables or leftovers. It has been described as an ancient dish. |
Aloo tama | Nepal | Chunky | Fermented bamboo shoots, potato, and black-eyed peas in a broth |
Amish preaching soup | United States | Chunky | Typically served preceding or following Amish church services. Some versions are prepared with beans and ham hocks. |
Analı kızlı soup | Turkey | Chunky | Bulgur meatballs and chickpeas in gravy with yogurt |
Ant egg soup | Laos, Northeastern Thailand | Chunky | A soup including ant eggs among its ingredients. Served hot. |
Apple soup | Typically smooth | Any number of soups that use apple as a primary ingredient, usually with vegetables, spices, and broth. | |
Ash-e doogh | Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey | Potage | A yogurt soup that consists of yogurt and leafy vegetables. Served hot. |
Aush, aash, āsh | Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Caucasus | Potage | A variety of thick soups, served hot - with many different types of recipes and regional differences. |
Avgolemono | Greece | Potage | Chicken broth, rice or orzo, and lemon, thickened with tempered eggs |
Avocado soup | Can be prepared and served as a cold or hot soup | ||
Bacon soup | Europe | Chunky | Bacon, vegetables, and a thickening agent. Pictured is celery and bacon soup. |
Bak kut teh | Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore | Herbal | Consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours. |
Bakso | Indonesia | Meatballs soup | Meatball noodle soup in rich beef broth, sometimes include bok choy, noodles, tofu, hard-boiled egg, fried shallots and wontons. |
Barley | Ancient | Chunky | Barley, vegetables, and broth |
Batchoy | Philippines | Noodle soup | A Filipino noodle soup made with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles. |
Beef noodle soup | East Asia | Noodle | Stewed or red braised beef, beef broth, vegetables and Chinese noodles. It exists in various forms throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia, and is popular as a Chinese and Taiwanese noodle soup. |
Beer soup | Europe | Beverage soup | Recipe from the Middle Ages using heated beer and pieces of bread; though other ingredients were also used. |
Bergen fish soup | Norway | Fish | White fish (haddock, halibut, cod) and various vegetables in a heavy cream |
Bermuda fish chowder | Bermuda | Chowder | Fish, tomato, onion, other vegetables, served with black rum and "sherry peppers". The national dish of Bermuda. |
Bilo-bilo | Philippines | Dessert | A Filipino dessert soup made of small glutinous balls (sticky rice flour rounded up by adding water) in coconut milk, sugar, jackfruit, saba bananas, various tubers, and tapioca pearls. |
Binakol | Philippines | Chicken | A Filipino chicken soup made from chicken cooked in coconut water with grated coconut, green papaya (or chayote), leafy vegetables, garlic, onion, ginger, lemongrass, and patis (fish sauce). |
Binignit | Philippines | Dessert | Coconut milk, glutinous rice, fruits, root crops, and tapioca pearls, served hot but sometimes chilled |
Bird's nest soup | China | Gelatinous | Edible bird's nest, an expensive delicacy valued for its unusual texture |
Black sesame soup | China | Dessert | A sweet soup containing powdered black sesame seeds and rice, typically served warm |
Blåbärssoppa (Blueberry soup) | Nordic countries | Smooth | A sweet, thick soup made from Bilberries (European blueberries) which is popular in Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. Can be served hot or cold. |
Bob chorba | Bulgaria | Bean | Dried beans, onions, tomatoes, chubritza (summer savoury) or dzhodzhen (spearmint), carrots |
Borscht/ Borshch | Eastern Europe | Chunky | Cabbage and beet-based soup with meat. May be served hot or cold. A national Ukrainian dish and wide spread Belarusian, Polish (with mushrooms instead of cabbage, served on the Christmas Eve) and Russian dish. |
Bouillabaisse | France | Fish | A type of fish soup from Provençal, France. |
Bouillon | Haiti | Sliced meat, potatoes, sliced plantains, yam, cabbage, and celery. Traditionally prepared on Saturdays | |
Bouneschlupp | Luxembourg | Green beans, potatoes, bacon and onions. | |
Bourou-Bourou | Greece (Corfu) | Potage | Vegetable and pasta |
Bread soup | Germany | Bread | Stale bread in a broth |
Brenebon | The Netherlands and Indonesia | Beans | Kidney bean soup served in pig's trotters broth, spiced with shallot, garlic, salt, sugar, pepper, nutmeg and clove. Mixed with chopped green beans, celery and scallion. |
Brown Windsor soup | England | Chunky | Lamb or beef steak, parsnips, carrots, leeks, bouquet garni, Madeira wine; popular in England during the Victorian and Edwardian eras |
Bun bo Hue | Vietnam | Noodle | A noodle soup from central Vietnam, with beef. |
Buridda | Italy (Liguria) | Chunky | Seafood soup or stew. |
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