Vegetable soups are prepared with a lot of amazing cooking ingredients. Some are major while some are optional. These ingredients are very essential in bringing out the overall taste of the soup.

You are welcome to Chefsbase. On this page, we will talk about all the ingredients needed for the preparation of vegetable soup whether in Nigeria or other parts of the world that share the same food taste with us.

Vegetable soup is one of the soups people enjoy. This soup is a healthy tasty soup you can enjoy with any swallow of choice.

The major leafy vegetables used in the preparation of the soup is water leaf and fluted pumpkin also known as ugu leaves. In most cases, waterleaf is added.

Vegetable Soup Ingredients

Here is the list of 100 ingredients used in cooking vegetable soup:

1. Carrots

2. Celery

3. Onions

4. Potatoes

5. Tomatoes

6. Bell peppers (red, green, yellow)

7. Garlic

8. Spinach

9. Kale

10. Cabbage

11. Green beans

12. Zucchini

13. Squash

14. Mushrooms (various types like button, shiitake, oyster)

15. Broccoli

16. Cauliflower

17. Peas

18. Corn

19. Leeks

20. Turnips

21. Parsnips

22. Sweet potatoes

23. Pumpkin

24. Butternut squash

25. Acorn squash

26. Beetroot

27. Swiss chard

27. Fennel

28. Eggplant

29. Asparagus

30. Artichokes

31. Watercress

32. Okra

33. Radishes

34. Bamboo shoots

35. Bok choy

36. Brussels sprouts

37. Snow peas

38. Green onions

39. Kohlrabi

40. Daikon radish

41. Jicama

42. Celeriac

43. Collard greens

44. Mustard greens

45. Arugula

46. Broccolini

47. Water chestnuts

48. Baby corn

49. . ean sprouts

50. Hearts of palm

51. Celery root

52. Rapini

53. Dandelion greens

54. Purslane

55. Endive

56. Escarole

57. Chicory

58. Jerusalem artichoke

59. Tatsoi

60. Komatsuna

61. Mung bean sprouts

62. Napa cabbage

63. Sorrel

64. Turnip greens

65. Hubbard squash

66. Chayote

67. Yam beans (jicama)

68. Chard

69. Kohlrabi greens

70. Radicchio

71. Mâche

72. Mizuna

73. Nori

74. Wakame

75. Hijiki

76. Kombu

77. Dulse

78. Laver

79. Aonori

80. Sea lettuce

81. Agar

82. Irish moss

83. Spirulina

84. Chlorella

85. Watercress

86. Dandelion

87. Kale

88. Arugula

89. Collard greens

90. Endive

91. Purslane

92. Radicchio

93. Chicory

94. Swiss chard

95. Bok choy

96. Spinach

97. Mustard greens

98. Beet greens

99. Beef

100. Kpomo

With these ingredients, you could make a diverse and flavorful vegetable soup!

How to Make Vegetable Soup

To prepare vegetable soup, here are the steps to follow:

1. Wash the beef and stock fish, and put them in a clean pot

2. Add slices of onion, seasoning cube and salt.

3. Combine and place on a low heat and leave to cook for five minutes

4. Add kpomo or cow skin, add a little water, and cook for 10 minutes

5. Add smoked fish and crayfish, and leave for five minutes

6. Remove from heat and keep aside

7. In a separate clean dry pot, put shredded water leaves

8. Add onion slices, crayfish, and palm oil and cook on a low for 10 to 15 minutes or when the water leaf is no longer slimy.

9. Add the protein to the water leaf, add the remaining oil, ogiri, salt, and seasoning cubes, then combine well

10. Leave for five minutes, add the shredded ugu leaves, combine, and leave for three to four minutes

11. Remove from heat. The soup is ready!