15 Quick Soups That Are on the Table in a Half Hour

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Feed your craving for tomato soup, chicken soup, or potato soup in 30 minutes or less with these quick soup recipes that work for every season. Stir in flavor with little extras like crushed red pepper flakes and crème fraîche, add texture with noodles or cooked rice, and set your soup apart with standout toppings like homemade croutons and soft-boiled eggs, Find more techniques for maximizing flavor — from toasting fideos to infusing broth with smoky ham — in these satisfying soup recipes.

Creamy Tomato Soup with Buttery Croutons

Cara Cormack

Canned whole tomatoes help Seattle chef Tom Douglas make this deeply flavorful soup in 30 minutes, even with the homemade brown butter croutons that take it over the top.

Broccoli and Potato Soup

Cara Cormack

Broccoli stems and potatoes are cooked and puréed to form a creamy base for this satisfying soup that’s topped with savory Parmesan.

Avgolemono Chicken Soup with Rice

Diana Chistruga

Greek lemon-egg sauce is the base of Grace Parisi’s hearty soup with cooked rice and shredded chicken. It comes together in just 30 minutes.

White Bean and Ham Soup

Diana Chistruga

Grace Parisi cooks aromatic vegetables and thyme sprigs until fragrant, infuses a white bean and chicken stock broth with smoky ham, then purees vegetables, stock, and white beans into a creamy, intensely savory soup — all in a half hour.

Easy Soy Sauce Ramen

Jeni Afuso

Ria McClenny makes homemade ramen in 25 minutes with shoyu broth, scallion-garlic oil, clam juice, soft-boiled eggs. and sliced scallion. Slices of braised pork belly are optional.

Sopa de Fideo

Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Christina Daley

Top Chef and Iron Chef alum Claudette Zepeda boosts the umami in this quick-cooking soup with chicken bouillon and toasts the fideos for a touch of nuttiness. It’s ready in 20 minutes.

Lasagna Soup

Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Christina Daley

Pack the comforting flavors of lasagna into a bowl of soup in 25 minutes with broken lasagna sheets, Italian sausage, creamy ricotta, and harissa.

Miso Chicken Ramen

John Kernick

Justin Chapple adds white miso and runny eggs to this 30-minute chicken noodle soup that we love as a fast take on ramen.

Spinach Egg Drop Soup

Sang Yoon adds ginger and spinach to her take on stracciatella alla Romana, a 15-minute variation with extra flavor.

Gingered Carrot Soup with Crème Fraîche

Maggie Pond adds a little richness to carrot and ginger soup by stirring in crème fraîche and chopped cilantro before serving. It’s on the table in 30 minutes.

Chicken Noodle Soup with Parsnips and Dill

Pack four carrots and four parsnips into classic chicken noodle soup in 30 minutes.

Tuscan White Bean and Escarole Soup with Tuna

Eva Kolenko

Cannellini beans, leafy green escarole, and tuna come together in this chicken stock-based soup seasoned with rosemary, ready in 30 minutes.

Chicken-Chile Soup

Justin Chapple makes this Mexican-inspired soup with poblano chiles, shredded rotisserie chicken, and cilantro, serving it in 30 minutes alongside diced avocado and hot sauce.