
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!
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
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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.
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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.
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Cook on Low for about 4 hours until the vegetables are tender.
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Transfer about ½ of the vegetables from the slow cooker to a blender using a slotted spoon.
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Cover the blender and hold the lid down with a potholder. Pulse for a few times before leaving on to blend.
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Pour the vegetable puree back into the slow cooker. Stir in the garbanzo beans, cream, pasta, and ½ cup of the parmesan cheese.
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Cook the soup on High for about 1 hour until the flavors have blended, and the pasta is cooked.
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Serve with the remaining parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Instead of using fresh chopped vegetables, frozen or canned mixed vegetables can be substituted.
- Use any small pasta of choice.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 796.05kcal
- Fat:Â 28.55g
- Saturated Fat:Â 13.10g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 9.36g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 3.81g
- Carbohydrates:Â 98.19g
- Fiber:Â 23.84g
- Sugar:Â 13.11g
- Protein:Â 40.42g
- Cholesterol:Â 67.06mg
- Sodium:Â 773.82mg
- Calcium:Â 393.00mg
- Potassium:Â 1906.07mg
- Iron:Â 8.71mg
- Vitamin A: 264.01µg
- Vitamin C:Â 26.35mg
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