How to Make Soup in Grow a Garden
Last updated September 2026
Quick answer
Soup is cooked in the Cooking Kit from 2 rarity tiers. It always takes 5 minutes and weighs 1kg at base. The lowest tier is Common (1x Carrot); the best is Uncommon (1x Sugar Apple + 1x Watermelon). Across every tier this dish uses 3 different crops.
The simplest recipe in the game — a single Carrot is enough for the Common tier.
Soup ingredients by rarity tier
2 tiers, 2 known ingredient combinations in total. Higher-rarity crops in the pot push the output tier up — mutated crops count as higher-rarity inputs.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 1x Carrot | — |
| Uncommon | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Watermelon | — |
Every crop Soup uses
3 crops appear in at least one Soup combination. Sorted by base value — the rarest ones only show up in the top tier, so plant them separately from your bulk crops.
| Crop | Rarity | Base value | Seed cost | Grow time | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sugar Apple | Prismatic | 43.3K | 20M | 53m | 9 recipes |
 Watermelon | Legendary | 2.7K | 2.5K | 17m | 3 recipes |
 Carrot | Common | 18 | 10 | 8s | 2 recipes |
Where Soup sits in the recipe list
Ranked against all 15 cooking recipes in Grow a Garden.
Recipes that share ingredients with Soup
If you already grow the crops for Soup, these dishes reuse the same plots.
Soup FAQ
How do you make Soup in Grow a Garden?
Put the ingredients into your Cooking Kit's pot and press Cook. Soup has 2 known rarity tiers — the lowest is Common (1x Carrot) and the highest is Uncommon (1x Sugar Apple + 1x Watermelon). The dish always takes 5 minutes to cook regardless of which tier you aim for.
What ingredients does Soup need?
Across all 2 tiers, Soup uses 3 different crops: Sugar Apple, Watermelon, Carrot. You never need all of them at once — each tier has its own two-crop or three-crop combination.
What is the best tier of Soup?
The Uncommon tier is the best version, made with 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Watermelon. Reaching it needs 2 ingredient slots filled with high-rarity crops — the hardest one to source here is Sugar Apple (43.3K base value).
How long does Soup take to cook?
Soup cooks in 5 minutes. That puts it at rank 7 of 15 recipes by cook time, where the fastest is Candy Apple (3 min) and the slowest is Burger (10 min).
Is Soup worth cooking in Grow a Garden?
Soup uses 3 crops — rank 12 of 15 recipes by ingredient count, and its easiest ingredient to restock is Carrot. That is a long ingredient list, so budget your plots before committing to a batch. Cook it during Chris P. Bacon's craving event for the biggest payoff.