100 Soup, Stew and Chili Recipes For Every Craving

There’s something magical about soups, stews, and chili. They’re like a warm hug in a bowl, perfect for cozy nights, rainy afternoons, or any time you’re craving comfort. Soups are the ultimate blank canvas; they can be rich and indulgent or light and refreshing, depending on what you’re in the mood for. From classics like potato soup and clam chowder to creative blends that use up seasonal veggies, these recipes are here to keep your spoon busy all year long.

In this collection of 100 soup, stew, and chili recipes, you’ll find a world of flavors, textures, and cozy combinations. Whether you’re a fan of the deep, earthy taste of mushrooms, the sweetness of roasted carrots, or the hearty comfort of chicken and noodles, there’s something here to warm every belly and heart. These soups are perfect for those days when you just want to curl up with a big bowl of something soothing and let the flavors do all the work.

So grab your favorite soup pot, a ladle, and maybe a cozy sweater—and let’s dive into 100 ways to get your soup fix!

Beef, Pork, or Lamb Soup and Stews

Beef Caldereta is a Spanish-inspired beef stew that will tantalize your taste buds. Bursting with flavor, this classic dish is made in a slow cooker so it’s ready when you are.

This easy Stuffed Pepper Soup is made with hearty, flavorful ingredients like brown rice, lean ground beef, tomatoes, and various peppers.

This one pot Philly Cheese Steak Soup is going to be a new family favorite. Take that classic sandwich and serve it up as a rich and creamy soup in a bread bowl. Look at all of that melty cheese!

Italian Beef Stew is a deliciously slow simmered dish that’s wonderful for weekend family dinners or dinner parties with friends.

Seared beef, potatoes and veggies come together in this Slow Cooker Beef Stew for the ultimate comforting dinner. 

All the newly harvested veggies can be added to this incredibly easy Hamburger Vegetable Soup Recipe for the perfect pot of flavor and goodness.

Cozy up with a comforting bowl of leftover corned beef and cabbage soup. Making use of leftovers has never been tastier!

Soups with Beans

This Ham and Bean Soup Recipe is perfect for lunch or dinner. It’s a hearty protein-packed 13 bean soup recipe that will keep you satisfied long after a meal.

Southwestern Pinto Bean Soup has a Southwestern flair. You will enjoy the heartiness of this soup, and how it’s simply made in the slow cooker.

Navy Bean Soup is a slow cooker recipe that is so easy to make and will warm you from the inside out on the coldest winter days.

Creamy Broccoli Soup Recipes

Vegan: This comfort-filled Creamy Broccoli Soup Is filling And delicious. Perfect for rainy days, this soup satisfies like no other. You’d never guess it’s dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan!

Gluten-Free: Broccoli Cheddar Soup is creamy, cheesy, and packed with veggies. This one-pot dish requires minimal prep work and can be made in under 30 minutes!

Vegetarian: Cream of Broccoli Soup is an easy-to-make healthy soup perfect for any night of the week. The best part about this delicious, Creamy soup recipe is it can be prepared in under 30 minutes.

Instant Pot: Thick, rich broccoli cheddar soup is the perfect fall comfort food. This recipe is super quick and easy as it’s made in the instant pot! 

KETO: Thick, creamy, and loaded with plenty of cheese and broccoli but none of the carbs, this keto Broccoli Cheese Soup is so good you’ll never miss the carbs!

Cauliflower Soup Recipes

Enjoy all the goodness of a jalapeno popper, but in a bowl, with this simple low-carb jalapeno popper cauliflower soup. It’s simple to prepare in one pot or an Instant pot in just over 30-minutes and gluten-free.

Cauliflower and Potato Soup is satisfying, smooth, and creamy. Using potatoes to provide a creamy texture, this soup is very nutritious, vegan, quick, and easy to make. Ideal for a healthy lunch or dinner, this soup will become a new family favorite. Serve with some crusty bread for a hearty and comforting meal.

This Cauliflower Cheese Soup is so yummy that I have made a habit of cooking up a double batch so there are leftovers the next day!

Creamy roasted cauliflower soup requires just a few simple ingredients and a few easy steps. The result is a thick and creamy soup with deep flavor from roasted cauliflower, shallots, and garlic. It’s the perfect winter meal and/or a beautiful addition to your holiday table.

Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup is a Zupas copycat recipe. This naturally gluten-free cauliflower soup is full of cheesy, creamy goodness!

Cheese Soups

Our Creamy Beer Cheese Soup is the perfect comforting, crave worthy soup for cold winter nights and warm bellies.

This Creamy Cabbage & Bleu Cheese Soup is rich, flavorful, hearty, filling, and comforting. All of the things that make soup comfort food. It’s full of flavor, made with bleu cheese, cabbage and caraway.

Hands down the BEST cheese soup ever. Ranked one of the top recipes to try at The Driskill Hotel/1886 Cafe & Bakery in Austin, TX.

Creamy Bacon Soup recipe is about to become your new go-to comfort food. Perfect for an easy dinner, a crowd-pleasing addition to tailgates, or a warming meal on a cold night, this hearty soup combines crispy bacon, tender vegetables, and a velvety blend of cream and cheddar cheese.

This slow cooker beer cheese soup, full of creamy cheese and bold flavors, is easy to get on the table! 5 minutes of prep and slow cooked for hours, it’s perfect for a chilly day or a game day celebration.

Recipes for Soup with Chicken

If you love the flavors of chicken piccata, you are going to love this Chicken Piccata Soup. 

You won’t believe this creamy chicken potato chowder doesn’t use heavy cream! The sour cream and cheese do the heavy lifting, while the broth, chicken, and veggies provide a complete meal in a bowl that is sure to be a new favorite.

Loaded with veggies and tender chicken, this healthier version of Chicken Pot Pie Soup is exactly the soup the college kids want when they come home for the weekend.

Easy Rottisserie Chicken Noodle Soup recipe could not be simpler to make and is the ULTIMATE comfort food.

This creamy chicken tortilla soup made in the Instant Pot is bursting with a delicious mixture of chiles and juicy morsels of chicken. It’s creamy and cheesy with just the right amount of heat.

This creamy chicken and wild rice soup is loaded with fresh veggies like carrots, kale, and crispy mushrooms! It’s the perfect hearty soup for those cold nights! This soup is healthy, flavorful, and filling!

This gluten-free cream of chicken soup is delicious and comforting. It is great on its own or perfect for use in casseroles and other recipes! The secret to its thick, creamy texture is gluten-free flour!

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup is hearty with tender chicken, egg noodles, vegetables, and a chicken broth that is good to the very last spoonful. It is the perfect comfort food for both chilly days and nights.

This Creamy Chicken Soup With Egg Noodles is the chicken soup dreams are made of. It’s hearty, healthy, both fresh and creamy, and easy to make. Give it a try… it’ll be love at first bite.

This creamy, cheesy buffalo chicken soup tastes just like your favorite game-day appetizer. The easy recipe is perfect for busy weeknights because it is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Creamy Chicken Stew with Potatoes will warm you from the inside out. A delicate broth flavors moist chicken and perfectly cooked vegetables.

Chili Recipes

Try this easy stovetop chili recipe with ground beef! It’s quick and easy to make or can simmer for hours. This award-winning chili recipe will become one of your family favorites.

Spicy Chili Con Carne recipe is a thick stew that will warm you from the inside out. This filling dish is rich and packed with flavor! The Instant Pot makes it a 30-minute meal.

Instant Pot Pork Green Chili is an easy green chile stew with beans. It’s a hearty comfort food recipe that will stick to your ribs and feed a crowd.

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili should be part of anyone’s busy weeknight arsenal if you want an amazing dinner on the table in under an hour.

Homemade Texas-Style Chili never tasted so good! This slight twist on the classic recipe calls for beef stew meat instead of the ground variety and TONS of spices. With flavors as big and bold as Texas, this spicy Texas Chili recipe is sure to be adored this fall and winter!

Ground Lamb Lentil Chili is an easy comfort meal that comes together quickly. Made in an instant pot makes this Lamb Chili recipe a one-pot, 30-minute meal.

You can have a flavorful, healthy meal the whole family will love on the table in just 30 minutes with this easy White Chicken Chili.

Curries

This Vegan Curried Pumpkin Soup is super creamy, smooth, and full of flavor! This easy pumpkin soup recipe is gluten-free, paleo, dairy-free, low-carb, and keto-friendly. It’s healthy and quick to make with canned pumpkin puree, creamy coconut milk, and curry spices! You’ll have a satisfying cozy meal ready in 15 minutes!

Mulligatawny soup is a creamy and rich curried soup that originated from South Indian cuisine and has been adapted to suit western tastebuds. It is really simple to make in an Instant Pot and is a set-and-forget recipe that is ready in 20 minutes.

This creamy chicken curry soup is everything you need to cozy up with. It’s simple to make and absolutely packed with flavor.

Recipes for Mushroom Soup

Looking for a healthy mushroom soup recipe that doesn’t sacrifice flavor? This creamy mushroom soup is quick and easy and packs a punch with various herbs and spices, making this the perfect cozy Fall soup.

Rich, luscious, Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup made with butter, cream and baby portabella mushrooms. A meatless, hearty meal that your family is sure to enjoy!

Pasta or Grains

Only 5 Ingredients to this delicious soup full of Italian flavors. This great recipe for Tortellini Soup with Sausage is made with Italian sausage, cheese tortellini, and fresh spinach.

You’ve just found the BEST creamy tortellini soup with Italian sausage, spinach, and Italian seasonings in a light cream broth dusted with fresh Parmesan. It’s cozy, comforting, and flavorful, so it checks all of the right boxes! It’ll be your new favorite cooler weather creamy soup, I promise.

Lasagna Soup is everything you love about lasagna in a comforting bowl of soup. Prepare on the stovetop or in your slow cooker. Full of Italian tomato flavor, lean ground beef, and cheese.

Millet soup is a healthy, nutritious, and delicious soup made with foxtail millet. Made in an Instant Pot, this soup is ready in 30 minutes (with only 10 minutes of hands-on time).

Minestrone Soup is chock full of fresh vegetables, and so simple to make. Everything, including a jar of pasta sauce, goes right in the crock pot so you can set it and forget it, making this the perfect soup recipe for busy weeknights to lazy weekends.

Creamy Potato Soups for Fall

Baked Potato Soup Recipe is like a creamy loaded baked potato loaded with bacon, green onion, and more cheese! It’s delicious comfort food that will warm you from the inside out.

The best Old-Fashioned Vegan Potato Soup! This quick and easy creamy potato soup recipe is just like grandma used to make! Make this with just 8 ingredients and 15 minutes to spare! This homemade cozy rustic soup is perfect for lunch or dinner and is completely customizable!

Vegan Potato Leek Soup makes the perfect creamy comforting soup for all seasons! This Whole30-compliant, Paleo, Dairy Free, Gluten Free soup recipe takes an hour to make and packs a flavorful punch.

Slow Cooker Crack Potato Soup is easy to throw together, the crock pot does all the work, and it’s loaded with flavor! 

If you need a quick and easy creamy soup recipe, try this crockpot potato soup! With only 4 main ingredients, it is perfect for a weeknight Fall meal.

Make this easy and delicious creamy potato soup recipe in just one pot! Loaded with bacon and creamy potato goodness, this is a favorite comfort food in my household.

This creamy soup is quick and easy to make and so delicious! It’s simple enough for weeknight family dinners but special enough to serve guests. Cream cheese, potato, and ham soup.

Pumpkin Soup Recipes

Roasted Pumpkin Apple Soup is a healthy, vegan soup made with homemade pumpkin puree.

Thai Pumpkin Soup has a spicy kick from curry and a smooth velvety texture. It will warm you from the inside out!

This silky smooth roasted pumpkin soup is full of the flavors of autumn, with smoked paprika, roasted garlic, and rosemary.

This super creamy, rich, and luscious pumpkin and coconut soup is spiced with ginger, so comforting to have in a mug, and it’s ready in 5 minutes!

This Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Soup is dairy-free and delicious! It’s warm and comforting and full of fall spices.

A quick spicy Thai Pumpkin soup made with Thai Chile paste. Complex flavors without a lot of work, this soup is ready in 20 minutes. 

Such an easy and delicious soup, this creamy pumpkin soup recipe will please toddlers to seniors! It freezes perfectly, too!

This Easy to Make Pumpkin Soup recipe has all of the flavors of fall! Pumpkin purée, vegetable stock, onion, garlic, thyme, nutmeg, and heavy cream come together in this simple yet decadent soup recipe. Warm up on a cool fall evening with this thick and creamy vegetarian soup!

Seafood Soup and Chowder Recipes

Making delicious restaurant-style soups like my New England Fish Chowder in your home kitchen isn’t difficult. It’s all about the ingredients and a few simple techniques. See how easy it is to make this delicious soup using your favorite fish and seafood. 

This cream of crab soup recipe is easy and tasty with all the flavors of the Maryland shore. You can make a batch and freeze it any time of the year.

Thick, creamy, and loaded with tender seafood, potatoes, and veggies, this Seafood Chowder is easy enough for chilly weeknight dinners. 

Oyster Stew is the ultimate comfort food, featuring tender oysters simmered in a rich, buttery milk-based broth.

This recipe for an authentic creamy New England clam chowder uses whole quahogs steamed in water to create a pungent, luscious clam broth. It’s easy to do and creates an unmistakable ocean-fresh flavor!

My New England chowder features tender clams and smoky bacon in a thick creamy broth. Learn how to make this restaurant-quality soup at home in under 25 minutes!

This dairy-free and gluten-free Clam Chowder is ready in no time. A hearty option instead of your typical lentil or beef stew recipes.

Tender chunks of juicy lobster, hearty chunks of corn, onion, potato, and bacon in a lobster broth with herbs and cream make for a divine-tasting lobster corn chowder.

Squash Soups

This creamy roasted acorn squash soup is served in edible roasted acorn squash bowls for a super cute and cozy fall meal!

Roasted Butternut Squash soup is a deliciously creamy soup that’s dairy-free. The natural sweetness shines through in this fall-favorite soup.

Butternut Squash Soup is velvety smooth, creamy, and one of the most comforting soups you’ll ever eat. It’s naturally gluten-free, vegetarian, and great for meal prep!

Butternut squash soup with toasted cashews and sage is a deliciously rich and creamy soup perfect for autumn!

Easy and creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup that will satisfy the tastebuds and make you feel all cozy inside. There’s nothing I love more than a warming bowl of soup with some creamy feta overtop and crackers for crunch!

Looking for a cozy and delicious soup recipe to make this winter? This Roasted Butternut Squash Soup is easy to make and delicious. The roasted butternut squash gives the soup a wonderful depth of flavor, while the vegetables and seasonings add a touch of warmth.

Tomato Soup Recipes

This Tomato Basil Soup Recipe is just as easy as making the canned stuff but tastes a hundred times better with the use of fresh veggies.

Seattle chef Tom Douglas’s creamy tomato soup recipe comes together quickly and easily using a few pantry staples. The crowning glory is the freshly made brown butter croutons strewn on top.

One of the great joys in life is a delicious, rich bowl of Tomato Bisque. Now I’m not talking about the canned variety of tomato soup that we all grew up on. I’m talking about a silky-smooth tomato bisque that will have you moaning with every spoonful. And the good news is you can have this on your family’s dinner table in an hour.

This made-from-scratch creamy tomato soup with grilled cheese croutons prepared with goat cheese and basil oil is so dreamy. It’s the perfect comforting soup for summer, fall, or winter.

My velvety smooth tomato soup recipe has an intense tomato flavor that’s balanced with a common pantry staple. This soup spends just 30 minutes on the stove, making it ideal for weeknight dinners or snow day lunches.

Homemade Tomato Soup tastes best with fresh ingredients. Juicy, plump tomatoes, fragrant herbs and spices, and flavorful vegetables all have something unique in terms of flavor to bring to the table. All of this paired with a creamy base – It really does make MAGIC.

Instant Pot creamy tomato soup turns fresh tomatoes into a flavorful soup in no time! Serve with Parmesan baguette or grilled cheese for a simple but delicious dinner.

Creamy Veggie Soup Recipes

Serve up a big bowl of the best French Onion Soup ever. This super comforting recipe is so cheesy, flavorful and perfect for a chilly day. 

This Homemade Cream of Celery Soup recipe is creamy, flavorful and done in no time in your pressure cooker. Warm up with a comforting bowl of soup today!

Roasted Vegetable Soup tastes like a garden of fresh vegetables all roasted to their natural sweetness.

Cheesy and Easy, this vegetable chowder is thick and creamy and loaded with all kinds of vegetables. Use vegetable bouillon to make it your new favorite vegetarian soup recipe!

Learn the secret to making creamy corn chowder without using any cream! It’s delicious and perfect for any time of year.

Classic Mexican corn soup with zesty cilantro lime crema and fresh toppings. The perfect use for fresh or frozen summer corn!

Creamy Asparagus Soup is made with fresh asparagus stalks and a bit of tender onion simmered in broth. It’s blended to creamy perfection and combined with a splash of cream.

The Creamy Carrot Soup recipe is easy, healthy, and delicious! It’s made with carrots, onions, garlic, ginger, and a splash of cream that takes it over the top!

This spiced sweet potato and carrot soup is made creamy with tahini and is packed with flavor. A must-have for your fall soup repertoire!

This silky roasted courgette soup is packed with flavor, from slow-cooked courgette and garlic blitzed with peas and basil and finished with ciabatta croutons.

Try something completely different with this Instant Pot Split Pea and Ham soup. This hearty soup has the benefit of lentils but comes out soft and creamy.

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