It’s my favorite time of year, as September welcomes not only fall (the very best of the four seasons) but also … drum roll … Souptember, the official start of soup season! I’ve gathered 30 of my best, most crowd-pleasing September-vibey soups, from chicken to beef to pasta and more. One for every day of this magical month! There’s something for everyone, even your favorite take-out food reimagined as soup. I hope you’ll enjoy browsing this list and that you’ll find something that inspires you to kick off soup season in the most delicious way!
Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is tops in pure comfort food. It can be both hearty and light, comforting and filling. Here are a few recipes that span that spectrum, from a warm-blanket hug of a soup during cold and flu season to a light and lovely option that’s delish on even the hottest days.
Cold-Fighting Couscous Chicken Soup
Probably the most popular soup on my site for more than a decade now, Cold-Fighting Couscous Chicken Soup is a chicken soup lover's chicken soup. It's packed with all sorts of flavor bombs that also provide nutritional support when you're feeling under the weather, such as lemon, garlic, ginger, and lemongrass. Instead of messy, splashy noodles, I use pearl couscous, which behave on the spoon and provide just enough carby pasta goodness to complement the savory chicken and vegetables.
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Jalapeno Popper Chicken Soup
The popular appetizer deconstructed into a fully-flavored, rich, and decadent soup! Jalapeño Popper Chicken Soup is a special occasion, celebratory soup that's a meal in itself. Serve it to your favorite people with a warm and buttery baguette on the side, and get reminded with every spoonful why soup is Nature's perfect food.
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Mulligatawny Soup
The best chicken soup ever IMHO, Mulligatawny is a British-Indian fusion of bold and delightful curry spices in a rich and creamy coconut milk broth. Kramer brought it to the world stage, but unlike his infamous adversary, my motto is "Yes soup for you!
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Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup Recipe
The best part about early fall is the return of thick and hearty soups. Like this very Souptember-worthy Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup, which has loads of chicken, aromatic veggies, and hearty wild rice, in a velvety broth. Here at Casa SoupAddict, an oversized mug of this soup, with a few slices of garlic bread on the side, is a complete — and completely satisfying — meal.
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Rotisserie Chicken Tortellini Soup Recipe
Chicken soup is wonderfully flexible and can be dressed up in a lot of ways. I was really in the mood for something bright and herby when a chicken soup craving suddenly kicked in. And this was the delicious result. Rotisserie Chicken Tortellini Soup was inspired by the flavors of summer — lots of basil pesto — but bridges the seasons beautifully.
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Beef & Sausage Soups
When jeans weather settles in, there’s just nothing like the aromas from a pot of hot beef soup to greet you as you walk in the door. Soups with beef or sausage have that extra special something because they’re naturally deeply flavored by these main ingredients.
Marry Me Sausage Orzo Soup Recipe
Inspired by the viral sensation, Marry Me Sausage Orzo Soup takes every advantage of the luxuriously flavorful creamy sun-dried tomato sauce and turbo-charges it with savory sausage. Orzo adds a carby pasta touch for this loveable soup.
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Beef Barley Soup
Rich and hearty, Beef Barley Soup is loaded with tender beef, savory bacon, aromatic vegetables, and pearled barley in a deeply flavorful broth. Slow-simmered in the oven for maximum depth of flavor, it’s the perfect meal for chilly evenings.
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Braised Vegetable Beef Soup
It's time to break out the soup pots and get soup-serious with a pot of Braised Vegetable Beef Soup. Tender beef and a mix of gold potatoes and sweet potatoes are slow-braised with savory vegetables and herbs for a meal that’s as comforting as it is delicious.
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Mock Turtle Soup
One of the most unique soups in my collection, Mock Turtle Soup is actually a favorite from my youth in a city that loves it so much that there's even a local company famous for its canned version. The Gilmore Girls made the turtle-free soup famous a few years ago, and it was long past time to get my mom’s version up on the blog.
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Beef Stroganoff Soup
I have a thing for egg noodles in a big way. They're the perfect pasta imo, both in taste and presentation: wide, flat, twisty noodles with that satisfying egg-enriched flavor. Beef stroganoff is another dish from my youth (and Hungarian heritage), so when I grew up into a full-blown soupaddict, it was an inevitable progression to make soup out of it. We had always served the dish over noodles, but Beef Stroganoff Soup mixes the noodles right into the whole shebang and somehow it's way better.
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Bean Soup
As fall drifts into winter, cooking soup becomes both a joy and refuge from the harsh elements outside. Bean soups can simmer long and slow on the stovetop, calling all to the kitchen with their savory scents. They’re also economical and become pure dinner magic when cooked with sausage or a pork shank.
Ham and Bean Soup
I've been obsessed with homemade bean soup from scratch all year long. Ham and Bean Soup transforms humble ingredients into a rich, velvety bowl of comfort food. My version cooks long and slow with lots of seasonings and aromatic vegetables, including onions, leeks, and celery. A smoky ham hock adds rich, salty flavors to the beans as they simmer, which become tender and creamy, without using any dairy. It's a hearty, soul-warming classic that's perfect for those days when only homemade soup will do.
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Red Beans and Rice Soup
My take on Red Beans and Rice Soup stays true to its Louisiana roots with plenty of smoky pork flavor from a ham hock and sausage, plus that essential trinity of onions, celery, and bell peppers. The beans cook down to tender perfection, creating that perfect texture that makes this humble dish so crave-worthy
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Tuscan White Bean Soup
This Tuscan White Bean Soup brings all the cozy comfort of Italian countryside cooking right to your kitchen! Creamy cannellini beans are the star here, creating a rich, satisfying base that's both hearty and nourishing. It's the kind of soul-warming soup that makes any meal feel special, and it's wonderfully make-ahead friendly.
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Senate Bean Soup
If you've never heard of this soup, I'm pleased to make the introduction. Senate Bean Soup, featuring a humble blend of navy beans, a flavorful ham hock, and a few aromatics, has been served daily in the U.S. Senate for decades. Its simplicity is a quality all its own, and it's a beautiful example of how just a few key ingredients can create such rich flavors. Bring a touch of history and hearty comfort to your own kitchen with this iconic recipe!
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15 Bean Soup
A hearty and flavorful soup made with 15 different types of beans, smoked ham hock, kielbasa, and a medley of vegetables. Each bean type in the soup contributes a nuance of textures — some become tender and creamy while others retain their shapes for a toothsome bite — and their varied flavors blend into a companionable mass. 15 Bean Soup takes the chill off of blustery days and makes fall and winter feel like gifts from the soup gods.
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Pasta Soup
For this particular SoupAddict, pasta soups are the comfiest, coziest soups on the planet! We all love pasta for its big, carby, comfort-food hug, but also because it pairs so wonderfully with proteins and vegetables in soup. When you need something filling and hearty stat, pasta soup is your go-to option!
Pasta e Fagioli
If you're craving a rich and satisfying soup as the seasons turn, Pasta e Fagioli — Italian Pasta and Bean Soup — delivers! The famous Italian classic features a robust tomato broth, sausage, white beans, and pasta for the perfect balance of flavor and heartiness.
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Creamy Tortellini Soup
A delicious and hearty soup that the entire family will love! Creamy Tortellini Soup is deeply flavored with succulent sausage and Italian seasoning in a rich, aromatic tomato base to create a satisfying, meal-level soup. Cheesy tortellini adds that touch of carby comfort that we all crave in chilly weather!
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Ravioli Soup
Ravioli Soup is another recipe that started out from a not-a-soup dish, but ends up better than the original. I think the beauty of pushing things in a soup direction is that the base becomes its own thing, wonderfully saucy and creamy — and spoon-worthy. It's impossible not to love ravioli pasta peeking out from a pool of rich tomatoey, cheesy broth. Don't forget garlic bread for dipping.
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Creamy Mushroom Tortellini Soup
A delightful vegetarian soup, Creamy Mushroom Tortellini Soup is a hearty, crave-worthy meal with loads of mushrooms and irresistible cheese pasta that's perfect for your Meatless Monday line-up.
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Italian Wedding Soup
An easy meal-worthy soup that's so big on flavor, sometimes I daydream about it! Homemade, oven-baked sausage meatballs flavor this simple brothy pasta soup. Italian Wedding Soup is a classic that might just become a family favorite for you and yours.
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Vegetable Soup
Vegetables are the heart and soul of almost all soups. Aromatics – onions, celery, peppers, carrots, etc. – start the party, whatever the soup type or global cuisine, and then add more flavor and texture throughout the cook. A really delicious vegetable soup is a feast for both the eyes and the tummy, and has a satisfying, crave-worthy character all its own.
Shakshuka Soup
Shakshuka Soup is a delicious twist on the classic Middle Eastern dish. It features a rich tomato base with hearty lentils and a medley of aromatic vegetables, all topped with feta cheese, cilantro, and — the best part — perfectly poached eggs. It’s a satisfying and nourishing meal.
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Panera Autumn Squash Soup
There are tons of copycat Autumn Squash Soup recipes out there. Honestly, I'm sure they all have their charms, because squash soup is super versatile and lovely just about any way you make it. But, I actually looked at the ingredients list — did you know it contains apple juice? and both butternut squash and pumpkin? — and then reverse engineered the recipe, making sure all of the textures were there. Like the bits of onion in an otherwise smooth soup. I hope you'll give it a try sometime.
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Summer Cabbage Soup
Here in Souptember, fresh garden vegetables are still alive and well and ready to flavor any and all soups. Summer Cabbage Soup is loaded with summer squash, zucchini, bell pepper, and other seasonal veggies, and enhanced with umami-rich tomato paste and fire-roasted tomatoes. It's a vibrant and flavorful soup that's perfect as the summer winds down and is endlessly customizable.
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Sheet Pan Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup
Fire engine red and bright with tomato flavors, Sheet Pan Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup recipe combines the ease of roasting the soup's vegetables on a single sheet pan with a finishing whirl in the blender for an almost hands-off soup. Almost, because if you have a few extra minutes, make the unique and savory paprika roux. It sends the soup right over the top; you won’t be sorry.
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Irish Potato Soup
Irish Potato Soup is a comforting classic with a minimalist's touch. Featuring crispy bacon, aromatic vegetables, and creamy potatoes, it’s rich and hearty without being too heavy. A touch of cream makes it extra smooth, while crumbled bacon and chives add the perfect finishing touch.
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Takeout-Inspired Soups
It’s a fun little hobby of this soup chef to create soup inspired by takeout food. Not just adding lots of water and calling it a day, but making something that tastes like the original, but in the comforting form of a hot bowl of soup. If you like taking a little flavor and technique adventure during your time at the stove, I think you’ll find this collection an enjoyable browse.
BLT Soup
This is sort of a novelty soup that you think can't possibly work, that it will be a mere shadow of its namesake. But then BLT Soup does work and you wonder if there's enough bacon in the fridge for another go-round. And yes, I'm exactly the kind of person who's had both BLT the sandwich and BLT the soup in the same meal. It was glorious.
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General Tso’s Chicken Soup
Everyone’s favorite takeout in soup form, General Tso's Chicken Soup is a beautifully spiced soup with seasoned chicken, vegetables, and fluffy rice.
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Mexican Street Corn Soup
After you've had your fill of fresh corn on the cob, grilled or smoked, save a few ears for this decadent and flavor-charged chowder, inspired by the famous elote. Mexican Street Corn Soup is rich but also summery and totally crave-worthy.
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Mongolian Beef Soup
Another favorite non-soup dish that was a prime candidate for soupifying. The popular take-out's traditional savory sauce becomes the foundation of the broth and leads everything else straight into full-blown soupy goodness. Serve Mongolian Beef Soup with plenty of rice for a satisfying meal.
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Philly Cheesesteak Soup
In a more indulgent turn … Philly Cheesesteak Soup borrows all of the crave-worthy flavors of the famous steak sub and brews them up into something wonderful.
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> More Takeout-Inspired Soup Recipes
I hope this round-up of Souptember Soups has inspired you to get back in the kitchen after a wildly hot summer, and kick off soup season with something extra special!
Rachel
Sunday 14th of September 2025
Thank you for this inspiring round up! My partner and I have loved this website since stumbling upon it and are excited to get back into soup as fall approaches. I now need to make myself a t-shirt that says Souptember on it :)
Karen - SoupAddict
Sunday 14th of September 2025
I love it!