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Slow Cooker Minestrone

A chunky Italian soup, there is no fixed recipe for minestrone. It can contain meat, it can be vegetarian, and the vegetables vary from region to region, and from season to season.

Minestrone served with wide noodles and garnished with shaved pecorino and chopped parsleyin white bowl

It is essentially a peasant soup — very rustic and comforting. It is pronounced the way it is spelled; no long “o” and long “i”, and no silent “e”.

For me, minestrone is an ideal make ahead soup. Throw everything in the slow cooker after lunch and it will be ready just in time for dinner.

Slow Cooker Minestrone

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
While minestrone is often cooked with a carbohydrate (pasta or rice), we prefer to add on the side the carb just before serving. Shaved Pecorino and chopped parsley make a lovely garnish.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 4 hrs 15 mins
Total Time 4 hrs 30 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8 people
Minestrone with noodles in white bowl
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • ½ teaspoon oregano crushed
  • 4 to 5 sprigs fresh rosemary stripped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 cups chopped tomatoes
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • 4 cups bone broth preferably homemade
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 3 to 4 garlicky sausages sliced into rings
  • 2 cups cubed carrots
  • 3 to 4 shredded cabbage
  • 2 cups cubed zucchini

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil in a small pan.
  • Add the onion, garlic and oregano. Saute until softened.
  • Transfer the sauteed vegetables, with the oil, into the slow cooker.
  • Add the rosemary, bay leaves, tomatoes, tomato paste and broth. Stir.
  • Taste. Add salt and pepper.
  • Throw in the sliced sausages, carrot cubes and shredded cabbage.
  • Switch on the slow cooker to low and cook for three hours.
  • Taste the broth. If too bland, add salt or pepper, or both, as needed.
  • Stir in the zucchini cubes and continue cooking for another hour.
  • Serve your minestrone with pasta, rice or bread.

Notes

Updated from a recipe originally published in November 3, 2016
Keyword Sausages, Vegetables
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Published: November 23, 2021 • Last modified: March 24, 2022 ♥ After Summer Dishes, Chill in the Air, Meat, Lunch / Dinner, Sausages, Soups

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