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    Balkan Lunch Box > Recipes > Recipes By Meal Type > Soups & Stews

    Balkan Soups and Stews Recipes

    Every decent Balkan lunch starts with a bowl of heartwarming soup or stew. True or False?

    100% True!

    Whether you're in Croatia, gorging on Chicken Paprikash, trying the Bean Stew in Slovenia, or taste spotting the Bosnian Pot Stew (even the BBC wrote about this one!), you are in for a surprise of a lifetime.

    And it'll be oh so yummy!

    Latest In Soups & Stews

    A white plate full of satarash dish on a white honeycomb table.

    Classic Satarash: Pepper, Onion and Tomato Stew (Sataraš)

    Red pot with soup, a ladle and a soup bowl with soup on a gray background (spoon and kitchen towel also included).

    Beef Noodle Vegetable Soup [Instant Pot, Stovetop]

    A bowl with potato and carrot soup, a spoon, bread, salt and pepper on a gray background.

    Simple Potato Soup Recipe [Stovetop, Few Ingredients]

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    Oven Baked Lamb Chop, Beef and Vegetable Stew (Dagara, Tagara)

    Two hands holding a bowl of stew.

    Veal Stew with Potatoes "Dive Bar Style"

    Soup in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon on a wooden table.

    Cream of Squash Soup

    Soup in a silver bowl with a lid, a kitchen cloth, two slices of bread, a lemon wedge and a spoon.

    Okra Soup: Creamy Chicken Soup with Okra (Bosnian Bey's Soup, Begova Čorba)

    A bowl with savoy cabbage soup and a spoonful above being held by a hand.

    Savoy Cabbage Soup

    Meaty Minestrone Soup: Vegetable Soup with Ground Beef

    Two hands holding a bowl and a spoon on a gray background.

    Flat Beans Stew (Boranija)

    Bowl with soup, spoon, two cups of juice, bread and a kitchen towel on a dark background.

    Instant Pot Bean Soup with Sausage (Pasulj or Grah) [No Soak]

    Two bowls (brown and beige) with creamy cauliflower soup on a gray marble background.

    Creamy Cauliflower Soup

    Two white bowls with soup and spoons on a gray marble top, and a kitchen towel, bread, and an egg.

    10-Minute Egg Drop Soup Recipe (Without Cornstarch)

    White bowl with a spoon and mushroom soup on an orange background.

    Montenegro Shepherd's Cream of Mushroom with Porcini (Čobanska Krem Supa od Vrganja)

    A ladle with soup being poured into a white bowl, another white bowl in the background, and a tomato and three mushrooms.

    Mushroom Soup Without Cream

    A bowl with soup and a spoon on a cutting board on a white background.

    Chicken Semolina Dumpling Soup (Supa/ Juha sa Griz Noklicama, Supa sa Knedlama)

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      Appetizers & Preserves

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      Beverages

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      Breads & Pastries

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      Desserts

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      Main Courses

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      Pasta

    • Pies and quiches category photograph.

      Pies & Quiches

    • Salads and fermented category photograph.

      Salads & Fermented Veggies

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      Side Dishes

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      Vegetarian

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