Best New Year Soup Recipes

PERSIAN NEW YEAR'S SOUP WITH BEANS, NOODLES, AND HERBS (ASH-E-RESHTEH)

Steps:

• Dice 1 of the onions. Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add 4 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the onion and sauté until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Drain and rinse the chickpeas, kidney beans, and fava beans, and add them to the onion along with 4 of the minced cloves of garlic, the turmeric, and lentils. Sauté for 1 minute, then add the stock and bring to a boil. Boil the beans, covered, for 1 hour. Tilt the lid so the pot is partially covered and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours. Season with salt. Slice the remaining 2 onions into thin half moons. Heat a sauté pan over high heat and add the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil. Add the onions and fry, stirring frequently, until the onions are brown and caramelized. Add the remaining garlic and the mint and sauté for 1 minute. Season with salt and set aside.
• Add the noodles to the soup and cook until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. When the noodles are almost done, add the leafy greens and the fresh herbs and cook for 2 minutes. Serve with a large dollop of yogurt and a few tablespoons of the sautéed onion mixture.

NEW YEAR'S DAY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan with enough water to cover, soak the black-eyed peas 8 hours, or overnight.
• Drain and rinse the soaked black-eyed peas, and return to the saucepan. Mix in the beef broth, dry onion soup mix, sausage, rice, and green chilies. Season with pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until the beans are tender. Add water as necessary to keep the ingredients covered with liquid.

NEW YEAR'S SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Add onion and carrots. Cook and stir until carrots begin to brown and onion becomes translucent, 7 to 8 minutes. Cook and stir collard greens into onion mixture until wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Pour vegetable broth and black-eyed peas into vegetables, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer soup until vegetables are softened, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While soup is simmering, mix quinoa and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until the water has absorbed into the quinoa, about 10 minutes. Stir cooked quinoa into soup and simmer until collard greens are tender, about 10 more minutes. Stir cider vinegar into soup to taste and season with salt and black pepper.

NEW YEAR'S DAY OZONI SOUP

Steps:

• Place mushrooms in a bowl and cover with warm water; let soak, about 15 minutes. Drain and squeeze out water from mushrooms; slice.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler on high. Place mochi on a baking sheet.
• Broil mochi, turning frequently, until inflated, crisp, and slightly browned, about 5 minutes. Cut into 1-inch strips.
• Combine water and dashi-no-moto in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until dashi is dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken, soy sauce, and salt; simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes.
• Mix shrimp, mushrooms, spinach, carrots, daikon radish, and bamboo shoots into chicken mixture; simmer until vegetables are tender and shrimp is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Divide mochi strips among 4 bowls and top with soup. Garnish soup with kamaboko slices.

SOUTHERN NEW YEAR'S DAY SOUP IN THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Sort and rinse peas then place into a slow cooker and cover with 8 to 10 cups of cool water. Let soak, 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain water from peas and add broth, ham, carrots, celery, ham bone, onion, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on High for 5 hours. Stir in collard greens and cook until tender, about 30 minutes more.

LENTIL SOUP WITH DITALINI (AKA, NEW YEAR'S SOUP)

Steps:

• Sautee pancetta (or ham) in olive oil over medium heat for a few minutes till it browns lightly.
• Add onion, celery and carrots, salt and pepper, and sautee till softened. Add garlic. Stir & continue cooking for a minute or two.
• Add lentils, herbs & salt and pepper, stir, and add about 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil and partially cover, then lower heat to the lowest simmer possible. Allow to simmer quietly & peacefully for 40-50 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, in a separate pot, cook ditalini according to box directions until al dente. Drain.
• Add diced tomatoes to soup, stir and continue cooking for about 10 minutes.
• Stir in cooked pasta to soup.
• Ladel soup into bowls, drizzle a little olive oil over the top, sprinkle some fresh cracked black pepper, and parmesean cheese. Eat it up with some crusty bread!

DDEOK GOOK (KOREAN NEW YEAR RICE CAKE SOUP)

Steps:

• Soak the rice cake in cold water for 30 minutes.
• Marinate the beef in the soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper, sugar, and minced garlic.
• Saute the beef in a skillet, then set aside.
• Put the 6 cups of water and the dried anchovies in a pot.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain out the anchovies and return the broth to the pot.
• Add the rice cakes to the broth.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium.
• Cook for 10-15 minutes, until tender.
• Add the green onions.
• Pour the egg in a little at a time.
• Let it set a bit, then stir- if you stir right after adding the egg, the broth gets milky.
• Put into bowls.
• Garnish each bowl with some beef and some crumbled kim.

DR. OZ'S BELLY-BLASTING NEW YEAR'S SOUP

Steps:

• Add tomatoes, chick peas, garlic, broth and chili powder to either a blender or a Vitamix. Puree.
• Transfer mix to a large pot and bring to the boil; lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Alternatively, you may add the first 5 ingredients to a large pot and process the ingredients with an immersion blender. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• To serve, stir in lime juice and cilantro. Enjoy!

SOUTHERN NEW YEAR'S DAY SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and pick over the dried beans. Cover with 2 inches of water and allow the beans to soak overnight.
• In a stock pot, combine 2 quarts water, ham, beef, bay leaves and salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Rinse the soaked beans and add them to the pot. Cook, uncovered, until tender, about 1 hour. Add the potatoes and collards and boil for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a sauté pan over medium heat, warm the olive oil. Add onion and bell pepper and sauté until the onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the vegetables to the soup pot. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 1 hour. Salt to taste.
• Optionally top each serving with a garnish of a spoonful of salsa or chow-chow.

NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION SOUP

Steps:

• Chop onion and mince garlic. In a 3-quart saucepan or heavy iron skillet, brown sausage and drain off all excess fat, crumble and set aside, in the same saucepan or heavy iron skillet - heat olive oil & cook onion, garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is pale golden, about 2-3 minutes. Add broth, wine and water into the onion mixture. Also, add back the sausage and mix.
• Rinse and drain black-eyed peas. In a bowl mash half of peas with a fork. Stir mashed and whole peas, diced tomatoes, & sauerkraut into soup, bring to slow boil then reduce heat and simmer for at least 30 minutes (however, you can let this soup slow cook all day, makes it that much better). Season soup with salt, pepper, sage and hot sauce ~ enjoy with a good crusty bread.
• This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
• Although we call for canned black-eyed peas, you can use frozen peas or cook up a batch of dried ones. Note: if you use dried beans that you only let soak as package directs, you will need to use a food processor to mash 1/2 the beans and you will need to up the amount of fluids (i.e.; 3 1/2 cups of both broth and water). As well, cook time will need to increase to time reflected on dried beans package in order for beans to cook correctly.

NEW YEAR'S DAY 15 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a large kettle. Cover with water and soak overnight. OR - place kettle of beans on stove over high heat and bring to a rapid, rolling boil. Boil hard for two minutes. Turn off heat, cover kettle, and let stand 1 hour.
• Drain beans and discard soaking water.
• Add all remaining ingredients, except for the tomatoes. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 to 1.5 hours, or until beans are tender. Add both kinds of tomatoes, and simmer uncovered 30 minutes longer.
• Serve with hot cornbread. Makes a huge batch!

MOCHI BALL SOUP - A TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR'S JAPANESE DISH

Steps:

• 1. In a medium pot combine water, shrimp, salt, bouillon and daikon. Boil until bouillon cubes are dissolved. Turn down to simmer.
• 2. In a medium bowl, combine mochiko, ham, salt and pepper, mix together. Gradually add the chicken broth to make dough. Form 1/2 inch dough balls, use mochiko on your hands so the dough does not stick and make a mess.
• 3. In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients to make 1/2 inch pork ball. Slightly dampen your hands with water so the pork does not stick.
• 4. Turn your soup stock heat back up and add all the mochi balls and pork balls. Cook for 4 to 6 minutes, and until the mochi balls start floating to the top.
• 5. Variations and options: you can add vegetables, such as carrots, watercress, spinach, chinese cabbage, chinese squash, mustard cabbage, etc.
• 6. Serve hot in soup bowls, garnish with fish cake, green onions, chinese parsley.

NEW YEAR'S DAY GOOD LUCK SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon until it renders its fat. Crumble/cut up bacon and set aside. In same pan put in onions, garlic and collards. Cook 10 minutes or until collards are wilted. Put bacon, collards and remaining ingredients in a stock pot. Bring soup to a boil and then simmer until chicken is done and liquid reduced to chili consistency, 1-1.5 hours. Serve with cornbread.

SOUTHERN NEW YEAR’S DAY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add leek, and sauté 5 to 7 minutes, or until soft. Add garlic and poultry seasoning, and sauté 1 minute more. Stir in kale, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, or until leaves are wilted, tossing occasionally. 2. Add diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes with chiles, black-eyed peas, vegetable broth, and 7 cups water; season with salt and pepper, if desired. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 40 to 45 minutes. Stir in pasta, and cook 7 to 10 minutes more, or until pasta is al dente and black-eyed peas are tender. Serve garnished with Parmesan curls.

HE JIA TUAN YUAN (TOFU BALL SOUP FOR LUNAR CHINESE NEW YEAR)

Steps:

• Place the tofu into a large bowl, and mash it into a paste with a large spoon. Stir in the pork, cornstarch, egg, 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules, and 1 teaspoon salt until the mixture is very well combined.
• Heat the water and vegetable oil to a boil in a large saucepan, and reduce heat to an active simmer but not a full boil. Using gloved hands, pinch off about 1 tablespoon of the tofu mixture, roll it into a ball between your palms, and slide it carefully into the water so it doesn't break apart. Repeat with the rest of the tofu mixture. Without stirring the soup, let the tofu balls simmer until they rise to the top, about 30 minutes.
• Turn off the heat, and stir in the dried shrimp, pea vine shoots, 1 teaspoon of chicken bouillon granules, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Serve hot.

SOLA'S NEW YEAR'S SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a deep pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, garlic, and bell peppers; cook until onions are transparent and peppers are soft, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper. Stir in the corn, salsa, chili powder, black beans, black-eyed peas, chicken stock, chicken bouillon cube, water, and rice. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer at least 30 minutes until the rice is tender.

NEW YEAR SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot, cook the onion and carrots in bacon grease on medium-high heat for 10 minutes, until onions turn golden. Add garlic and cook for three more minutes. Add to the pot the collard greens, vinegar, sugar, ham, chicken stock, chipotles, rotel tomatoes and thyme. Bring pot to a boil and then simmer for half and hour, stirring occasionally. Take on can of black-eye peas and roughly mash with a fork. Add these and other can of black eyes peas to the pot. Continue to simmer for another 45 minutes.

NEW YEAR'S DAY SOUP - PAULA DEEN MAGAZINE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in ham and all remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until greens are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.