A perfect meal for busy evenings, this Easy Crock Pot Minestrone Soup is a great option.
Why would you want to eat low-taste ready soups when it’s so easy to cook a super tasty minestrone soup in your slow cooker? A soup packed with all sorts of vegetables, a healthy soup that will keep you warm and full for hours in the evenings, great in summer too…
Wanna try? Sure, let’s have a look!
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
How about making an easy and delicious dinner by putting our preferred ingredients, such as veggies, beans, and pasta, in a Crock Pot? This minestrone soup recipe is super simple and requires no stove-top cooking, making it one of the easiest dishes you’ll ever make.
Slow cooker recipes mean less prep time and more time for other things. Let the pot do the work while you relax.
Just come back a few hours later for such a result, Yummy!
But you know what? To get that special taste, there’s a “secret”. I’ll give you a hint. It’s in the 2nd picture above. And it’s a red blob. No, not the diced tomatoes, the other red blob!
Crock-Pot Minestrone Special Ingredient For Yummy Taste
Yeah, you got it… It’s sun-dried tomato pesto! (homemade or store-bought).
The minestrone soup benefits from the intense flavor of tomato pesto. Additionally, the basil, Parmesan, and pine nuts in the pesto provide a rich taste to the soup.
Also, since we’re sharing secret ingredients and all, toss in a few Parmesan rinds into the minestrone soup. For herbs, use dried oregano, fresh rosemary (dried or fresh is fine, depending on what you have on hand), and a few bay leaves.
This minestrone soup is exactly what you need to warm up on when evenings get cooler. Serve it with a few slices of baguette, toasted and rubbed with a garlic clove.
Incredibly flavorful and rich, this minestrone soup is every bit as hearty as it is beautiful. Made easily in the slow cooker, this soup is perfect any day of the week.
Crock-Pot Minestrone Ingredients List
This Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup is the best. It’s packed with flavor, vegetables, beans, and just enough pasta to make you believe it’s like the soup you love but made right in your own kitchen. So, now it’s time for the ingredients list and directions…
You’ll see nothing difficult:
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cans (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomato pesto (homemade or store-bought)
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 1 parmesan rind
- 2 cups water
- 1¼ cup celery, diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1½ cup white onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 sprig rosemary (or ½ teaspoon dried)
- 4 - 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can (15 oz) great northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can (15 oz) red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1½ cups zucchini, diced
- 1 cup frozen green beans, thawed
- 1½ cups tubular (ditalini) pasta
- 2½ cups baby spinach, chopped
- Finely shredded Parmesan cheese for serving (or Romano)
- Phase 1:
- Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato pesto, Parmesan rind, vegetable stock, water, carrots, celery, onions, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and bay leaves to a slow cooker.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
- Phase 2:
- Add in red kidney beans, great northern beans, zucchini, and pasta and cook on high heat for an additional 20 - 25 minutes until pasta is tender.
- Stir in the spinach and green beans and cook for an additional 5 minutes until heated through. Serve warm, topped with Parmesan cheese and garlic toasts.
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Nothing beats the comfort of warm homemade soup, and it’s even better when your Crock-Pot does most of the work! This slow-cooker minestrone is simple to make but has all the flavor of a labor-intensive dish.