Some evenings, the rain starts just as you get home, and the thought of chopping anything is enough to send you straight to the sofa. That’s a good night for instant soup. These eight finds range from a light broth with soft ribbons of egg to a pumpkin and carrot soup you can simply heat and serve.
1. Marukome Instant Miso Soup with Wakame
This quick-serve soup from Marukome pairs miso, a Japanese seasoning made from fermented soybeans, with wakame, a soft, leafy seaweed often found in miso soup. Each 216 g pack makes 12 servings, handy if you like a small bowl of soup alongside dinner.
The soup is made in Japan and ships from Singapore. It contains soybeans and fish, including bonito, a type of tuna often dried for Japanese soup stock. For a single pack, go for the “216g x 1” one.
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2. 7-Eleven Japan Egg Drop Soup
If you’re in the mood for a light broth, this 7-Eleven Japan egg drop soup has soft ribbons of egg. Toyo Suisan makes it in freeze-dried form, which means the soup has been dried into a light block that turns back into soup in a bowl.
The pack ships from Taiwan and holds five individually bagged blocks. Each bag weighs 5.9 g, bringing the total to 29.5 g. You can take out one block for yourself and leave the other four sealed for another night.
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3. Ottogi Corn Cream Soup (Bundle of 3)
Ottogi’s corn cream soup comes as a powder in three separate 80 g sachets, for a total of 240 g. The sachets are from Korea, and the bundle ships from Singapore. Since they’re packed separately, you can open one and keep the other two sealed.
Corn is the flavour to reach for if your idea of rainy-night comfort is a bowl of cream soup. This one works as a warm snack when you’re a little hungry or as a simple meal when that’s all you feel like having.
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4. Chung Jung One Mushroom Cream Soup
Chung Jung One’s mushroom cream soup comes as a powder in a 60 g sachet. The pack makes three servings, so it’s a handy one to have if a couple of people at home also want a bowl of mushroom soup.
The sachet ships from Korea, where the soup is from. There’s also a vegetable cream soup on the same page, so go for the “02. Mushroom Cream” one.
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5. Ajigen Kochi Fruit Tomato Soup
Ajigen makes this powdered soup with fruit tomatoes from Kochi, a region in Japan. The soup comes in a two-bag value pack that ships from Japan. It contains wheat and soybean, two ingredients to keep in mind if you’re buying it to share.
This is one you can make straight in a cup, which comes in handy when you want something warm to sip. Stir 2 to 3 teaspoons of the tomato soup powder into about 150 ml of boiling water.
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6. J.SPOON Jeju Haenyeo Instant Seaweed Soup
This is miyeok-guk, a Korean seaweed soup, and the name Haenyeo refers to the women divers of Jeju island in Korea. The mushroom flavour contains beef broth and comes in a box of ten 10 g sachets. It’s made in Korea and ships from Singapore.
Empty one sachet into a bowl, add 250 ml to 300 ml of hot water, wait about two minutes and stir. Chicken and clam flavours are sold on the same page, so go for the “Mushroom Soup x 1box” one.
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7. Knorr Hot and Sour Soup Mix
The words Campuran Sup Pedas dan Masam on this 62 g Knorr sachet are Malay for hot and sour soup mix. It’s a homestyle soup mix made with vegetables, and it’s the one to reach for when you want a bowl with some heat and tang.
Knorr suggests adding one egg, so it’s worth a look if you already have an egg in the fridge and want it in your soup. The mix is made in Malaysia and ships from there.
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8. Del Monte Pumpkin and Carrot Soup
This 380 g carton of Del Monte pumpkin and carrot soup is made in Thailand and ships from Singapore. The soup is ready to eat, so you can simply heat and serve it without adding water. That’s handy on nights when even measuring out water feels like an extra step.
Creamy corn, creamy mushroom and creamy tomato soups are also sold on the same page, so go for the “Pumpkin & Carrot x 1” one.
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