This delicious Slow Cooker Carrot Ginger Soup recipe is perfect for winter or early spring — hearty and refreshing at the same time with a tasty blend of carrots, ginger, orange zest and spices. Even better, it can be thrown together in the morning and simmered all day in the slow cooker. When you’re ready to eat, blend it with a stick blender right in the cooker, adjust the seasonings and enjoy. A green salad and some warm bread complete the meal perfectly.
This is one of those recipes that I used to make all the time when Jon and I were childless, but I really wasn’t sure how the kids would feel about it. Boy, was that a mistake. I finally got up the nerve to make this soup last week and they scraped their bowls clean. Just goes to show, kids can be surprisingly great eaters if you give them a chance. I topped theirs with a dollop of Greek Yogurt, which added a pretty swirl. Jon loads his up with Sriracha for extra zing.
However you top it, its a tasty, simple and budget friendly recipe!
Slow Cooker Carrot Ginger Soup
Serves 4
2 small shallots, sliced in half
1 lb. carrots, peeled and chopped into 1 inch pieces
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped into 1 inch pieces
zest of half of an orange, finely minced
juice from one orange
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely minced
4 cups chicken broth, preferably homemade
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
2 Tbs half & half
1 Tbs. brown sugar
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. siracha hot sauce
salt & pepper to taste
Combine first six ingredients in the insert of a slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for up to 8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until the vegetables are tender. Use a stick blender to puree the soup directly in the slow cooker, or puree in batches in a regular blender. Add half & half, brown sugar, soy sauce and hot sauce. Add salt & pepper (and, if needed, adjust cumin, hot sauce or brown sugar to taste).
Hoorary for doing so well in your first quarter of culinary school! And happy one year anniversary! This soup sounds really appealing in these rainy, slightly cool days of spring. Thanks for sharing. So I have to go look at pictures of your pup's adorableness on facebook? Ok, I can do that. =)
Hoorary for doing so well in your first quarter of culinary school! And happy one year anniversary! This soup sounds really appealing in these rainy, slightly cool days of spring. Thanks for sharing. So I have to go look at pictures of your pup's adorableness on facebook? Ok, I can do that. =)
Love the color on this. A few too many ingredients for me
But still looks great.
Love the color on this. A few too many ingredients for me
But still looks great.
That photo is beautiful!
That photo is beautiful!
Congrats on your first quarter at school! I'm amazed that you've been able to post at all. You must be so busy!
Congrats on your first quarter at school! I'm amazed that you've been able to post at all. You must be so busy!
Followed your recipe (mostly, added some yogurt and garlic cloves). Came out great! Thank you for your post. Encourage you to continue.
Followed your recipe (mostly, added some yogurt and garlic cloves). Came out great! Thank you for your post. Encourage you to continue.
Yum!! Just made this and it is delicious. Definitely will go into the regular weeknight rotation. Thank you!
Yum!! Just made this and it is delicious. Definitely will go into the regular weeknight rotation. Thank you!