Name: Slow Cooker Creamy Minestrone Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h 5 min
Total time: 5 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; 5 pancetta slices; 1 leek; 1 tbsp garlic; 16 oz chicken broth; 16 oz kidney beans; 2 potatoes; 16 oz beef broth; 14.5 oz tomatoes; ½ cup carrots; ½ cup green beans; ½ cup corn; ½ cup celery; 2 tsp dried parsley; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp dried basil; ½ tsp salt; 15 oz garbanzo beans; 1 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 cup radiatore pasta; 1 cup parmesan cheese

How To Make Slow Cooker Creamy Minestrone

This deliciously creamy minestrone soup is loaded with various veggies, and made filling with savory pancetta and radiatore pasta for a hearty meal!

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 5 hours 5 minutes

Total: 5 hours 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1tspolive oil
5pancetta slices,chopped
1leek,sliced
1tbspgarlic,minced
16ozchicken broth,(1 can)
16ozkidney beans,(1 can), with liquid
2potatoes,cubed
16ozbeef broth,(1 can)
14.5oztomatoes,(1 can), with liquid, diced
½cupcarrots,chopped
½cupgreen beans,chopped
½cupcorn
½cupcelery,sliced
2tspdried parsley
1tspground black pepper
1tspdried basil
½tspsalt
15ozgarbanzo beans,(1 can), drained
1cupheavy whipping cream
1cupradiatore pasta
1cupparmesan cheese,grated, divided

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the pancetta, leek, and garlic. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes until browned.
Transfer the pancetta and leek to a slow cooker. Add the chicken broth, kidney beans, potatoes, beef broth, tomatoes, carrots, green beans, corn, celery, parsley, black pepper, basil, and salt.
Cook on Low for about 4 hours until the vegetables are tender.
Transfer about ½ of the vegetables from the slow cooker to a blender using a slotted spoon.
Cover the blender and hold the lid down with a potholder. Pulse for a few times before leaving on to blend.
Pour the vegetable puree back into the slow cooker. Stir in the garbanzo beans, cream, pasta, and ½ cup of the parmesan cheese.
Cook the soup on High for about 1 hour until the flavors have blended, and the pasta is cooked.
Serve with the remaining parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. Enjoy!