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8 soups ready in under an hour in Soupmap Recipes, including Miso soup, Tom yum goong and Curry udon. Tested recipes with honest timings, a servings scaler and timers.
8 recipes
Japan · Clear & light
Miso soup
Tofu and wakame in a freshly made kombu-and-katsuobushi dashi, with the miso stirred in off the boil. The everyday Japanese soup, made properly.
Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thailand · Clear & light
Tom yum goong (Thai hot and sour prawn soup)
A quick stock from the prawn shells, loaded with lemongrass, galangal, lime leaf and chilli, then sharpened with lime juice off the heat. Hot, sour, salty and fragrant all at once.
Photo: OpenCage, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Curry udon
Thick udon in a glossy curry sauce built on dashi, with tender slices of beef or pork and plenty of spring onion. Japan's noodle-shop comfort food, made from scratch.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
China · Hearty & chunky
Hot and sour soup
A thick, glossy chicken broth with pork, mushrooms, bamboo, tofu and egg ribbons, sharp with black vinegar and hot with white pepper. Ready in under an hour.
Photo: jeffreyw, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
South Korea · Hot pots & stews
Doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew)
Korea's everyday stew: earthy fermented soybean paste in a quick anchovy-kelp stock, with potato, courgette, tofu and green chilli, brought to the table bubbling.
Photo: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
South Korea · Hot pots & stews
Sundubu jjigae (soft tofu stew)
Custard-soft tofu and pork in a fiery red broth, built on chilli oil made in the pot and finished with an egg cracked into the bubbling stew.
Photo: by avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thailand · Smooth & creamy
Tom kha gai (Thai chicken and coconut soup)
Chicken poached in coconut milk and stock perfumed with galangal, lemongrass and lime leaf, finished with fish sauce and lime. Sour, gently sweet and rich without being heavy.
Photo: Evan Joshua Swigart (TheCulinaryGeek) from Chicago, Illinois, USA; hometown of Ames, Iowa, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portugal · Smooth & creamy
Caldo verde (Portuguese kale and potato soup)
Portugal's green broth. A silky potato and onion base, thread-thin greens cooked for just a few minutes, slices of smoky chouriço and a last thread of good olive oil.
Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5 br, via Wikimedia Commons
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