7 Ways to Serve Kale Soup

Pork-and-Kale Soup with Sizzling Puffed Rice
Photo: Johnny Miller

Here are some of our most delicious kale soup recipes, from a spicy coconut-kale soup to a kale and white-bean stew.

01 of 07

Chickpeas and Kale in Spicy Pomodoro Sauce

Chickpeas and Kale in Spicy Pomodoro Sauce
Constantine Poulos

Chef Missy Robbins of Brooklyn's Lilia restaurant swaps chickpeas for pasta in her riff on spicy pomodoro. She finishes the dish with a shower of fresh herbs and salty pecorino cheese.

02 of 07

Kale and White Bean Stew

kale-and-white-bean-stew
Susan Spungen

Combining Two Portuguese favorites ⁠— kale-and-sausage soup and a bean, sausage, and tomato stew ⁠— makes a simple, sensational one-pot meal. To keep the focus on the vegetables, we've used just a tiny amount of fresh sausage; you can add more, if you like, or substitute dried chorizo or pepperoni.

03 of 07

Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup

Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup
© Todd Porter & Diane Cu

Simple chicken soup becomes extra special with healthy kale and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

04 of 07

Cabbage-and-Kale Soup with Farro

Cabbage-and-Kale Soup with Farro
© Lucy Schaeffer

"I love a really flavorful pot of greens," says Melissa Perello. For this kale-and-cabbage soup, she uses just a little bit of pancetta and a Parmesan-cheese rind to give the broth a rich flavor. "It's definitely the kind of dish that tastes even better the next day," she says.

05 of 07

Winter Squash Soup with Kale and Fideos

Winter Squash Soup with Kale and Fideos
Con Poulos

This light yet hearty, healthy soup from Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov gets extra flavor from charred onion and warm, sweet spices like ginger and cinnamon.

06 of 07

Tuscan-Kale-and-Squash Minestra

Tuscan-Kale-and-Squash Minestra
© David Malosh

Minestra is a light, brothy Italian soup with vegetables. "In this version, I sauté Tuscan kale and butternut squash with onion, garlic, and rosemary, then simmer them in chicken stock with pasta and white beans," Grace Parisi says.

07 of 07

Pork-and-Kale Soup with Sizzling Puffed Rice

Pork-and-Kale Soup with Sizzling Puffed Rice
Johnny Miller

"I love food that makes noise," says Edward Lee, chef and owner of Louisville, Kentucky's 610 Magnolia and the Wine Studio. When F&W challenged the Top Chef Season 9 contestant to make a fast dish with pork, kale, and white wine, he created a deeply flavorful soup, then added crumbled rice cakes that crackle as they hit the broth. The dish is based on one he likes from a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese spot in Manhattan's Chinatown. "They make a big deal out of adding the rice, so you can celebrate the sizzling sound," Lee says.

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