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Common Fish Soups

This is a list of common fish soups from around the world other than chowder and bisques. If you want to suggest a fish soup to add to the list, send it my way with a short description, and I will update the table.

Name	Origin	Description
Aljotta	Malta	Tomato broth fish soup with plenty of garlic and herbs. Likely an adaptation of the French bouillabaisse.
Bergen fish soup	Norway	A heavy, creamed soup made with white fish (salmon, haddock, halibut, cod, prawns) and various vegetables.
Bourride	France	Provencal fish stew based on poached monkfish with cream and lemon, thickened with aioli sauce, and often served with steamed vegetables.
Bouillabaisse	France	Mediterranean fish stew with whole fishes poached in a pureed fish soup accompanied with rouille, croutons, and Gruyere cheese.
Cantonese seafood soup	China	Seafood soup with a very smooth texture, whitish in color, and a little transparent, seasoned with ginger and lemongrass.
Carp soup	Czech	A soup made with carp’s head and offal, onion, and vegetable. Part of traditional Czech Christmas Eve dinner.
Cioppino	American	American, Italian style, fish stew with tomatoes and a variety of fish and shellfish.
Cullen skink	Scotland	Traditional fish soup is made with cold-smoked haddock, potatoes, onions, and cream.
Pulmay	Chilly	Mollusks soup made with yellow potatoes, sausages, chicken, and smoked ribs. Generally cooked in white wine and eaten with a side of pebre condiment and fry bread.
Fanesca	Ecuador	A traditional dried salt cod, corn, and lima bean soup serve during the Holy week with many garnishing: hard-boiled egg slices, fried ripe plantains, empanadas, hot peppers slices, hot sauce, white onions marinated in lime juice, fresh cheese slices, and avocado slices.
Halászlé	Hungary	Hot, spicy paprika based river fish soup including carp or mixed river fish.
Lohikeitto	Finland	A creamy soup made with salmon, potatoes, small Mirepoix, and dill.
Mohinga	Myanmar	Rice noodle catfish broth soup made of chickpea garlic, onions, lemongrass, banana tree stem, ginger, fish paste, and fish sauce.
Mussels soup	France	Lightly thicken creamy soup with broth mussels, white wine, garlic, and fresh parsley.
Pindang	Indonesia	Sour and spicy fish soup is usually made from freshwater fish such as catfish, carp, or gourami.
Psarosoupa	Greek	Fish soup with oil and lemon sauce, vegetables, rice, and whitefish.
Sliced fish soup	Singapore	Broth fish soup with sliced white fish, vegetables, beancurd, cuttlefish and prawns, and vegetables.
Canh Chua	Vietnam	Broth soup made with fish, tomatoes, pineapple, okra, bean sprouts, and tamarind.
Ukha	Russian	Clear fish soup, made of bream, catfish, pike, or trout with root vegetables, leek, and potato. It is seasoned with aromatics such as a bay leaf, dill, tarragon, parsley, and is spiced with black pepper, saffron, nutmeg, and fennel seed.
Zuppa Di Pesce	Italy	Rich broth fish soup with fennel, tomatoes, white wine firm white fish fillets, such as monkfish, red mullet or cod, squid, shrimps, mussels, and scallops.