The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

0.007 ounce of beef protein present. No wonder the broths don’t taste much like meat! To quickly and ch ...

HOW TO MAKE CANNED BEANS TASTE GOOD I love beans and my wife loves soup, which makes winter a great ...

taking at best several hours, and at worst, a full day of soaking, followed by simmering. So I did what ...

mixing the ingredients together, bringing the soup to a boil, and serving it immediately. There’s no fault i ...

30-MINUTE PASTA E FAGIOLI Pasta e fagioli is the bean and pasta soup traditionally made with ...

SERVES 4 One 28-ounce can whole tomatoes 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving 1 t ...

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes 4 cups homemade or low-sodium canned chicken stock Two 15-ounce cans red kid ...

30-MINUTE MINESTRONE Minestrone is my soup of choice during the spring and early summer, when vegetables fr ...

SERVES 6 TO 8 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving 1 medium onion, finely diced ...

One 15-ounce can Roman (borlotti or cranberry) cannelini, or great northern beans, with their liquid 2 ba ...

30-MINUTE DON’T- CALL-IT-TUSCAN WHITE BEAN AND PARMESAN SOUP Given the grim history of the usage of the word, ...

SERVES 4 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving 1 medium onion, finely diced (about ...

2 bay leaves 3 to 4 cups roughly chopped kale or Swiss chard leaves Kosher salt and freshly ground black ...

30-MINUTE BLACK BEAN SOUP Black bean soup was a favorite of mine when I was a kid, and it still ...

SERVES 4 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 green bell peppers, finely diced 1 large onion, finely diced 2 me ...

and the bay leaves, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a bare simmer, cover, and c ...

How to Make CREAMY Vegetable Soups WITHOUT A RECIPE When I was a totally green cook with my first serious ...

that I haven’t made into a smooth, creamy soup, and there are even fewer that I’ve not loved,† but my ...

sweeter ones. Second, enzymatic reactions that create simple sugars are accelerated with heat. Step 2: Choose ...

combine with each other. Sweating an onion will break down cell walls, allowing this process ...