5 Easy Winter Soups Recipes

Looking for 5 easy winter soups recipes? Soup is the perfect food to keep you warm in the winter. These five winter soups are quick and easy to make, taking the hassle out of hearty, homemade meals.

Black Bean Soup

To make this easy winter soup, you will need:

• 1 onion and 3 garlic cloves, diced
• 3 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp. each smoked paprika and chili powder
• 4 (15 oz.) cans black beans, drained
• 2 tbsp. orange juice
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 4 (15 oz.) cans black beans, drained
• Sour cream, avocado and lime wedges for garnish

1. Saute onion in oil over medium heat for about five minutes or until translucent.
2. Add garlic, paprika and chili powder and saute until fragrant.
3. Add beans, orange juice, tomato sauce and broth and bring to a boil, then simmer for fifteen minutes.
4. Puree or mash beans to thicken soup if desired. Serve with garnish.

Potato and Kale Soup

To make this easy winter soup recipe, you will need:

• 1/2 lb. chorizo sausage, sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 qt. chicken broth
• 8 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
• 1 bunch kale, washed and sliced
• Salt and pepper to taste

1. Brown the chorizo in a heavy pan and set aside to drain.
2. Saute onion in olive oil until translucent.
3. Add all other ingredients except kale and simmer until potatoes are done, about fifteen minutes.
4. Add kale and simmer fifteen minutes, then add chorizo.

Vegetable Soup

To make this easy winter soup recipe, you will need:

• 5 cups vegetable or chicken stock
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 2 each of leeks, carrots and celery stalks, washed and sliced
• 1 parsnip, peeled and diced
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1 tbsp. tomato paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tbsp. chopped parsley
• Salt and pepper to taste

1. Simmer the pearl barley in the stock until it starts to get tender, about ten minutes.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients.
3. Simmer about 25 minutes until the barley and vegetables are soft.

Squash Soup

To make this easy winter soup recipe, you will need:

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 tsp. each fresh sage, marjoram and oregano, chopped
• 4 cups butternut squash, peeled and diced
• 1/4 tsp. each cinnamon and cloves
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 roasted poblano pepper, peeled and diced
• 1 tsp. sugar
• Sour cream for garnish

1. Cook the herbs in the butter over low heat until the butter browns. Strain out the herbs and reserve.
2. Add squash, cinnamon, cloves, salt and pepper to the butter and saute until squash softens, about ten minutes.
3. Add stock, poblano and sugar and simmer until the squash breaks down into a thick soup. Serve with sour cream.

Crab Soup

To make this easy winter soup recipe, you will need:

• 1 cup frozen crab meat
• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1-1/2 tbsp. flour
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, mashed
• 2 tsp. lemon zest
• 1 qt. milk
• 1/2 cup each cream and sherry
• Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to taste

1. Combine butter, flour, eggs, lemon zest and crab meat.
2. Bring milk to a boil and add to egg mixture.
3. Add cream, sherry, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper and simmer until heated through.