Food

12 Global Chicken Soups

January 18, 2015

Babushkas, abuelas, and grandmothers from around the world all agree: chicken soup is the ultimate comfort food.

Chicken Fricot — Chicken and vegetable soup dotted with airy dumplings is a beloved Acadian comfort food. Savory—a pungent, peppery herb—adds a piney zest.Gemma and Andrew Ingalls

Chicken Noodle Soup — Warming, filling chicken soup just may be the ultimate panacea. Cooking the noodles in the broth enriches both the noodles' flavor and the soup itself, which thickens slightly from the released starches.Landon Nordeman

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup (Avgolemono) — Even though this soup is usually served at Christmas dinner in Greek households, the lemon flavor makes it great year-round.Maxime Iattoni

Persian Chicken Meatball Soup (Gundi) — At the heart of this intriguing soup is a matzo-ball-like dumpling made of ground chicken and chickpea flour.Eilon Paz

Chicken Soup with Semolina Dumplings — In this recipe from Transylvania, sliced root vegetables and textured semolina dumplings are moistened in a chicken broth spiced with paprika and caraway.Landon Nordeman

Chicken and Root Vegetable Soup (Sancocho) — This Puerto Rican chicken soup is hearty with starchy vegetables.Penny De Los Santos

Kreplach Soup — Little pyramids of chicken-stuffed dumplings in broth are a solid Jewish holiday dish.Todd Coleman

Peruvian Chicken Soup — There are all sorts of ways to garnish this popular Peruvian morning dish. **See the recipe for Peruvian Chicken Soup »**Penny De Los Santos

Hanoi Noodle Soup with Chicken — Baby tatsoi, also known as spinach mustard, has been an Asian staple for thousands of years.Christopher Hirsheimer

Rice Vermicelli with Chicken Soup — The level of spice in this warming soup can be controlled by increasing (or omitting altogether) the fresh red hot chiles. See the recipe for Rice Vermicelli with Chicken Soup »Christopher Hirsheimer

Chicken Noodle Soup — The recipe for this hearty specialy hails from Babushka's Kitchen in Ohio. See the recipe for Chicken Noodle Soup »Todd Coleman

Danny Bowien's Hanoi-Style Breakfast Pho — This dish, which Danny Bowien serves on his breakfast menu at New York City's Mission Cantina, is inspired by the Vietnamese soups he ate at Turtle Tower in San Francisco when he was a culinary student.Joseph De Leo

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