Reinvented: Soup 4 Ways
By:
Jennifer Bierman

Here in Food Network Kitchens, we love simple, classic recipes. We are also paid to think about food all day. So we’ve taken classic foods and drinks and reimagined them into three, four or five different ways. No standard recipes here, just the occasional technique and pictures. Think of it as a picture recipe.
You can make a million soups by just sautéing and pureeing whatever seasonal veggies you have on hand with a little chicken stock and aromatics. Here are some of my favorite variations using chicken stock as the base.

Here are several new ideas to add new life to a classic:

Need more inspiration? Check out the Food Network Favorites: Super Soups app, now available to download in the App Store.
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