Our 20 Most Popular Soup Recipes of All Time (2024)

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What is the most popular soup in the world? ›

More than 28% of consumers choose clam chowder as their favorite kind of soup. The global soup market size was valued at USD 16.1 billion in 2018. Vegetable soup is the second most popular soup in the U.S after chicken noodle soup.

The most expensive soup available on a menu is served in London's upscale Mayfair neighbourhood. Guinness World Records certified that the £108 bowl of “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup” is the most expensive on any menu in the world.

Then there are the soups that are considered national soups. In the U.S., gumbo is the top national soup, a thick spicy soup from Louisiana. Clam chowder is another. France is into soup in a major way.

Chicken Noodle Soup

It is often used to treat colds and flu. Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup is a classic and beloved soup made with tender chicken, hearty egg noodles, and a savory broth. It is a comforting and wholesome choice for any occasion.

Making a delicious soup depends on building flavors as you go along. Aromatics, which include garlic, onion, leeks, carrots and celery, are the basic flavor-building blocks of most soup recipes. Sautéing these vegetables in oil or butter is the first step to boosting your soup's flavor.

Savoriness can come from other ingredients besides salt. (Especially if you need to watch your sodium intake.) Adding umami-rich ingredients like tomato paste or a parmesan rind to the soup will add a deep, rich savoriness and body to the soup. (Here's what umami means.)

What is the best selling soup in restaurants? ›

Wattana Panich's broth has now been simmering for nearly half a century. People are flooding to social media over a restaurant which serves '50 year old soup'. A restaurant in the Ekkamai neighborhood of Bangkok, Thailand has become known for simmering the same broth in the same pot for over 45 years.

The world's oldest recipe for soup is approximately 6000 years old. It apparently calls for hippopotamus, sparrows, vegetables, lentils and spices.

With one bowl costing a bank account withering $5,000, £3,800, this Vietnamese Pho soup is probably the most expensive soup on earth. It is the creation of Tiato, a Vietnamese restaurant in California. They created the soup to auction off for a children's hospital charity.

The top three favorite soups nationwide are: Broccoli Cheddar Soup with 54.6M servings. Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup with 23M servings. Creamy Tomato Soup with 22.3M servings.

There are four main categories of soup: Thin, Thick, Cold and National. These types of soup are widely recognised in today's modern kitchen.

The earliest archaeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to 6000 BC, and it was hippopotamus soup. The Campbell Company was the first to invent condensed soup. Campbell's introduced it to the world in 1897.