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How to Freeze Soup
Few foods are as perfect for freezing as soups. You should freeze them in freezer proof containers, and remember to leave a little headspace, 1/2 inch or so between the top of the soup and the lid of the container. This is because the soup will expand slightly as it freezes, and if you fill it too full it could pop the top off of the container. Freeze soups in pint or quart containers for easy defrosting.
Remember to label the container with the name of the soup and the date it was frozen. I like to use masking tape and a Sharpie to make sure the writing is very legible and stays put even if some moisture or ice touches the container. You may think you will remember what the soup it, but tomato soup and pasta sauce can look very similar a month later when you are digging around in the freezer for the next night’s dinner.
Freezing Soups with Dairy
If you are making a soup to freeze that is finished with a bit of cream or sour cream or another dairy product, you should not add it when you are first making the soup. Freeze the soup without the dairy, and then when you have defrosted it, and are reheating it on the stove, stir in the dairy at the end as directed.
How Long Will Frozen Soup Last?
Most soups will last from 6 to 9 months in the freezer.
Defrosting Soup
You can defrost soup in the fridge, which should take a day or two depending on the size of the container, and then heat it in a pot on the stove. You can also defrost the soup in the microwave using the defrost setting, and then heat it on the stove. Or you can even place the frozen soup in a pot, and heat it slowly, stirring often, over low heat.
Soup recipes are very easy to make in double batches, to share with neighbors, or to freeze some, and enjoy some now.
29 Soup Recipes Perfect for Freezing
Make a soup people will remember—this comforting and hearty Tomato, Orzo and Dill Soup is really a meal, just top with a little fresh Parmesan to complete.
Sometimes you just want the classic—bursting with tomato flavor, silky smooth, and not complicated by much else.
This divine soup is scented with chili, cumin and coriander, and topped with all kinds of deliciousness, like avocado and tortilla crisps. This is one of my favorite soups of all time.
Move over barley, there’s a new grain in town.
This bisque-like soup is pretty and lush, and gives carrots their due respect.
This escarole and spinach soup is the most delicious and satisfying way to start counteracting the indulgences of the holiday season.
Comfort food, but on the lighter side.
This is earth, nutty and warming, with a touch of cream at the end to give it richness.
Soup is the single most brilliant way to use up what you have in your fridge.
It’s not the complicated recipe creation that makes me feel happy and proud so much….it’s the easy ones.
This creamy Greek soup is creamy, lemony and chunky with chicken and orzo.
A hearty cold weather soup for mushroom lovers. Rich and satisfying (and also vegan)!
This borscht-inspired soup is creamy and pretty and very simple to make.
A beautiful, creamy, soul-soothing root vegetable soup.
The smell of this savory soup, which includes easily available pantry ingredients, will make everyone within range instantly ravenous.
Roasted Vegetables + broth = roasted vegetable soup. I love this kind of math.
Such a pretty and comforting root vegetable soup, great for those chilly nights.
Sauteed fennel and onions add lovely layers of flavor to this cold-weather soup.
Creamy, comforting, earthy, warming, silky, gorgeous.
This slurper incorporates some of my very favorite Japanese flavors, and my kids’ favorite noodle, udon.
A root vegetable soup gets a Moroccan-spiced twist.
A touch of cream turns tomato soup into lushness.
Deeply golden in color, deeply flavorful in taste.
That leftover Thanksgiving turkey is put to great use in a warm, comforting, and very satisfying soup
Dried Cicerchie are like an Italian cousin of chickpeas – use either to make this soup.
A humble pureed vegetable soup is a particular kind of pleasure.
This thick and satisfying soup has tailgating or sidelines or post-game meal written all over it.
Lemongrass, ginger, fish sauce, rice noodles all come together in one of my favorite seasonless soups.
Katie Workman is a brilliant culinary star. Her recipes are simple, super healthy, and thoroughly delicious! And it is so obvious that she cares, as a mother and a working woman, about helping men and women feed their families well with a minimum of stress. Bravo, Katie!