chicken soup

noun

plural chicken soups

: a soup that has chicken broth as its base

Perhaps the most commonly served food of Passover is chicken soup with matzo balls …

—Frances Jaques

At the same time, from the Americas to Asia, from Eastern Europe to the Levant and Africa, chicken soups have the qualities and tastes that make every culture deliciously unique.

—Leslie Brenner

You doubt the healing power of chicken soup? Well, try to find a culture that doesn't make chicken soup at the drip of a nose.

—Kathleen Purvis

often, specifically : chicken noodle soup

The best chicken soup in the world was made by my maternal grandmother. On icy winter Saturdays …, my reward was chicken noodle soup for lunch.

—Judy Schultz

This is a good season for homemade chicken soup. … If I were you, I'd add the chicken pieces before the noodles.

—Mary Keith

Examples of chicken soup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whisk together cream of chicken soup and enchilada sauce in a large bowl until smooth. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025

Slivered almonds add crunch, while the quick prep using rotisserie chicken and cream of chicken soup makes this dish easy to assemble and freeze for later reheating. —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025

Meanwhile, in Filipino cuisine, green papaya adds a subtle sweetness to the chicken soup known as Tinola. —The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025

After egg noodles are cooked in broth, cream of chicken soup and butter add richness to the noodles. —Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1733, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chicken soup

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coop
• coupe
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• droop
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