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Home / Recipe Roundups

18 Delicious & Easy Soup Recipes

Soups are a fantastic way to serve a well-balanced meal with minimal stress. Serve these delicious soups with a salad for an easy weeknight meal that will keep your busy family going without hours in the kitchen.

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  • Hearty crockpot soups
  • Easy stovetop soups
  • Flavorful Mexican soups
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Give them a try and let me know in the comments which ones you like best.

Hearty crockpot soups

Bowl of lentil soup with kielbasa, spinach, carrots, onion, and green pepper with a spoonful held above the bowl.
Crockpot Lentil Soup with Kielbasa
Get cozy with Crockpot Lentil Soup—it takes just fifteen minutes of prep to make this hearty and flavorful slow cooker meal. This delicious slow cooker lentil soup is an easy meal full of savory onions, peppers, and garlic.
Closeup of a spoonful of potato soup with kielbasa garnished with shredded cheddar cheese and sliced green onion held above a crock of the soup.
Crockpot Cheesy Potato Kielbasa Soup
This easy crockpot potato soup with hash browns means less prep. Just slice the kielbasa and dice the onion, combine everything in the crockpot, and turn it on for a ready-to-eat evening meal.
white chicken chili with cilantro
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
Using leftover marinated, grilled chicken is the secret to this flavorful and comforting white chicken chili. Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili will tempt you with its fantastic aroma as the chicken, beans, corn, herbs, and spices simmer in the crockpot.
Chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a white bowl with a blue rim. There is a spoon with a dumpling and some broth. The bowl is on a wooden cutting board on top of a blue napkin with white stripes, all on a white marble counter.
Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings
This easy and delicious crockpot chicken and dumplings with canned biscuits is a family favorite. The rich, creamy sauce with shredded, tender chicken is a winning combination even before adding the dumplings. Using cream of chicken soup and canned biscuits make this yummy dinner so easy to prepare that makes it look like I'm a great cook with virtually no effort.
Overhead view of Carne Guisada made in the crock pot.
Carne Guisada for the Slow Cooker
Flavorful Carne Guisada in the crock pot is a Mexican beef stew perfect for serving over rice or with tortillas. Its wonderful aroma as it simmers in the slow cooker will have you anxiously awaiting dinnertime.
Two bowls of hash brown soup in white crocks beside fresh basil strips in a small bowl and two spoons.
Crockpot Cheeseburger Soup
This crockpot cheeseburger soup is a slow cooker variety of the classic version—delicious, easy, and perfect for a hearty supper. It starts with frozen diced potatoes as a shortcut, and our tips for quick prep make it even easier to prepare.

Easy stovetop soups

Two bowls of Cheeseburger Soup with Velveeta.
Cheeseburger Soup with Velveeta
Classic Cheeseburger Soup with Velveeta cheese is delicious, easy, and perfect for a hearty supper. Use our tips for quick prep, or prepare a batch for the freezer with our freezer instructions.
Potato soup with hash browns in a bowl and garnished with shredded cheddar cheese and sliced green onions.
Potato Soup with Hash Browns (30 Minute Recipe)
Hearty and full of potatoes and cheese, this potato soup with hash browns made on the stove is a super quick recipe without a lot of fuss or mess.
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Served with grilled cheese sandwiches, this soup makes a filling and flavorful meal anytime of the year.
Ladleful of Tomato Zucchini Soup with tortellini over a pot.
Tortellini Zucchini Soup
Tortellini Zucchini Soup is an easy 20 minute soup that is good to the last drop—so good that you might need to double the recipe! It freezes well, too.
Tomato Spinach Tortellini Soup
Tomato Spinach Tortellini Soup
This dressed-up version of tomato soup with tortellini and spinach is delicious and satisfying, and you can have it on the table in 15 minutes. It's an easy comfort meal for a busy weeknight.
A bowl of Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup served with a piece of toasted garlic bread and a wedge of Parmesan cheese with a grater to the side.
Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup (Copycat Recipe)
Inspired by Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup, this rich and creamy soup is a perfect cool weather meal. Serve garnished with grated Parmesan cheese and toasted garlic bread.
Cast iron skillet with Pasta e Fagioli, a soup made with pasta,tomatoes, chopped celery and onion, cannellini beans, and tomato sauce.
Pasta e Fagioli
Pasta e Fagioli is an easy 30 minute soup that is full of Italian flavor and accented with ditalini, orzo, or other small pasta cooked al dente.

Flavorful Mexican soups

Carne Guisada (Mexican Beef Stew)
Carne Guisada for the Instant Pot
Carne guisada, a flavorful Mexican beef stew, is quick and easy when made in the Instant Pot. Try it over rice or served with tortillas.
A bowl of chicken enchilada soup garnished with shredded cheddar cheese, cilantro, and tortilla strips.
Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup (15 Minute Meal)
Perfectly seasoned and full of flavor, one pot Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup is a deliciously quick & easy dinner for a busy day. Serve with a salad and you have a healthy dinner on the table in 15 minutes.
A white bowl with Black Bean Soup garnished with sour cream, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, and fresh cilantro
Black Bean Soup
Black beans are one of my favorite beans – they go well with corn and tomatoes in cold salads as well as hot sides, but the king of all black bean recipes is black bean soup.
White bowl filled with soup of beans, tomatoes, and beef, topped with shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips, and sour cream, garnished with cilantro.
Quick & Easy Mexican Style Soup
This hearty one pot meal is ready in only 30 minutes (15 minutes if you keep cooked ground beef and sautéed onions in your freezer!).
Overhead shot of albondigas soup (Mexican meatball soup) in a brown wide-rim bowl garnished with sour cream, grated cheddar cheese, and fresh cilantro
Crockpot Albondigas Soup (Mexican Meatball Soup)
Hearty meatballs and pasta in a savory beef and tomato broth make Albondigas soup a delicious comfort food. Using sautéed onions and peppers from the freezer makes this soup virtually prep-free.

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Super soups for stress-free family diners.
Super soups for stress-free family diners.
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Super soups for stress-free family diners.