Best Chilli Soup Recipes

SPICY CHILLI BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep saucepan and fry the chopped onion over a medium heat until tender. Add the garlic and tomato purée, stirring for 1-2 mins until combined. Sprinkle in the spices and cook for another 1 min.
• Tip in the chopped tomatoes, half fill the can with water, and add to the pan. Pour in the stock and simmer on a medium heat for 10-15 mins, uncovered. Season, then whizz using a hand blender until smooth. Add the beans and red pepper, and cook for another 15 mins until the pepper is tender.
• Serve in bowls topped with a small pile of tortilla chips and a lime wedge.

RED LENTIL, CHICKPEA & CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry 2 tsp cumin seeds and a large pinch of chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas.
• Add 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 chopped red onion, and cook for 5 mins.
• Stir in 140g red split lentils, 850ml vegetable stock or water and a 400g can tomatoes, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have softened.
• Whizz the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor until it is a rough purée, pour back into the pan and add a 200g can drained and rinsed chickpeas.
• Heat gently, season well and stir in a small bunch of chopped coriander, reserving a few leaves to serve. Finish with 4 tbsp 0% Greek yogurt and extra coriander leaves.

CHILLI CON CARNE SOUP

Steps:

• Gently fry the onion and garlic in the oil for a couple of minutes until beginning to soften, then add the mince. Raise the heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the meat is no longer pink.
• Stir in the beans, tomatoes, stock, chillies, chocolate and plenty of salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer very gently for 1 hour, or longer if you have the time. (You can make it up to a day ahead to this point, then cool and chill.)
• Ladle into mugs or large cups and scatter with herbs, cheese and black pepper. You'll need spoons to eat it.

CARROT SOUP WITH CHILLI CORIANDER PESTO

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a saucepan, add the onion and fry for 7 mins. Add 2 of the garlic cloves, the ginger and curry powder and cook for 1 min more. Stir through the carrots and stock and cook, covered, for 15-20 mins or until the carrots are soft.
• Remove from the heat and blitz with a hand blender until completely smooth. Season to taste and leave on a very low heat.
• Tip the remaining 3 tbsp oil into a small food processor along with the coriander, remaining garlic, pine nuts and chilli. Whizz until smooth, then tip into a bowl and stir in the parmesan and lemon zest. If it's too thick, loosen with 1 tbsp water.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the pesto. Add a spoonful of crème fraîche and serve with bread, if you like.

CELERIAC SOUP WITH CORIANDER AND CHILLI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, sauté the onion, chilli and garlic in the olive oil for 2-3 minutes over a medium high heat.
• Stir in the cumin and season with salt and pepper.
• Add the celeriac, along with the chicken broth and water.
• Bring up to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pan and let simmer for 10-15 minutes or just until the celeriac is cooked.
• Remove from the heat and use a handblender or food processor to puree the soup until smooth.
• Stir in most of the chopped coriander and milk.
• Adjust the seasoning with more salt and pepper, if needed.
• Ladle into bowls, sprinkle over a few coriander leaves and serve immediately.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH CHILLI & CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Cut 1 peeled and deseeded butternut squash into large cubes, about 4cm/1½in across, then toss in a large roasting tin with 1 tbsp of the olive oil.
• Roast for 30 mins, turning once during cooking, until golden and soft.
• While the butternut squash cooks, melt 1 tbsp butter with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan, then add 2 diced onions, 1 thinly sliced garlic clove and ¾ of the 2 deseeded and finely chopped red chillies.
• Cover and cook on a very low heat for 15-20 mins until the onions are completely soft.
• Tip the butternut squash into the pan, add 850ml hot vegetable stock and 4 tbsp crème fraîche, then whizz with a stick blender until smooth. For a really silky soup, put the soup into a liquidiser and blitz it in batches.
• Return to the pan, gently reheat, then season to taste.
• Serve the soup in bowls with swirls of crème fraîche and a scattering of the remaining chopped chilli.

JUDY'S WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH CHILLI OIL

Steps:

• Put all the butter beans in a large bowl and cover with plenty of cold water so they have room to swell up. Leave to soak overnight.
• Drain the beans. Shuck off and discard the skins by pinching the beans between finger and thumb - it's a laborious job, but worth it. Put the beans in a colander, rinse and shake off the excess water.
• Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes. Tip in the carrots and celery and fry gently for 2-3 minutes. Add the beans, stock, bay and thyme with some pepper, and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes, skimming off any scum, until the beans are soft. Cool for 10 minutes, discard the bay and thyme, then whizz the soup in a food processor until smooth. (You will probably have to do this in batches.)
• Return the soup to the rinsed pan and bring to the boil. Check for seasoning, then serve with a drizzle of chilli oil and a sprinkling of thyme leaves.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 200C (or 180C for a fan oven).
• Peel the butternut squash, remove the pips and chop into cubes about 4cm across.
• Place on a baking tray and toss with half the olive oil, then place in your oven. Cook for 30mins, or until soft, turning once.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large pan, together with the remaining olive oil. Add the onion, garlic and chilli, cover and cook at a very low heat for 15-20 minutes, or until soft.
• When all cooked, combine in the pan, add the stock cubes and 600ml of boiling water, then the Greek yoghurt.
• Blitz with a stick blender, or in batches in a regular blender to achieve a silkier texture.
• Season to taste and serve with a small drizzle of yoghurt and a few strips of finely chopped chilli.

ROASTED TOMATO AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• 1) Preheat oven at 180c. Place fresh tomatoes and sliced red onion on a baking tray, drizzle with oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 35 minutes.
• 2) Empty the tinned tomatoes into a large pan then add the cooked tomatoes and onion, paprika, balsamic vinegar and chilli flakes then blend with a hand blender until smooth.
• 3) Place on the hob, bring to the boil then gently simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 4) Finish with cream and a handful of chopped fresh parsley.

CHICKPEA CHILLI AND LIME SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan add the onion then cook gently for 5-10 minutes until soft without browning.
• Add coriander stalks, cumin, chilli and garlic then stir for a couple of minutes.
• Add tomatoes cover then cook gently for 15 minutes until tomatoes have thickened.
• Add chickpeas and stock bring to boil cover and simmer for a further 20 minutes.
• Blend two thirds of the soup return to pan add lime zest lime juice and coriander leaves, season to taste.

PUMPKIN, CUMIN AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Slice the top off the pumpkin and set it aside.
• Later it will be the lid for your pumpkin-pot serving bowl.
• Use your hands to pull out all the strings and seeds in the centre of the pumpkin.
• You can, if you like, save the seeds for roasting.
• Now use a spoon to scoop out as much of the flesh as you can, but be careful not to break through the shell of the pumpkin.
• Remember, you want to use it as a bowl afterwards.
• Roughly chop the pumpkin flesh and then heat the oil or butter in a big pot.
• Throw in the cumin seeds and onion, frying and stirring occasionally until the onion becomes translucent.
• Add the chilli and sugar and stir well, then throw in the hot stock and pumpkin flesh.
• Simmer until the pumpkin is soft enough to purée.
• Add salt to taste and then blitz until smooth.
• Add the cream, if desired, and pour into the pumpkin shell.
• Make patterns on the surface by drizzling over the oil.
• Serve immediately.

TOMATO, CHILLI AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Boil some water and immerse the tomatoes to remove the skins.
• Sweat down the celery, onion and garlic in the oil till transparent.
• Chop the skinned tomatoes and add to the pan cook down for about 10 mins and , add the chicken stock and cook gently for about 20 minutes.
• Check the seasoning and add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Add the chilli & puree and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Add the freshly chopped mint and whizz with a blender till smooth.

COURGETTE SOUP WITH PARMESAN AND BURNT CHILLI MARSHMALLOW

Steps:

• Line a 23 x 23cm sized baking tray with cling film, lightly grease it with the oil and dust it with 2 tbsp of the corn flour, making sure the base and sides are evenly coated.
• Place the gelatine leaves in a small bowl and pour over enough cold water to cover. Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Weigh the egg whites into a large metal bowl or electric mixer bowl. Set aside. Place the water, sugar and glucose into a small pan over a medium-high heat. Using a sugar or jam thermometer to read the temperature, heat the sugar mixture to 115C. Once it has reached the heat, begin to whisk the egg whites in the whisking bowl, either with a handheld electric whisk or in a freestanding mixer. When the sugar reaches 121C, squeeze the water out of the gelatine, add to the hot syrup and slowly begin to pour the sugar and gelatine mixture into the egg whites, whilst continuing to whisk. Be careful not to let the sugar mixture come in to contact with the beaters. Continue to whisk gently until the mixture has cooled and is thick enough to hold its shape on the beaters - this should take about 15 minutes. Whisk through the chilli flakes and spoon into the prepared tray, smoothing over with a palette knife. Dust lightly with the remaining corn flour and leave in a cool place to set. Once set, cut in to 2cm cubes.
• Make the soup. Heat the olive oil in a large casserole pan or saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes or until beginning to soften. Add the rosemary and garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the courgettes and sauté for a further 5 minutes. Next add the stock, bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Pour into a blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste and top up with a little more water if it seems too thick.
• Lightly blow torch each marshmallow or pop briefly under a high heated grill until scorched and blistered. Ladle the soup into bowls, top with a marshmallow, some grated parmesan and a sprinkle of the hazelnuts. Serve.

GREEN CHILLI CHEESY CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients into a large saucepan.
• Heat on medium heat until soup is simmering, stirring occasionally. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes. Continue stirring.
• Serve with dollop of sour cream (optional) and/or tortilla chips. TaDa! Finished.

CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• 1. brown beef or turkey until no longer pink, drain and add to crock pot.
• 2. saute' onion and peppers in 2 tbls olive oil add to meat in crock pot.
• 3. add all other ingredients to crock pot and mix well simmer all day 8 hrs.
• 4. serve in bowl w/ crushed tortilla chips / sprinkle of cheese and a dollop of sour cream

COURGETTE TOMATO AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Fry onion and garlic in olive oil until soft. Add in potato and add black pepper and fry on low heat for 2 mins, stirring. Add in courgette tomato and stock. Simmer and add in chilli flakes and tomato paste. Simmer for around 15 to 20 mins. Blitz in processor.

MEXICAN CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to a high heat. Toast the whole chillies, turning often to avoid burning (blackening). Remove the chilli seeds and stems, reserving them in case you want to increase the heat of the soup later. Soak the chillies in 1 cup of the stock for 10 minutes then blend the chilli and stock mixture until smooth in a food processor or blender.
• Char the onion slices and whole garlic clove all over. Peel the garlic clove after cooling a few minutes. Char the tomato slices then chop roughly.
• Blend the onion, tomato and peeled garlic clove with 2 cups of the stock until smooth and add to the chilli mixture.
• Heat the tablespoon of olive oil in a pan then fry the chopped bacon. After a minute or two, add the mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes. Blend the bacon and mushroom mixture with the ricotta in the remaining cup of stock. Combine with the rest of the soup in a large pan and reheat for about 5 minutes. Serve garnished with the fresh coriander.

CAULIFLOWER, COCONUT AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a heavy based large pan on medium heat. Add a splash of oil, the celery and leek and cook for 5 mins, stirring regularly.
• Add Chillies, potato and cauliflower and cook for a further 3 minutes or so.
• Add stock, then coconut milk and season with salt and pepper. Bring to boil.
• Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and cover. Allow to simmer covered for 20 mins or until the cauliflower is tender. Puree soup and bring to the boil again. Adjust seasoning as desired.
• Optional: serve with a small springling of coriander leaves.

COURGETTE SOUP WITH PARMESAN AND BURNT CHILLI MARSHMALLOW

Steps:

• Line a 23 x 23cm sized baking tray with cling film, lightly grease it with the oil and dust it with 2 tbsp of the corn flour, making sure the base and sides are evenly coated.
• Place the gelatine leaves in a small bowl and pour over enough cold water to cover. Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Weigh the egg whites into a large metal bowl or electric mixer bowl. Set aside. Place the water, sugar and glucose into a small pan over a medium-high heat. Using a sugar or jam thermometer to read the temperature, heat the sugar mixture to 115C. Once it has reached the heat, begin to whisk the egg whites in the whisking bowl, either with a handheld electric whisk or in a freestanding mixer. When the sugar reaches 121C, squeeze the water out of the gelatine, add to the hot syrup and slowly begin to pour the sugar and gelatine mixture into the egg whites, whilst continuing to whisk. Be careful not to let the sugar mixture come in to contact with the beaters. Continue to whisk gently until the mixture has cooled and is thick enough to hold its shape on the beaters - this should take about 15 minutes. Whisk through the chilli flakes and spoon into the prepared tray, smoothing over with a palette knife. Dust lightly with the remaining corn flour and leave in a cool place to set. Once set, cut in to 2cm cubes.
• Make the soup. Heat the olive oil in a large casserole pan or saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes or until beginning to soften. Add the rosemary and garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the courgettes and sauté for a further 5 minutes. Next add the stock, bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Pour into a blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste and top up with a little more water if it seems too thick.
• Lightly blow torch each marshmallow or pop briefly under a high heated grill until scorched and blistered. Ladle the soup into bowls, top with a marshmallow, some grated parmesan and a sprinkle of the hazelnuts. Serve.

RILEY'S SWEET POTATO AND CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes or until softened.
• Add the sweet potato and chilli flakes and cook for 2 minutes.
• Pour in the stock and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, allow to cool slightly, then blend until smooth.