Thick Vegetable Soup Recipes

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine 6 cups vegetable broth, frozen vegetables, tomatoes with their juice, potatoes, onion, barley, garlic, parsley, oregano, basil, salt, black pepper, and bay leaf in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours.
• Place flour in a bowl; cut shortening into flour using a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1/4 cup vegetable broth; stir with a fork until dough no longer sticks on sides of bowl. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface; roll out 1/8 inch thick. Cut dough into strips or small squares. Add to slow cooker; cook until dumplings are soft and cooked in the middle, 1 hour.

HEARTY CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP I

Steps:

• Place chicken, onion, celery, salt, basil, and pepper in a 10 quart stock pot. Fill stock pot with water until ingredients are fully covered and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 1 and 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken from pot with slotted spoon and set aside for later.
• Add carrots, squash, zucchini, mushrooms, red pepper, tortellini, chicken soup base and uncooked noodles to stock pot and increase temperature to medium heat.
• While noodles and vegetables are cooking, tear chicken apart from bones. Cut up into pieces and add to soup in stock pot. Be sure to add additional water if ingredients are not fully covered. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 10 minutes or just until noodles are cooked. Enjoy

THE BEST KETO LOW CARB VEGETABLE SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pot or dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add the onions and bell peppers. Saute for 7 to 10 minutes, until onions are translucent and browned.
• Add the minced garlic. Saute for about a minute, until fragrant.
• Add the cauliflower, green beans, diced tomatoes, broth, and Italian seasoning. Adjust sea salt and black pepper to taste. Add the bay leaves, if using.
• Bring the soup to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium low, and cook for about 10 to 20 minutes, until veggies are soft.

CROCK POT VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat the one tablespoon of the olive oil over medium high heat.
• Add the onion and cook till nearly translucent.
• Now add the garlic. Don't let the garlic brown and saute another couple of minutes.
• Add the rest of the chopped veggies, sauteing for just a minute or two; the extra tablespoon of olive oil is if you need it for the rest of the veggies. Remember--you're not cooking them-- just sauteing them for the wonderful flavor this quick step will infuse in your soup.
• Add the thyme and salt and pepper while sauteing.
• Now put the veggies in the crock pot, add the tomatoes and broth.
• Cook on low 7-9 hours (depending on your crock pot) or high 4-6 hours.
• Just before serving, gently mash some of the potato chunks against the side of the crock pot to thicken the soup, give it a stir and serve.
• SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Grilled cheese sandwiches on whole grain bread and a spinach salad.
• Quick Fixes for Variations on the Basic Veggie Soup: Now remember, don't do these to the whole pot of soup! Just the little bit you pull out to fix yourself for lunch, etc. so that you can do all the Quick Fixes.
• Quick Fix #1: Tex Mex Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it--how much do you want?) canned black beans (drained and rinsed), a little bit of cumin and chopped cilantro. Top with some tortilla chips and cheese, or serve with a quesadilla.
• Quick Fix #2: Tuscan Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it again) canned cannellini (white kidney beans) or white beans (drained and rinse), a little bit of Italian seasoning and some chopped kale. Cook till heated through and the kale is tender.
• Quick Fix #3: Minestrone Veggie Soup. Add some cooked pasta, a little dried basil and top with a fresh grating of Parmesan cheese.
• Quick Fix #4: Autumn Veggie Soup. Add some diced acorn squash or butternut squash, a handful of cooked brown rice, a sprinkling of nutmeg and some chopped parsley.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute carrots, onions, celery and green pepper until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove bay leaf.

THICK AND CREAMY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Chop onion and celery into tiny pieces.
• Put butter in large saucepan. Add onion and celery. Cook over low heat until they are soft-about 5-7 minutes.
• Chop carrots and potatoes into small pieces. Add peas and set aside.
• Open canned tomatoes and place in large mixing bowl and add salt, pepper, basil, and parsley. Mash tomatoes and seasonings with wooden spoon.
• After onions and celery are soft add chicken broth to the saucepan then add carrots, potatoes, peas, and tomatoes and mix with wooden spoon.
• Bring soup to boil and then turn to medium. Boil gently to cook vegetables-about 15 minutes.
• Pour soup in large mixing bowl, and then ladle half of it into blender and blend on low till very smooth. Pour back into saucepan and then blend back into saucepan. Stir in the milk.
• Heat over medium BUT DON"T LET IT BOIL. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle the green onions on top.

THICK CREAMY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent. You can use olive oil if you prefer.
• Add carrots, and celery and cook over medium high heat until tender.
• Add garlic and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
• Add potatoes and chicken broth, bring to a boil, and cook until potatoes are slightly tender.
• Mix flour with water, add, and simmer until soup is slightly thick to the desired consistency.
• Add milk and broccoli and simmer 15 minutes or until broccoli is just tender and soup is heated through.
• Stir in cheese and allow to fully melt.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

CREAMY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter and add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the diced carrots, celery and onion and saute 5-7 minutes. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds more.
• Stir in the chopped potatoes, Italian seasoning, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium, cover with lid, and cook 15-20 minutes or until the veggies are crisp-tender. Stir in the frozen broccoli and corn and cook 2-3 minutes longer or until veggies are tender and warmed through.
• Meanwhile, melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook, whisking constantly 1 minute. While whisking vigorously, slowly pour in the milk (whisk well until smooth).
• Cook, stirring constantly until mixture begins to gently boil and thicken; then stir in the heavy cream. Remove from heat and once all veggies are tender, pour the milk/cream mixture into the vegetable soup and stir. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and stir in the shredded cheese. Cook until cheese is melted. Serve warm with freshly chopped parsley or thyme and bread!

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Turn the slow cooker to low to allow it to warm whilst gathering your ingredients.
• Saute the onion in olive oil in a small fry pan until lightly browned.
• Add the garlic to the pan and cook for 1 minute.
• Place the browned onion and garlic into the slow cooker.
• Add the stock, carrot, celery, chopped tomatoes, soup mix, and oregano to the slow cooker.
• Season well with salt & pepper. Stir thoroughly
• Cook for 8 hours on low.
• Stir the chopped spinach or silverbeet, and the parsley, through the soup.
• Allow to stand for five minutes before serving.

THICK VEGETABLE SOUP.

Steps:

• Finely slice both onions and fry in a little oil until soft.
• boil the kettle and measure 2 pints and add the 3 stock cubes. add this to the onions
• chop the carrots, turnip and potatoes, add to the pan, add salt and pepper to season
• leave to boil gently until everything is soft.
• when soft blend the soup until it looks like a puree.
• put back on the hob and add as much or as little frozen veg as you wish to have and simmer gently for 10 mins, add salt and pepper to season.
• serve hot and spiral a little cream over the top for decoration
• if you want it thinner add more vegetable stock little at a time