17 Fall Soups and Stews You Must Try to Stay Cozy
Fall is my favorite season for so many reasons, especially here on the East Coast. I look forward to cool, crisp days, leaves turning beautiful fiery colors, the season’s fashion, and fall soups and stews simmering on the stove and warming up the kitchen.
Soup or stew, whether chicken, beef or veggie, always warms me up when the air turns chilly and keeps the dishes to a minimum.
I’m all about one-pot soups and stews that let me simmer everything together in my favorite Dutch oven. By the time dinner rolls around it’s ready to go with just one pot to wash.
I usually double the batch, fill airtight Mason jars, and stash them in the freezer for a week or two. That way I can grab a jar for lunch at work or a quick dinner on a busy night. It’s my favorite meal-planning shortcut.
Easy Fall Soups and Stews I’m Cooking This Season
I’m starting with asopao de camarones, where plump shrimp and rice simmer together in a tomato broth. If I’m in the mood for something vegetarian I make the black bean stew with onions, cumin and a squeeze of lime.
And when chicken and potatoes are calling, sudado de pollo simmers until the potatoes soak up every bit of the broth.
Puerto Rican Shrimp Stew (Asopao de Camarones)
Asopao de camarones, the Puerto Rican shrimp stew that sits somewhere between a soup and a rice dish. Plump shrimp in a tomato broth I could drink on its own.
Colombian Chicken Stew (Sudado de Pollo)
Sudado de pollo, chicken stewed with potatoes in tomato and sofrito until the potatoes soak up every bit of the broth. This is the one I grew up eating, always over white rice.
Delicious Sopa De Lentejas with Plantains
Sopa de lentejas with green lentils, sweet plantains and diced tomato. The crispy plantain and green onion crumble on top is my favorite part and I never leave it off.
Puerto Rican Sancocho
Sancocho, a big one-pot stew with tender meat, root vegetables and a broth that tastes like it took all day. It makes enough for days, which is the whole point.
Stewed Black Beans (Habichuelas Negras)
Habichuelas negras from scratch with sofrito, garlic, cilantro and cumin. Beans this good are a whole dinner over rice.
Rabo Encendido (Cuban Oxtail Stew)
Cuban oxtail braised for hours until the meat gives up completely. This one takes a whole slow afternoon and I love every minute of it.
Fall Off the Bone Pot Roast Chicken in Tomato Broth
Chicken braised low in a tomato broth in a Dutch oven until it shreds under a fork. Serve it in a bowl, because the broth is the whole reason.
How To Make Homemade Beef Birria With Consome
Birria made with chuck roast simmered slowly with dried chiles, tomatoes and beef broth. The consome on the side is worth the whole afternoon.
Creamy Fall Soup Recipes
These are the ones I make when I want something rich enough to feel like a treat. A little cream goes a long way in a pot this size.
Creamy Elote Chowder, Mexican Street Corn Soup
Elote chowder with sweet corn, all the street corn spices and a little cream. It’s how I eat elote once it’s too cold to stand outside grilling it.
Extra Cheesy Creamy Lasagna Soup
Lasagna soup with tender noodles, seasoned beef and a creamy tomato broth, topped with ricotta and mozzarella. Everything I love about lasagna without any of the layering.
Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup
Chicken enchilada soup with black beans and corn and enough cheese to make it creamy. This is what saves dinner on the first cold night of the year.
Creamy Mexican Street Corn Chicken Soup in 30 Minutes
Street corn chicken soup, ready in thirty minutes. All the elote flavors with shredded chicken stirred through, which makes it dinner instead of a side.
45-Minute Creamy Coconut Milk Chicken Thighs
Chicken thighs simmered in coconut milk until the sauce goes silky. Not quite a soup, but I serve it in a bowl over rice and nobody has ever complained.
Healthy Fall Soups and Stews
Lighter, brothier, and still enough to fill everyone up. These are the ones I lean on when the heavier pots feel like too much.
Mexican Chicken and Black Bean Soup
Chicken and black beans in a warm, brothy soup with cumin and garlic. Filling enough that nobody asks what else there is.
The Best Poblano Chicken Tortilla Soup From Scratch
Shredded chicken in a smoky poblano broth. Crispy tortilla strips and buttery avocado over the top. The toppings are half the reason I make it.
Healthy Ground Chicken Taco Soup
Ground chicken taco soup with black beans and corn. All the taco seasoning, none of the assembly.
Smoky Tomato Chicken and Corn Soup
Smoky tomato broth with tender chicken and sweet corn. It comes together faster than most soups here and it freezes beautifully.
If You Like This You’ll Love These
Here are a few others I’ve made and loved:
Latin-Inspired Fall Dinner Ideas for the rest of what I cook once it turns cold.
32 Cheap Family Dinners Your Family Will Love since half of these are the least expensive things I make.
34 High Protein Family Dinners We Eat Year Round for the ones that keep everyone full the longest.
45 Family Dinner Ideas When You’re Craving Mexican for tacos, quesadillas and everything in between.
One-Pot Meals for Dinner Tonight for more dinners with one pot to wash.
Sofrito Recipe because it goes in almost every pot on this list.
If you make any of these fall soups and stews, leave a comment. I love reading your comments and will try to get back to every single one.
