78 Canned Soup Recipes for the Winter

If you want to preserve food at home and store it conveniently while keeping it instantly ready to heat and eat, nothing beats canning. And when it comes to home-canned foods, there’s hardly anything quicker and easier to fix than soup.

I love soup, and if you’re like me, there’s nothing you look forward to more in the wintertime than a steaming hot bowl of your favorite soup or stew. It’s comforting, delicious, and healthy.

Canning your favorite soups all year long and putting them back for the winter is the perfect way to use up all of your ingredients in an economical way.

And you won’t have to settle for the same old thing every other winter day when you’re craving a bowl of soup if you check out these 78 awesome canned recipes below…

Beef Soups

Beef-based soups are some of the most filling and versatile, running the gamut from just two or three ingredients to stews that include just about every veggie, herb, and spice you can think of.

The following recipes all include beef as the star ingredient, and whether you want to go with a comforting classic like veggie beef soup, a hearty bowl of chili, or something a bit more exotic like Mexican garden soup, there’s sure to be a new favorite for red meat lovers in this section.

Make sure you check out the Italian meatball soup; it’s one of my very favorites and a great twist if you’re bored of the same old thing.

Chicken Soups

For so many of us, chicken soup of one kind or another is the first and last word.

Chicken noodle soup is a de facto remedy eaten around the world, but the flexibility of chicken and its ability to shine with many different flavor profiles means you’ll never run out of chicken soup recipes to try.

You can can your own chicken broth or stock if you’d rather start from scratch, or you might stick with winter favorites like chicken corn chowder and the always awesome chicken tortilla soup.

If you want something that will stick to your ribs, try home-canned chicken pot pie filling; it makes prep a breeze if you want the real thing or you can eat it by itself as a hearty stew.

Pork-Based Soups

Pork just doesn’t get enough love when it comes to soup recipes, says I anyway! That savory, yummy, umami flavor that pork brings to every dish makes it the perfect protein for so many soup recipes.

Lots of different vegetables, and legumes of course, pair wonderfully with pork, and that means all of these pork soup recipes have wildly different flavor profiles.

Nothing fills you up like ham and bean soup, and if you love beans more than pork, you might try 15-bean ham soup. That’s a lot of different beans!

And just like with chicken, if you’d rather start from scratch rather than decant your soup and eat, you can always can your own homemade pork stock easily.

Turkey Soups

Turkey doesn’t get anywhere near the fanfare it does when it comes to soup recipes, but I’d like to change that. It has a unique flavor all its own that’s worth exploring.

Turkey chili is delicious, and classic turkey soup will make a believer out of any chicken noodle fan. If you don’t mind some winter canning, these recipes are an awesome way to use up leftover turkey from Thanksgiving.

Fish and Seafood Soups

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, or I should say bowl of soup, but fish and seafood ingredients can make for some really interesting, filling, and wholesome recipes.

Fish stock can be a mainstay of many recipes besides soups themselves, and you’ll never go wrong with a big bowl of clam chowder and cheddar biscuits.

Veggie-Based Soups

One of the most popular types of soup eaten around the world, there are limitless vegetable soup recipes out there that you can can. But if you’ve been stuck in a rut with the usual garden veggie medleys, it’s time to kick things up a notch.

Homemade tomato soup is so delicious you’ll never go back to the store-bought stuff, and creamy, warm, and aromatic squash soup can easily turn into your new favorite winter comfort food.

For something more exotic, check out a borscht recipe or carrot soup, and don’t forget about my absolute favorite: French onion! Nothing beats that with a crusty hunk of a baguette!

Bean Soups

Beans usually get a supporting role in various soup recipes, but they can be a star themselves with the right preparation! Beans are terrifically nutritious, super filling, and very, very cheap.

This makes bean soup the perfect option for padding your winter pantry.

If you try anything on this list, make sure you try the pumpkin, white bean, and bacon soup recipe below. Three things you never think of eating together, but this one is mind-bendingly good!

Potato Soups

Last, but never least, the humble potato. That most versatile of veggies can take nearly any soup to the next level, adding bulk, sustenance, and some much-needed tooth.

Potato lovers will be happy to know there are several great home-canned soup recipes where the potato takes center stage.

Loaded baked potato soup is an entire meal unto itself and can satisfy the biggest appetite, and potato leek soup makes for an awesome side or a light but satisfying lunch.

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Tom Marlowe

Tom has lived and worked on farms and homesteads from the Carolinas to Kentucky and beyond. He is passionate about helping people prepare for tough times by embracing lifestyles of self-sufficiency.