Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Spinach And Chicken Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Add the carrots, onion, garlic, spices, tomatoes and broth to the slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low until the carrots are tender, 3-6 hours (time varies depending on your slow cooker. If you cook it for longer - say, 8 hours - it won't hurt).
• Add the tortellini to the slow cooker, stir to combine, cover, and cook on high 20 minutes.
• Add the spinach, stir until wilted, cover again, and cook another 5 minutes.
• Warm the half and half in the microwave for 30 seconds. Add the cream, mozzarella, and Parmesan to the slow cooker. Stir until thoroughly combined and turn off the heat.
• Remove bay leaf. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
• If adding sausage, place a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add sausage to the pan and brown, breaking into small pieces with a spatula or wooden spoon as it cooks. Add cooked sausage to individual servings.

Steps:

• How to make it: onions, flour, basil, garlic, tomato paste and drizzle with olive oil. Microwave for 5 minutes, stirring every 90 seconds or so. (The mixture will be pasty and look weird but don't worry it will all be okay in the end). Add the mixture to the slow cooker. 2. Add broth, tomatoes, chicken, salt and pepper to the slow cooker. Stir. Cover and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours (or until chicken is very tender). 3. Remove the lid and add in tortellini and spinach, Parmesan cheese and warmed cream (cream should be warmed because it may cause curdling if added in cold). 4. Use a fork to remove the chicken out of the slow cooker. On a cutting board, shred or cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Add the chicken back into the slow cooker. Put the lid back on and cook on HIGH for about 10 more minutes, or until the tortellini are cooked through. Ladle into serving bowls and enjoy!

Steps:

• In a soup pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and carrot and saute until onion is translucent. Add garlic, bay leaf, herbs, chili flakes, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Saute 1 minute more.
• Add chicken stock (or broth, or water and bullion) and and extra bullion if using. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add uncooked tortellini and simmer according to package directions in the soup.
• Add cream of chicken soup, chicken (I use leftover roast tenderloins that had been marinated in buttermilk, garlic, thyme, dijon mustard and salt), and spinach and simmer until heated through. Add milk and simmer just until heated. Serve and enjoy!

Steps:

• 1. In a medium size skillet, sauté onions with the flour, basil, garlic, tomato paste and olive oil until it makes a paste, about 5 minutes. Add the paste to a 6-quart crock pot.
• 2. Stir chicken broth, undrained tomatoes, chicken, salt and pepper into the paste. Cover crock pot and cook on Low heat for 4 to 6 hours (or cook on High for 3 to 4 hours).
• 3. Remove crock pot lid, stir in tortellini, spinach, and Parmesan cheese. Heat cream in microwave oven for 30 to 40 seconds, and stir warmed cream into crock pot (the cream should be warmed or it's likely to curdle if added while it's still cold).
• 4. Remove chicken from crock pot, and shred chicken or cut into bite-size pieces. Return chicken to the crock pot, stir. Cover crock pot and cook on High heat for 10 minutes more or until tortellini is cooked through.
• 5. Ladle into individual bowls, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Spray a slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Top with undrained cans of diced tomatoes, tortellini, and baby spinach.
• Cut the cream cheese into cubes and spread out evenly on top of spinach.
• Pour vegetable broth over the top.
• Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
• Once it is done cooking, remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred or cut into bite-size pieces.
• Return chicken to slow cooker and stir until cream cheese is fully incorporated and serve.