Kosher Soup Recipes
Best Kosher Soups
Each week you can choose a different soup recipe from this collection of easy, kosher soup recipes. Then make enough soup so you have some left over to put in the freezer. It is great fun to be able to pull a healthy soup out of the freezer whenever you need. This efficient system will enable you, even on busy days, to quickly and easily provide economical, nutritious and delicious meals for your family.
Kosher Winter Soups
Chicken soup is "embedded deeply in the Jewish psyche", according to Jewish food historian Oded Schwartz. Yet, there are many other kosher recipes for soup that can be comforting to make and eat on cold winter days
Artichoke Potato Soup (Parve)
If you like the taste of artichokes, then you'll like this Artichoke Potato Soup. On cold winter evenings, my kids enjoy this with crackers. And the potatoes in the soup give it enough girth to work as a family dinner.
Wholesome Fish Soup (Parve)
I love the idea of fish soup, but it always seemed a difficult recipe to attempt. I figured I'd either hit or miss. Then my friend David called to tell me that he had just made this awesome fish soup for Shabbos which I needed to taste, photograph and put into this kosher food site for all of us to enjoy. So, without further ado, here is David's...
Mushroom Barley Soup (Parve)
Mushroom Barley Soup is easier to prepare each time you make it. And I suggest making it often. Mushroom Barley Soup is especially nice to serve before a meat dinner. This Shabbat we are having Homemade Challah, Mushroom Barley Soup, Roast Beef, Baked Potatoes, House Salad, and Chocolate Cake.
Beef and Barley Soup (Meat)
It is comforting to know that Susie Fishbein included this recipe for Beef and Barley Soup in her Kosher By Design - Teens and 20-Somethings Cookbook. If my children can prepare this soup, then they'll never go hungry.
Creamy Sweet Potato Soup (Parve)
My family always loved Sweet Potato Soup when we ate it at other people's homes for Shabbat. But I had never added it my repertoire. Then one day I needed to make a quick soup for a friend with a daughter in the hospital. I looked at what I had in my pantry that I could quickly throw together into a soup. And wallah, now my family has a new favorite soup they can request anytime. Why not give thi…
Chicken Turkey Soup (Meat)
My kids never get tired of this Chicken Turkey Soup. They especially like it served with matzo balls. I add turkey to the soup in order to raise the soup's iron content, but the turkey also gives the soup a richer flavor.
Blended Vegetable Soup (Parve)
One of my favorite kitchen tools is an immersion blender. The immersion blender makes it possible to easily make delicious and healthy vegetable soup. Just boil vegetables under tender, blend and spice. The soup is also economical because you can use whatever leftover vegetables you have in the house - cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, onion, cabbage, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrots, celery, kohlrabi and more.
Matzah Balls
Matzah balls or matzo balls, also called knaidlach, are traditionally served in chicken soup during Passover. My kids, however, ask me to serve matzo balls for the Jewish High Holidays and for Friday night Sabbath dinner throughout the winter.
Gazpacho Soup (Parve)
Gazpacho is the perfect summer dish. This tomato-based, raw vegetable soup is lite, refreshing and even thirst-quenching. And no heat is needed to prepare this cold soup - just chop, mix and chill. Gazpacho makes a wonderful appetizer for Friday night dinner or Shabbos lunch during the hot summer months.
Cold Tomato Soup Appetizer for Shabbat Lunch (Parve)
This is a really easy, versatile soup that can be served hot or cold. I usually serve this cold for starters for a Shabbat lunch. I don't think I have ever served this soup and not been asked for the recipe!
Kosher Chinese Egg Drop Soup (Meat)
The Shabbos before Christmas, freeze 4-8 cups of your Jewish chicken soup broth. Then on Christmas eve, invite your Jewish friends over for a potluck Chinese dinner. It is very easy to make Egg Drop Soup from your chicken soup stock.
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
For a different and delicious soup, try this Jerusalem Artichoke soup. Jerusalem artichokes, also known as sunchoke or sunroot, have no relation to Jerusalem or artichokes. And the soup's funny brown color has no relation to its wonderful taste. So don't be fooled. For a new favorite soup, try this nutritious and delicious Jerusalem Artichoke...
Sephardic Barley Soup
This Sephardic Barley Soup recipe comes from my Israeli neighbor's Moroccan grandmother. The coriander adds distinctive flavor to this satiating and easy-to-make soup.
Shabbos Chicken Noodle Soup (Meat)
Life is full of coincidences. I had been thinking that I need to find a more interesting way to make my Shabbos Chicken Soup because, even though my kids never get tired of it, my wife and I feel we need a change every so often. Then on Israeli television someone mentioned adding beef spare ribs to our traditional Jewish chicken soup, and it was...
Hungarian Vegetable Soup (Parve)
This hearty vegetable soup contains beans, peas, potatoes, carrots, and parsnips. Hungarian paprika adds ethnic flavor.
Sweet Potato Lentil Soup (Parve)
My English friend Dalia, who is a vegetarian, explained to me how to make her family's favorite soup, - Sweet Potato Red Lentil Soup. Dalia hates cooking, so I knew it would be an easy-to-make, no-fail recipe. And Dalia only eats healthy food, so I knew the soup would be full of fresh vegetables and high in protein.
Kids' Favorite Potato Soup (Parve)
I imagine this is one of those recipes my kids will ask for when they are older and have their own families. On cold winter days, this Potato Soup has warmed us up inside, turning the chilly house around us into a cozy home.
Easy Pureed Vegetable Soup (Parve)
I like to put the ingredients on the counter, print out the recipe, and let my kids make this soup by themselves. They are more likely to eat this economical and healthy soup if they have made it themselves.
Split Pea Lentil Soup (Parve)
Split Pea soup, such an easy to make and healthy soup, is especially nice to serve for a fall or winter family dinner. My kids love to dunk fresh bread into it. I find this blended soup to be satiating without being heavy, but this recipe can be made even lighter by omitting the potato. So add nice variety to your family repertoire with this...
Potato-Lima Soup (Parve)
Yehudis Wallace, of Louisville, Kentucky's Hasidic community, serves this delicious, thick soup before the Yom Kippur fast. It is filling, yet easily digestible, and it is flavorful, yet low in sodium. Yehudis serves the soup with noodles for the pre-fast meal, which really satiates her husband and four sons before the big day!
Blended Vegetable Soup (Parve)
One of my favorite kitchen tools is an immersion blender. The immersion blender makes it possible to easily make delicious and healthy vegetable soup. Just boil vegetables under tender, blend and spice. The soup is also economical because you can use whatever leftover vegetables you have in the house - cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, onion, cabbage, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrots, celery, kohlrabi and more.
Miki's Red Pepper Soup (Parve)
This vibrant, colorful Red Pepper Soup, thickened with potato and sweetened with pears, tastes as good as it looks. This recipe was contributed by Word of Mouth, a Cleveland-based kosher catering company.
Easy Sweet Potato Soup (Parve)
This is one of the easiest soup recipes I know, and fortunately it is also one of my kids' favorite soup recipes. If you've invited guests for Shabbos who have children or you need to prepare a tasty soup but have limited energy, this is the recipe for you. If your kids like to cook with you, this soup recipe is simple enough to prepare...
Creamy Vegetable Soup (Parve)
This is my mother's recipe. In other words, ingredient amounts are not exact, but the soup is delicious every time. Use whatever leftover vegetables you have in the house - cauliflower, zucchini, onion, cabbage, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrots, celery and more. Just before the veggies are tender enough for the immersion blender, add coconut milk to make the soup creamy but still parve.
Pureed Butternut Squash Soup (Parve)
Butternut squash, a nutritionally rich winter squash, tastes somewhat like sweet potatoes. This Pureed Butternut Squash Soup - from Word of Mouth, a Cleveland-based kosher catering company - is delicious to eat and lovely to serve.
Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup
It has become a family tradition to serve Chicken Noodle Soup for our Rosh Hashanah holiday meal and Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls for Passover Seder. The herbs and spices used in this Chicken Soup recipe make for a deliciously rich broth.
Simple Corn Soup (Parve)
I love corn and anything made with corn. I have yet to find a corn soup recipe that I didn't like. This kosher-parve corn soup, however, is the one I make most often as it is so easy to make. Why work hard for no reason?
Marak Kubah - Kuba Soup (Meat)
Kubah is a small pocket of dough that is stuffed with ground beef and pine nuts. Kubah for soup is usually boiled, whereas Kubah served on a platter is fried. Grocery stores in Israel and increasingly in the United States offer frozen packages of Kubah that are ready to drop into a vegetable soup. Enjoy this traditional recipe for kosher Kubah Soup.
Simple Pumpkin Soup (Parve)
My eight-year-old son brought this recipe home from school one day. I don’t know its source. We tried it together and were amazed at how easy it was to make and how delicious it tasted.
Garden Vegetable Soup (Parve)
This Garden Vegetable Soup is my family's favorite vegetable soup. You can leave the vegetables whole or puree the soup with an immersion blender. This recipe makes a lot of soup, which is great because the soup freezes well. Delicious, healthy and kosher!
Sweet Potato Soup (Parve)
If you have invited guests with children over for a Friday night Sabbath dinner, this Sweet Potato Soup will be a sure-fire success as everyone likes sweet potatoes and children generally prefer creamed soups. Simply bake the potatoes, saute the other vegetables, boil everything together and then cream with an immersion blender. Especially...
About Vegetarian: Bean and Barley Vegetable Soup
This vegetarian and vegan recipe for a hearty homemade barley and vegetable soup is both healthy and filling. A meal in itself, you can add just about any veggies you want - green beans, peas or corn would all work well. This recipe makes a more than generous amount, so plan on having some leftovers!
Aish.com: Soup
Aish HaTorah's Women's Organization provides kosher recipes for Old Jerusalem Chicken Soup, Yemenite Soup, Classic Chicken Soup, Vegetable Soup, Thick Tomato Soup, Matzah Balls (Kneidlach) and Eggless Matzah Balls.
Jewish Food Mailing List: Soups
The Jewish Food Mailing List has compiled Jewish food recipes from its active subscribers. The mailing list defines Jewish food as any food that is able to be prepared according to kashruth (Biblical dietary laws).
Jewish Nutrition: Soups
Hannah Sommer, a nutritionist living in Israel, provides recipes for Traditional Chicken Soup, Minestrone Soup and Pumpkin Peanut Soup.
PBS.org - Chicken Soup with Loads of Vegetables and Matzah Balls
I like this recipe because of the variety of vegetables it uses - onions, parsnips, parsley root, celery, carrots, rutabaga, turnip, kohlrabi, zucchini.
RFCJ Newsgroup: Soups
RFCJ Newsgroup (rec.food.cuisine.jewish) archives recipes sent in from different Jewish ethnic streams (Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Yemenite, etc.) and communities around the world. Recipes posted to this newsgroup respect the basic framework of the Jewish dietary laws. The recipes separate dairy and meat, and they do not call for non-kosher ingredients.
RecipeZaar: Chickpea and Lentil Soup (Parve)
This is an easy-to-make, make-in-advance, healthy, low-fat (use olive oil), pareve (use olive oil), and flavorful soup.
RecipeZaar: Katz's Deli Borscht
RecipeZaar has posted this Borscht recipe from the world-famous Katz's deli located on Houston Street in the Bowery section of New York City.