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Just take the lids that are too large or the ones that barely fit.
The lids too large are a bit annoying because condensed water will slowly drop onto the cooking plate.
As others have mentioned, yes a lid is important because otherwise you would end up with a sauce rather than a soup
The two issues with making soup without a lid: heat loss and evaporation.
The first is important as the soup must simmer, not boil. With a lid, you can easily create a mostly uniform heat, without it will probably be too cold at the top, and, as you have to feed more heat, it will most likely be too hot at the bottom.
The second is not unimportant, as you usually cook a good soup for quite some time (my beef broth takes about a day), so evaporation will be quite relevant to the overall consistency of the soup, too. Adding lost water will also add to the temperature inconsistencies.
Keep it on until the water boils. Then:
When the consistency of the soup is right, cover the pot.
When it's too thin, leave it uncovered so the surplus water can boil off.
When it's too thick, no it isn't!
On cooking shows I’ve seen cooks use a frying pan as a lid in a pinch. If you have one of a decent size that might work as a lid for making soup.
We got lucky with our cookware, most of the lids are interchangeable
Lot of good takes here, but let me explain a few not covered coming from working in a Michelin starred kitchen:
- Uncovered means you're retaining moisture. Simple as that
- You should ever simmer anything uncovered unless you mean to remove moisture
Wait, do you mean the reverse of both of these? With no lid, the water boils off and condenses.
Yes, English is not my first language
Without a lid, you lose more water and heat, so it'll take longer and cost more energy to get the soup to temperature and maintain that temperature, as well as to heat up the extra water that replaces whatever has evaporated. But it's perfectly doable.
Some stores sell these one-size-fits-all lids that are basically like an inverted dome. Also sometimes sold as "universal pot lid". A poorly fitted lid is better than no lid in my opinion. You'll probably save on the energy costs with just a few uses.
My roommate suggested using aluminum foil in place of the missing lid. Sounds good enough to me, good luck 👍
My problem is that my pots don't have lids.
Do you have a non plastic plate that is larger than the opening of the pot? Then you have a lid! I used to have cookware I purchased from thrift stores and yard sales. Some had lids, some did not. But a plate works. Hell even a cutting board (careful if it is wood, mine are bamboo and dishwasher safe) works.
I have some stoneware plates that are from IKEA. My worries with using a plate were both the heat potentially cracking and/or breaking the plate, or the pot boiling over while the contents are hidden underneath unlike with a glass lid.
You generally aren't cooking soup at a boil with the lid on, just at a simmer. At that temp there shouldn't be an issue. If you are still concerned about it though you can usually find the heat tolerance of your cookware online.
Another option is a baking sheet or serving tray, but only use metal ones.
The main consequence is that you're losing a lot more water without a lid. That can be helpful for sauces etc., but a little less so for soup.
Simply try it, you can also add more water to make up for the lost liquid.
A little advice to add to this, if you're gonna be adding more water while cooking to mitigate the excess evaporating water, add hot water, so as to not cool the soup prematurely while its cooking.
Also, make sure to run the vent fan over your stove, otherwise your kitchen will be extra humid.