Surely we all remember the tale of a wonderful pot that could cook porridge itself. A modern prototype of this pot from a fairy tale is a crock-pot. Mistresses have always sought to slightly reduce the time spent in the kitchen for cooking. A kitchen helper saves valuable minutes and provides an opportunity to spend them on something more useful. Dishes in a slow cooker are prepared almost independently. From the hostess is only required to properly select and prepare the ingredients.
Despite the wide variety of modes that modern multicookers offer, according to statistics, women most often use the “Soup” button. It is about cooking soups in a slow cooker that will be discussed today. We have selected the most popular and fastest recipes to learn that will help out on a busy day.
Mushroom soup in a slow cooker
Russian cooks have long had a special relationship with mushrooms. If European culinary specialists are spoiled with truffles, then our housewives put almost any kind of mushroom in mushroom soup. It is important to note that the taste of the soup will always be different if you use different types of mushrooms. Mushroom soup has its own taste, and if you add wild mushrooms to the broth, say chanterelles or aromatic mushrooms, then mushroom soup will be completely different.
In modern cookbooks you can find a huge number of recipes for soup in a slow cooker with mushrooms. There are even cabbage soup, pickles, borsch with mushrooms. In fact, the most proper mushroom soup is a dish prepared with a minimum amount of ingredients, as is prepared, for example, by tourists at the stake. Today we will have a crock-pot playing the role of a camping pot.
Set of ingredients
- 270 grams of champignons.
- Two medium carrots.
- Bulb.
- 2 potatoes.
- Fresh greens.
- One and a half liters of water.
- Butter.
- Any pasta - 2 tbsp.
- Spice.
How to cook a dish
To begin with, as in any recipe for soup, in a slow cooker, you must do the frying. Pour oil at the bottom of the bowl, add finely chopped onions, grated carrots, mushrooms. We fry the listed products for about 10 minutes, not forgetting to stir occasionally with a special spatula. Add potato cubes to the fried products, pour water. Close the lid and set the "Soup" mode. Cooking time in most multicookers is 1 hour. 15 minutes before the indicated time, you should open the lid, add pasta, add dried or fresh herbs. Close the lid and continue to cook the remaining time. As soon as the signal sounds, the mushroom soup in the slow cooker is ready.
Meatball Soup
Incredibly tasty, rich, nutritious first meal with meat balls is a real find for lazy or too busy housewives. Soup with meatballs in a slow cooker cooks very quickly, does not require much effort at the preparatory stage and the purchase of expensive ingredients.
Grocery list
- 420 g of minced meat.
- Water.
- 2 potatoes.
- Bulb.
- Carrot.
- Spice.
- Fresh greens.
- Egg.
Description of the cooking process
With the help of another kitchen assistant - a blender - you need to chop onions and minced meat. Even if you take ready-made stuffing, it is recommended to double-pass it through any chopper. Thus, you can achieve the most delicate texture. Add the chicken egg to these two ingredients and mix thoroughly. From the resulting meat dough we make small balls. Carrots are chopped on a grater, potatoes are cut into cubes. Preparation of products for cooking soup with meatballs in the multicooker is finished.
It remains only to lightly fry the carrots. This is done right in the multicooker bowl. After the carrots, we send potatoes, a couple of peas of pepper, a pinch of salt, a bay leaf to the container. Pour 1.5 liters of water. We turn on the already known mode, cook for about 15-20 minutes. As soon as the kitchen assistant gives a signal about the end of work, put the meatballs in the boiling broth, close the lid and leave for another 5-10 minutes. At the end of cooking, add fresh herbs.
Soups with meatballs can be served not only with herbs, but also add crackers, croutons or sour cream. We tried to choose the simplest and fastest soups in the multicooker. Recipes with photos should help both in the design of the dish, and in its preparation.
Dumplings and Chicken Soup
Slices of dough boiled in boiling water are a very popular dish. Moreover, not only in Ukraine, but also in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Ingushetia and other East European and northern Caucasian countries. Dumplings are prepared very quickly and simply, are excellent for both meat and vegetable first courses.
Ingredients for Chicken Soup in a Multicooker with Dumplings
- Two chicken drumsticks.
- 2 potatoes.
- Bulb.
- Half a carrot.
- One and a half liters of water.
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of flour.
- Parsley.
- Egg.
- Salt.
- 6 tbsp. tablespoons of flour.
- 2 tbsp. l milk.
How to cook
For any first course, a soup in a multicooker is no exception, the correct, rich, rich broth is very important. Therefore, first of all, we send the chicken drumsticks into the multicooker bowl, add 1.5 liters of water, turn on the “Soup” mode and cook for 35 minutes. Do not forget to open the lid after 15-20 minutes and remove the foam. While boiling chicken drumstick, we proceed to the preparation of vegetables. Carrots must be chopped on a coarse grater, chopped onions in small cubes. Potato is peeled and cut into pieces.
Now let's talk about making dumplings. Pour the right amount of flour into a large deep cup, add a little salt, pour in the milk. Mix thoroughly, introduce the egg and greens. Intensively working with a whisk, we bring the dough to full homogeneity. If it turns out to be too liquid, add a little flour and mix again. From the resulting test we sculpt dumplings.
After the crock-pot has signaled the end of cooking the broth, you can open the lid and add potatoes, onions and carrots. Close the lid. The cooking program remains the same. Time — 25 minutes. 7 minutes before the end of cooking, open the lid, add dumplings to the soup. We try the broth, if necessary, add a little salt. After 5 minutes, a delicious, rich chicken soup in a slow cooker with dumplings is ready.
Dumpling and pea soup
As promised, we select the most popular and popular recipes with photos. The soup in the slow cooker, which we will prepare next, will be from crushed peas. This dish is considered the third most popular after chicken and mushroom soup. But pea soup will not be easy, but with dumplings. This is another version of the flour dish, which consists of flour, salt and eggs. In their composition, they are very similar to dumplings, but have a classic round shape. By the way, dumplings can not only be added to the soup, but also cooked as an independent dish. They are fried, boiled, baked.
Product List
- Two and a half liters of water.
- 170 g peas.
- Carrot.
- Potatoes.
- Bow.
- Egg.
- Three tbsp. l flour.
- Salt.
- A pair of spoons of milk.
- Favorite spices and seasonings for soup.
- Fresh greens.
How to cook
To get started, we’ll start cooking the main ingredient of the soup in a slow cooker (photo in the article). Dumplings are prepared by mixing flour, chicken egg, a couple of spoons of milk, salt. It turns out a fairly thick dough, from which it is necessary to form small round balls. Put them aside, move on to the preparation of vegetables. Cut the carrots into long thin slices, chop the onion into small cubes. Cut the potatoes into portioned pieces. It is recommended to soak peas in advance. The minimum soaking time is 3 hours. This moment will reduce the cooking time of the soup from one and a half hours to 60-70 minutes.
At the bottom of the bowl, drop a little oil, send the carrots and onions to fry. Lighter is being prepared on the classic program "Frying". The time is 5 minutes. We send the rest of the ingredients for frying: potatoes, salt, spices, water, peas. Press the "Soup" button and forget about cooking for 50-60 minutes. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, open the lid, put the dumplings, close the lid and cook the dish. Some housewives add a little tomato paste to pea soup in a slow cooker. If you make puree soup, the starch contained in this supplement will help to make the dish creamy and uniform.
Tips & Tricks
In conclusion, I would like to offer some simple tips and rules that will help you prepare the right and tasty soup in a slow cooker.
- Be sure to follow the recipe. Even if the soup is thick, do not rush to pour a lot of water. You can adjust the consistency of the dish at the very end of cooking.
- Do not rush to salt the soup in a slow cooker. It is better to do this 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking. It is at this stage that the products are most prepared for the correct absorption of salt.
- It is very important to observe the exact cooking time indicated in the recipe. Otherwise, the benefits and good taste of the soup will be lost.