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Dust off that slow cooker. Here are 20 glossy, warming crockpot soups that’ll help you stave off the winter chill a while longer.
We’ve waxed poetic about our slow cooker before.
It’s the perfect vehicle for braises, stews, soups, and desserts (fresh cinnamon buns, anyone?)—but using one can quickly become an exercise in disappointment if you don’t know and understand what it can and cannot do.
Grasp your crockpot’s limitations, respect them, and you’re golden.
Throw everything in a pot and walk away for eight hours, and you’ll probably be coming back to something that smells divine but tastes vaguely of boot leather.
Long, slow cooking softens flavors, and this, coupled with the fact that there’s no evaporation going on, means you’re running the risk of ending up with a gloopy, flavorless mess on your hands (and loads of angry washing up to do).
To that end, you want to be sure you’re building on those foundational flavors and brightening them with strong spices, herbs, and acids.
Our tip?
Choose your recipes wisely and peer inside every so often—you’ll be handsomely rewarded for your attention to detail.
From Beer Cheese Soup to Creamy Basil Tortellini Soup and even Buffalo Chicken Chili (if you’re on the lookout for something scorching-ly good, #7 is it), here are our picks for the best crockpot soups out there!
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1. Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup With Wide Egg Noodles
This recipe for homemade chicken noodle soup in the crockpot comes together pretty fast. Fresh carrots, celery, chicken breast, broth and a few pantry spices and you have a comfort food classic ready on a chilly evening.
2. Crockpot Chicken And Dumplings With Biscuits
My recipe for chicken and dumplings with biscuits uses some simple ingredients so you get comfort food made at home. It’s an easy fall crockpot recipe that feeds the whole family.
3. Crockpot White Chicken Chili With Cream Cheese
I have made a few different kinds of this recipe over the years, but this easy white chicken chili is one of my favorites. This method will make the beans very soft and some will meld with the broth to make it even creamier.
4. Slow Cooker Sausage And Potato Soup With Crispy Pancetta
This delicious and filling soup is substantial enough to be served as an entrée. The sausage, pancetta, and spices pack a LOT of flavors, and the potato gives it that perfect mouthfeel to make for a satisfying bite every time.
5. Crockpot Beef Stew With Potatoes And Carrots
This easy beef stew recipe in the crockpot is a traditional fall favorite, but it’s good enough to make year round. And if you’re going to spend a house payment on some beef these days, we may as well feed a crowd with it.
6. Light Crockpot Summer Vegetable Soup In A Clear Broth
This Crockpot Summer Soup is your no-fuss answer to walking into the kitchen to a ready meal. Packed with fresh garden veggies and simmered in a flavorful broth, it’s the kind of easy crockpot recipe you can throw together in minutes.
There’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned “Napalm Chili”—but admittedly, there are days when we’re after something a little less intense.
This wholesome, smoky chicken stew is just the thing.
Serve it alongside some glorious, golden cornbread for a meal that’ll please all at the table (and stick to your guts long after you’ve licked your fingers clean).
Lunching at the local French bistro, we watched in envy as the woman at the table over devoured a gooey, rich gratinée soupe à l’oignon.
Broth sloshed onto her scarf, cheese made every attempt to escape the bowl — but she prevailed in slurping up every last spoonful.
We picked resentfully at our glad rags.
Neither of us dared to venture in so far as to suggest napkin bibs, but in that instant, we resolved we’d make a French onion soup for dinner that night; one so formidable we’d never think about our sad evening at the bistro again.
This is that soup.
As we shiver and hack our way through another blisteringly-dry, abominably-windy Southern winter—the more we ponder—why?
Why not throw in the proverbial towel, put all our belongings on Craigslist, and hightail it someplace tropical?
Blend this into fully smooth broccoli cheddar, or keep the colorful chunks intact.
It’s up to you.
Ever fancied getting drunk on a stew?
Well, you can’t (at least not yet — though we suspect there’s a student cookbook out there with some interesting ideas) but this redolent beer and cheese stew might get you some of the way there.
Here are even more cozy fall soups to choose from.
And never was there such a good idea as this one.
The first steaming mouthful of this will send you leaping out of your chair, exclaiming, “It tastes like pizza! But it’s soup.”
Rejoice. Rejoice in the name of slow cooker soups.
If you’re anything like us, you’re always on the lookout for more ways to elevate supermarket tortellini with next to no work at all.
Here’s another.
Sprinkle with a little sage butter and feta to serve—buon appetito!
The mere idea of pea soup used to make us want to sweep our plates to the floor in a rage when we were children.
“Was there ever anything so completely devoid of appeal as a pea soup?” We’d mutter, when friends defended it.
“It’s sick-ward food. It bears more than a passing resemblance to snot. It tastes vaguely of hand-wash—if it can be said to taste of anything at all.”
Until we tried this.
We’re converted.
It does, on occasion, pay to be wrong.
Barbecues are back!
No, they aren’t.
And they won’t be for a while!
Now back away from the grill.
Slowly.
Take that apron off, too, and stop waving those tongs about lest your neighbors think the prolonged cold has sent you quite off your rocker.
But you don’t let a little snow stop you from enjoying the pleasures of the barbeque—in fact, it might even compound them.
Case in point: this cheeseburger soup.
Genuinely, obscenely good.
Have you ever heard of pozole?
It’s a Mexican pork stew that’s warm, comforting, and ever so tasty.
It’s made with pork, hominy, and chilies, which gives it a rich, spicy broth.
It also has plenty of tender pork and hominy to fill you up.
And if that wasn’t enough, it’s got a smoky red enchilada sauce in it, too.
Who doesn’t love that?
It’s just the thing for those chilly nights when you want something warm and cozy—and can’t be bothered to cook.
Do you know what’s better than a big bowl of Italian wedding soup?
A big bowl of Italian wedding soup that you can make in the crockpot.
That’s right, folks—make this classic soup without breaking a sweat.
It’s great for chilly days when you just want to curl up by the fireplace with a blanket and a book and not have to worry about anything else.
But it’s also ideal for sunny days when you want something warm and filling.
On top of that, it comes with tender and juicy meatballs that practically go down easy with a spoonful of rich broth.
The vegetables give off an aromatic scent that fills the kitchen as they cook down into delicate pieces of goodness (and if you want to add more flavor, just throw in some fresh herbs!).
Make sure you get your leafy greens too in there, too, because they give this dish a fresh and earthy flavor.
This Crockpot Pumpkin Soup is a little bit of heaven in a bowl.
How do we know?
Well, imagine cooking sweet pumpkins and apples in a slow cooker for a long time until they become soft and tender while bringing out the aromas of the spices.
Sounds appetizing, right?
But what do you get?
A smooth and lump-free soup that makes cleanup easier!
It goes great with crusty bread or dinner rolls, so you can dip your way through all those flavors.
If you’re looking for a yummy, zesty, good-for-you soup that’s easy to make and sure to please, this Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup is for you!
This soup is packed with fire-roasted tomatoes, chicken, black beans, and jalapeño peppers—all of which are super flavorful.
It’s also got tortillas that cook up soft and fluffy at the top, so they don’t get all broken up like regular tortillas when cooked in the microwave.
Plus, it’s light enough to serve as an appetizer or side dish for dinner (or lunch!) but hearty enough to make a filling meal on its own.
You may also bring it along as a potluck dish because it travels well in an insulated container.
Make soup your new love!
This Crockpot Black Bean Soup is one of those things that makes you feel warm inside.
It’s so satisfying and comforting and delectable, but at the same time, it has enough spice and flavor to keep you interested.
And it’s easy enough to make that you’ll want to keep it in your recipe arsenal for years to come.
20. Crockpot Pho
Slow cooker chicken pho is one of the world’s most amazing crockpot soups.
It’s got everything you could want: it’s hearty, savory, rich, clean, and refreshing and has a fresh citrusy taste from cilantro.
And it’s everything you love about pho—minus all the work!
Besides, it never disappoints.
The taste of slow-cooked chicken with warm rice noodles is just so irresistible.
And then you’ll also get to taste the broth base… oh man, the broth base!
It’s just so deep and oozing with umami.
Put in whatever veggies you want to make your own.
We love adding bean sprouts to ours because they cook up nice and tender in the slow cooker.
But we’re also big fans of adding jalapeños for an extra burst of flavor.
The bottom line
What we need — what we all need — is more soup.
That’s a universal truth if there ever was one, like fuzzy socks far outrank every other category of a sock, and you should always add more garlic than you think you need.
But (and dare we say it?) there is such a thing as too much of the same sort of soup.
French onion and chicken noodle, we’re looking at you, though this is a problem that’s doubtless been compounded by the ubiquity of canned soup.
Here’s another universal truth: whenever possible, make your own soup.
The tinned stuff’s not bad and granted, it’s got its moments, but it doesn’t hold a candle to what you can do with a little patience, some broth, and a crockpot.
