https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/soups-and-stocks/ a culinary genealogy Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:06:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/soups-and-stocks/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-duck-soup-recipe/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-duck-soup-recipe/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:06:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=94162 A reader recently requested this Chinese duck soup, and as it happens, it’s been sitting on my ever-growing recipe list for a while now. There’s always a sense of urgency when one of you asks for something specific! With the chilly weather and a frozen duck sitting in my freezer, the timing finally felt right […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-duck-soup-recipe/feed/ 4 https://thewoksoflife.com/kimchi-noodle-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/kimchi-noodle-soup/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:00:37 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93809 This Kimchi Noodle Soup is spicy, savory, complex, and extremely tasty! Inspired by Shin Ramyun instant noodles and our general love of Korean food, I’ve come up with a noodle soup recipe that I’ll be making on repeat all fall and winter long!  Why I Created This Recipe My mom’s all-time favorite Korean dish is […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/kimchi-noodle-soup/feed/ 8 https://thewoksoflife.com/beef-daikon-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/beef-daikon-soup/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:32:19 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93762 This beef and daikon soup is a satisfying one-pot meal that is also very quick to put together, with slurpable glass noodles, fresh green herbs, and a warm white pepper heat. It’s well-balanced and so tasty, and unlike so many soup recipes out there, it’s done in under 30 minutes!  Using Thinly Sliced Beef for […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/beef-daikon-soup/feed/ 18 https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-soup-recipe/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-soup-recipe/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:25:47 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93517 This pumpkin soup is everything you want in a fall recipe: creamy, comforting, and bursting with the natural sweetness of pumpkin. It’s simple enough for a light weeknight dinner with some crusty bread and a salad, but elegant enough to serve as a starter for your holiday table. It’s the perfect way to enjoy pumpkin […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-soup-recipe/feed/ 8 https://thewoksoflife.com/tom-kha-gai-thai-coconut-chicken-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/tom-kha-gai-thai-coconut-chicken-soup/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:00:09 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85574 Tom Kha Gai is a delicious Thai coconut chicken soup that’s emblematic of Thai cuisine’s harmonious balance of salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter flavors.  This Tom Kha Gai recipe tastes just like what you might find at a particularly good Thai restaurant, and despite its complex taste, you can make it in about 30 […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/tom-kha-gai-thai-coconut-chicken-soup/feed/ 28 https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:34:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85466 This Wonton Egg Drop Soup brings back memories of our family’s restaurant days. Why you may have only had it in a Chinese restaurant, it’s so simple to make at home. Just boil your favorite frozen wontons and ladle over this quick, perfectly golden egg drop soup for a delicious and fast meal any time […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/feed/ 9 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-noodle-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-noodle-soup/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:52:54 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85000 Make this quick and easy Chinese Noodle Soup recipe with pantry ingredients, water, and a few items from the fridge.  Grab an egg, tomato, and some pre-washed spinach. From the pantry, you just need dried noodles and some seasonings, and you’ll have a fast mid-week dinner, a quick lunch while working at home, or a […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-noodle-soup/feed/ 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-vegetable-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-vegetable-soup/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2025 16:07:05 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84829 I make this winter vegetable soup recipe nearly weekly. Everyone who’s tasted it is amazed that I basically only use water and vegetables to make it. I’m even surprised at how all the ingredients come together so beautifully and easily. It’s amazing!  Let this healthy, vegetarian and vegan, nourishing vegetable soup warm you up through […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-vegetable-soup/feed/ 49 https://thewoksoflife.com/tofu-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/tofu-soup/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:37:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=83938 This simple tofu soup recipe gets sweetness from napa cabbage and richness from a few eggs. It is deliciously warm and comforting, and incredibly easy to make.  With just 11 ingredients—most of which you probably already have in your kitchen (stock, water, white pepper, sesame oil, salt), you can make a tasty tofu soup that’s […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/tofu-soup/feed/ 33 https://thewoksoflife.com/mung-bean-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/mung-bean-soup/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=80740 This lightly sweet mung bean soup recipe is a summer staple in many Chinese families, thought to cool off the excess heat in the body.  We’ve been making it for years and can’t believe it’s taken this long for us to blog it. Today, we’re adding it to our collection of Chinese dessert soups!  What […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/mung-bean-soup/feed/ 23