Ina Garten's Best Soup Stew Recipes
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Ina Garten loves her soups. So much so, the Barefoot Contessa host opened up to Costco Connection magazine a couple years ago about how she enjoys a warm, hearty bowl of soup for breakfast. So, it should come as no surprise that our Culinary Queen is armed with a slew of tasty soup recipes. (In fact, according to Garten’s website, she has over 50 soup recipes.)
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“She’s known for her perfect roast chicken, but she also makes a pretty mean and soul-satisfying soup,” Trent Pheifer of Store Bought Is Fine told The Kitchn. “Her varied options are perfect for any season or occasion, whether it’s her refreshing summertime gazpacho or her hearty minestrone to keep you warm in the depths of winter.”
Want a lighter, broth-based soup to simply whet your appetite? She has plenty. Or, want to do it the Garten way and start your day with a thick, creamy chowder with all the breakfast fixings? You better believe her recipes are *chef’s kiss*.
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“It just makes you feel good, no matter when you’re having it,” Garten told the Costco Connection of her love for soup.
Speaking of rich, decadent meals, Garten’s stews are also top-notch. If soup isn’t what you’re stomach’s craving, then take it one step further with a chunky, meat and/or veggie-filled stew, like Garten’s beef bourguignon and coq au vin.
Ahead, take a look at our favorite Garten soup and stew recipes.
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Homemade Italian Wedding Soup
Ina Garten’s Italian wedding soup is made with a delicious blend of silky chicken broth, aromatic veggies, pasta, and spinach. But what sets her version of this classic soup apart are the meatballs, made from ground chicken, chicken sausage, and two types of cheese. Yum!
Get the recipe from Barefoot Contessa.
Chicken Pot Pie Soup
The silky broth, rich comforting flavor, and pie crust cut-outs on top of this chicken pot pie soup make it taste just like the real thing, in a spoonable format that’s perfect for sick days and chilly winter nights alike.
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Lobster Corn Chowder
For special occasions, you can’t beat Ina Garten’s lobster corn chowder. Cream sherry adds a sophisticated layer of flavor to the broth, and the succulent chunks of lobster meat and sweet corn pair beautifully. It comes from Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics.
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Winter Minestrone
Minestrone soup filled with summer squash and zucchini makes sense in the warmer months, but for winter, Garten swaps in some cold-weather veggies. Butternut squash, celery, carrots, beans, spinach, and lots of other tasty things get thrown in the pot, and are finished off with a grating of fresh Parm.
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Spanish Pea Soup with Crispy Ham
What do we love most about this recipe? It only has five main ingredients, and it turns frozen peas into a whole meal. Don’t have Serrano ham or prosciutto on hand? Bacon tastes just as nice.
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Ramen Chicken Noodle Soup
Amp up the flavor and nutrition of your favorite packaged ramen with Ina Garten’s DIY recipe. You’ll keep the noodles, get rid of the flavor packet, and add rotisserie chicken and veggies for good measure.
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Shrimp & Swordfish Curry
Think Garten’s style of cooking can be a little…boring? This recipe will set you straight. Her shrimp and swordfish curry has an incredibly flavorful broth, made with spices like coriander, cumin, and turmeric, and a base of clam stock, which adds a rich seafood essense to each bite.
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Cheddar Corn Chowder
Cheddar corn chowder is a family-friendly recipe that even the kids will like. It’s made with corn, bacon, potatoes, and cheddar cheese, with a creamy, sweet, and salty broth you’ll go back for spoonful after spoonful.
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Tuscan White Bean Soup
Did you know that the people on Earth with the longest life spans have one imporant thing in common? They eat a full cup of beans every day. Get some of your daily bean in with Ina Garten’s Tuscan white bean soup, which is also full of veggies, homemade chicken stock, and a little bit of pancetta for flavor.
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Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup
Garten’s cream of wild mushroom soup — which combines three different kinds of fresh mushrooms, including shiitake, portobello, and cremini — is so popular, it has more than 450 reviews and a perfect, five-star rating on Food Network’s website.
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Tomato & Eggplant Soup
You’ll need your Le Creuset Dutch oven for this beginner-level soup, which combines an array of delicious veggies, including eggplant, yellow onions, fennel bulbs, tomatoes, and more.
Get the recipe at Barefoot Contessa.
Onion & Fennel Soup Gratin
Hungry? Good. Because Garten’s onion and fennel soup grains is a sherry and Cognac-infused soup topped with a slice of toasted bread and a thick, generous layer of grated Gruyère. We’re mentally going in for seconds already.
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Mexican Chicken Soup
Don’t forget to pick up avocados, sour cream, cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips to sprinkle atop your chunky Mexican chicken soup.
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Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls
Nothing’s more comforting than a steaming hot bowl of flavorful chicken stock surrounding melt-in-your-mouth tender Matzo balls.
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Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Croutons
Why keep the grilled cheese sandwich on the side when you can cut it into one-inch cubes and toss into your piping-hot bowl of creamy tomato soup?
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Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
Cut the squash and apples into chunks, boil, puree, and cook until the soup’s the consistency you like. It might not be the easiest soup to make, but it’s certainly one of the tastiest soups you’ll ever have.
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Lentil Sausage Soup
Garten’s lentil sausage soup combines all of your favorite herbs and seasonings, like thyme and cumin, all of your favorite veggies, like garlic, leeks, and green lentils, and is topped with your favorite ingredient of all time, cheese.
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Parker’s Beef Stew
To make a perfect six servings of Garten’s beef stew, you’ll need to marinate your two pounds of chuck beef in red wine, garlic and bay leaves. The robust end results makes the waiting time totally worth it.
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Chicken Stew with Biscuits
For this two-fer recipe, you’ll learn how to make both chicken stew and warm, buttery, parsley-infused biscuits. Now that’s what we call a win-win.
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Beef Bourguignon
One of, if not her most popular recipe, Garten’s beef bourguignon is a rich, decadent stew with applewood smoked bacon, chuck beef, mushrooms, carrots, yellow onions, and chopped garlic swimming in a cognac, red wine, and beef broth mixture.
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Coq Au Vin
Last but not least is Garten’s famous coq au vin, a bacon (or pancetta) and chicken-filled stew you’ll find yourself making all fall and through the winter.
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