4 creator recipes compared

4 ways creators make chicken soup

Tadas Mikuckis, smelly.lunchbox, Jesse Jenkins and alexrioscooks have each posted a version of chicken soup on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Beyond the name, they have little in common. Total time runs from 40 min to 4 hr 15 min. Below, each one is compared on time, ingredients and method, with a link to the full recipe and the original video.

  • 4 versions
  • 4 creators
  • 40 min to 4 hr 15 min
  • Instagram · TikTok · YouTube

Side by side

From each creator's recipe as we saved it: total time, servings, ingredient count, cooking method, and what no other version uses.

  1. Tadas Mikuckis4 hr 15 min

    Chicken Soup Inside a Pumpkin

    Serves
    6
    Ingredients
    14
    Method
    Oven
    Only this one
    pumpkin, celery, thyme and beef tallow
  2. ABC Chicken Soup

    Serves
    4
    Ingredients
    7
    Method
    Simmered
    Only this one
    potato, rice and corn on the cob
  3. Comforting Dutch-Style Chicken Soup

    Serves
    4
    Ingredients
    4
    Method
    Pan-fried
    Only this one
    olive oil
  4. Marry Me Chicken Soup

    Serves
    4
    Ingredients
    12
    Method
    One pot · Simmered
    Only this one
    sun- tomatoes, chicken broth, pasta shells and heavy cream

What most versions share

In all 4

  • chicken

In most of them

  • onion

Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ

  • Tadas Mikuckis is the only one to use pumpkin, celery, thyme and beef tallow.
  • smelly.lunchbox is the only one to use potato, rice and corn on the cob.
  • Jesse Jenkins is the only one to use olive oil.
  • alexrioscooks is the only one to use sun- tomatoes, chicken broth, pasta shells and heavy cream.
  • Only Tadas Mikuckis uses the oven.
  • smelly.lunchbox and alexrioscooks simmer, poach or braise; the others don't.
  • Only Jesse Jenkins pan-fries or sears.
  • Only alexrioscooks keeps everything in one pot.
  • alexrioscooks takes the least time (40 min); Tadas Mikuckis the most (4 hr 15 min).
  • Jesse Jenkins uses the shortest ingredient list (4); Tadas Mikuckis the longest (14).

The other 3 versions

How this comparison works

Every version here was saved from the creator's own public video and turned into a structured recipe card. The comparison reads only those cards: ingredients, steps, times and servings. We haven't cooked these side by side or ranked them on taste.

Reposts and the same video saved twice count once. Times and servings come from each recipe card; short videos don't always state them, so treat them as a guide. Every version links to the creator's original video.