Really Hearty Slow Cooker Soups
 

I need really filling slow cooker soup recipes for ski days. We get home exhausted and HUNGRY. I need to be able to prep the majority of the ingredients the night before and plug in the slow cooker early in the morning.

Any suggestions? I have a recipe for a really hearty pasta fagioli but some of us are getting tired of it. I love potato corn chowder but I haven't found the perfect recipe, yet. They've all been too watery, not thick enough. I prefer whole-food ingredients but I welcome all recipes because I can usually adapt any recipe to whole foods.

Here's the pasta fagioli soup recipe that's really hearty:

2 lbs ground beef, cooked
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
2 28 oz cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 16 oz can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 16 oz can white beans, drained and rinsed
30 ounces broth
1 tbsp oregano
2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp Tabasco
1 20 oz jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces pasta

Put everything but pasta into slow cooker. High 4 hours or low all day. Add pasta last 10 minutes of cooking (or until al dente). Thin with broth or water, if needed. (Leftovers usually need to be thinned.)



Later this week I'm trying CrockPot Green Chilie Chicken Enchilada Soup

https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/c...da-soup-video/

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Now that we found corn-free diced tomatoes, I definitely want to make minestrone again!

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Subbing. Thanks for starting this thread.

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We had beef stew tonight from the crock pot. Super easy. Everyone ate it.
2lbs beef cubes
2 quarts beef stock
2 small/medium sized potatoes per person cubed
1 large carrot per person
2 celery stalks
Salt and pepper

I prefer to add half and onion, glove of garlic, mushrooms and peas too but my family wasn’t feeling it today so we skipped it. We did pop some quick biscuits in the oven to have with it.

I also have a very filling white bean soup that makes a lot and can be easily modified to different meats and flavors that’s i make on days Hubs won’t be home. I can look for it.

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1 1b navy beans, soaked either overnight or by quick method, drained and rinsed
1TBSP olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 ribs celery, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1-2 TBSP canned diced jalapeños
6-8 slices of ham, diced
1 qt chicken broth
2 cups water
Salt and pepper to taste
1 bay leaf
1 tsp thyme
Shredded Parmesan cheese to top each serving

Sauté the onion, celery, carrot and garlic in the olive oil until soft. Add the chicken broth, water, navy beans, jalapeños and ham and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover tightly and simmer for 1 hour. Add salt, pepper, bay leaf, and thyme and continue to simmer, covered for another hour or more until beans are tender. Check the seasonings. Ladle into bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.

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I don't have a recipe because I just throw things in:shifty:shifty

But a few chicken breasts 2 ish quarts stocks, 2 cans coconut milk
Season with ginger and garlic and before serving fresh lemon juice and green onions
I do like this served with almond flour biscuits. U can make them ahead of time tho, and just warm up quick. Or if u are just dunking them in the soup it doesn't matter.

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Not the healthiest cuz no protein or veggies but we serve this with a really nice salad. I can prep everything the night before for salad and soup. But you have to add something for 30 min before serving.

(I also double)


Potato soup
1 bag (32 Oz) frozen potato squares (we found a brand w one ingredient- potatoes)
1/2 c chopped onion
1 stalk celery
32 ounces broth

Cook all day on low or if programmable, start w high and go
To low after 4 hours .

30 min before serving add
1 C milk w 3T flour whisked in
2 C cheddar cheese
Garnish w bacon

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Oh several of these sound amazing :yum

I love soup In the winter

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More soups:

• Crockpot Zuppa Toscana - I add quite a bit more potato to this one to make it heartier.
• Hamburger Soup - Again I add more potatoes and I think this soup could easily be adapted to a slow cooker
• Chili - your favorite recipe would easily convert to slow cooker

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I don't mind adding things when we get home because it takes time to put all the gear away. :)

I was thinking that non-soup recipes are welcome, too, but I usually find slow cooker recipes to taste soup-y, even when they're not soup. :giggle So I usually use mine strictly for soup. But if someone has a great non-soup recipe that turns out well, I'm interested!

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A post is going to be removed from this thread and I want to keep the recipe from dear Rene.

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Do you have any allergies? Because I make a fantastic creamy chicken and wild rice soup. You can divide the recipe and make it smaller if needed as mine feeds 10-20 with left overs. I fill my whole crockpot.

12 cups chicken broth
6 cups cream
1 tablespoon each of oregano, basil, thyme, rubbed sage
1.5-2 tsp of salt
Chicken shredded/chunked— whatever you have left over
Carrots to taste
Celery to taste
Onions to taste
Wild rice, already cooked— how ever many cups suit you (I use about 3-4)


Gluten version:

1.5 cups of butter and 2 1/4 cups of flour

Gluten free version— cornstarch

In the gluten version— you make a roux by melting the butter, adding all the spices, then slowly adding flour, then slowly add the cream, then slowly add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Make sure the cream and broth are room temp at least so you don’t curdle the roux.

Then add the rest of the ingredients, dump in the crockpot and let simmer for the day to cook through the carrots and celery and onion. Or can simmer on the stove top.

In the gluten free version you skip the flour part of the recipe simply reserve about 1/2 cup of cream to mix with the cornstarch. You then add that at the very end of cooking to desired thickness.

I typically make my own chicken broth and I do it with mirepoix so I just reserve the mirepoix after it’s cooked and use it in this soup if I want to be able to eat it right away without waiting for the vegetables to have to cook through.



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No dietary restrictions and we all love wild rice! :yum :ty

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Can I use white rice in that wild rice soup? I think it would still be good :think Or would that ruin the flavor? :think Thoughts??

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We love roast in the crockpot. Its the only way I make it ;) . Especially cuz carrots and potatoes taste beefy :yum

Roast
1 onions
1 celery
carrots peeled and cut into pieces
potatoes either red potatoes or peeled and cut into pieces

salt pepper and garlic

Cook all day on low.

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This is actually really good:

Plantain Beef Stew

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Tonight I just threw something together that we all loved. I didn't make it in the slow cooker but I'm sure I could. It was super easy because I started with store-bought soup (it was on sale) so it's more of a pantry meal than a slow cooker meal.

Pacific Organic Creamy Butternut Squash Soup, 4 cartons
4 large onions, chopped.
1 whole head of garlic, chopped or minced
olive oil
chicken breast, cooked and diced (optional, you could use any leftover protein)

I sauteed the onions and garlic in olive oil until tender, then added everything else. My kids each ate 2 bowls, even my picky toddler. And they requested this be added to our winter menu rotation. :woohoo

I served it with homemade rye rolls (75% rye, 25% all-purpose flour). So good on a chilly winter night.

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I recently made a good meatball soup CP recipe. I posted it, I think in Charlas thread? On my phone now but I can look for it if you can't find it.

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Not a soup but one of my fav crockpot recipes...I just call it Crockpot Chicken.

4 chicken breasts, or breast tenderloins...you could use any chicken meat really.
Can of cream of mushroom
1 cup of water or white wine (I always use water)
1 pack of italian seasoning
8oz cream cheese

Serve over rice, I think you can serve over pasta too.

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I have had that problem with white rice, I would use cooked rice and add it at the end, just until heated.

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We love this recipe :heart . I often skip wine if I don’t have it ;)

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I make a similar soup, only I replace half of that butternut soup with chicken broth, and I add a can of chickpeas, some sliced carrots, and a cup of quinoa. Sometimes I add chunks of butternut squash as well. Very hearty and everyone loves it.

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I made this yesterday (half the recipe) and we had it for two nights. It's SO good! :yum I cannot imagine making the whole recipe. Half a recipe filled my 8 quart instant pot. I don't know how big my regular slow cooker is, maybe it would hold the whole recipe. But I'll definitely make it again.

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I just put "Lisa's Pasta Fagioli" on my grocery list for next week :rockon

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It's very thick and filling even without the pasta. But I get complaints when I leave it out. I prefer it without pasta, though.

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I'm sure my kids would want pasta :yes

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Made this tonight. Added mushrooms. It was amazing. :yum

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Just my notes for the famous creamy chicken and wild rice soup:

You can use half milk and half cream
I add the cooked wild rice at the end
I add garlic
I substitute herbes de Provence for the rubbed sage
I double all the herbs

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This butternut squash soup is one of my absolute favorites! :yum
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes...c-67c9912fe37e

This split pea soup is really yummy, too. I usually add some ground sausage or bacon to it. https://thethriftyhousewifeblog.blog...-pea-soup.html

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I've heard that a roux is the key to chowders, split pea, and bean soups being thick instead of watery.

I've yet to put the effort in to testing that advice. :bag

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The ones I posted do not use a roux, and are quite thick, but I wonder if it's because of being in a slow cooker, and some of the liquid evaporates when cooking for that long :think

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I’m ressurecting an old non soup crockpot meal from our early days :giggle

Mexican chicken
5 chicken breasts
1 can black beans
1 bag frozen corn
1 very large glug of salsa
2 T homemade taco seasoning or 1 taco packet

Serve over rice w sour cream cheese and any other Mexican condiments ...

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Browsing the thread today for ideas. I'm thinking the fagoli, and putting a bunch of others on next week's grocery list. :heart

This can hardly be called a recipe, but...for non-soup meals, I used to make "taco chicken" or "barbecue chicken."

1. Pack as much raw chicken as you can fit.
2. Add a packet or two of taco seasoning. OR a bottle of barbecue sauce.
3. I usually add enough water to cover so that it doesn't cook weird, but try to minimize.

That's all. When done, shred with a fork and eat in taco shells with all the fixings, or barbecue chicken on kaiser rolls/hamburger buns.

That was one of my go-to recipes from the days of infants and toddlers underfoot and not having the patience to brown beef, cut produce, or measure a bunch of ingredients. It's not gourmet, but the only way to ruin it is to put too little seasoning for the amount of meat. It's definitely better than the recipe I tried once (from a book!) that called for chicken, salsa, and pineapple. :shiver Sometimes, there is such as thing as too creative, lol.

I suspect that somewhere there's probably a sloppy joe recipe that would be the same non-soup concept, though by the time you brown the beef, I'm not sure that it's worth the crockpot.

My MIL used to make a hamburger soup with marjoram and potatoes and crushed tomatoes that wasn't browned, but that's the only dish I know like that. I don't have a recipe for that one, either...just chop potatoes and onions, dump beef and tomatoes, season with marjoram and anything else that sounds good... :scratch It might have had corn and/or celery, depending on who was eating it, and whether you had any on hand.

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Bumping this up for my fall & winter menu planning. I'm so glad I have this thread as I forgot about the butternut squash soup pantry meal! I hope I can find that soup at Costco or on sale at my grocery store.