Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup

I have been trying to update old recipes, such as this Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe with information to help my readers...right now, we are in week four of lock down in Miami.

We are allowed to go grocery shopping, or to get tested, but that is pretty much it. I haven't left my home since Saint Patrick's Day, except to buy cigarettes at the drive through convenience store. 

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Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe

All of my groceries are delivered through Amazon Prime Fresh, about once a week. I know that many are rummaging for things to make for dinner, and we're reaching into the back of our cabinets, or...or we are going to get food at food drives. That is happening A LOT in Miami.

My friend received an entire crate of tomatoes yesterday, and it reminded me of This Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe - it is PERFECT for those of us who are quarantined and trying to figure out how not to waste all of our fresh veggies!

This Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe uses fresh tomatoes - not canned! Now, of course you can use canned tomatoes, but let's all be real, okay? Canned never tastes as great as fresh vegetables, and this Slow Cooker soup recipe is so easy to make you aren't even going to care about any "extra steps."

You have them too, huh? All these awesome tomatoes fresh from the garden. But, no clue what else other than salad and burgers to use them for, right?

How about some Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup? Throw it in the slow cooker and, super easy-peasy too! This is a great tomato basil soup recipe not just because it's easy my foodie lovers.  

Looking for other Quick & Easy recipes to serve alongside my Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup?

Check out these crock pot, slow cooker and instant pot recipes that I have shared over the years, like our Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Stew Recipe.

They are all tried and true recipes that I have made over the years, or my trusty food writers have made, like our Slow Cooker Barley Beef Soup Recipe.

In the winter, when those tomatoes aren't popping out of the garden, you can switch it to cans and it still tastes great! And, we all love anything the slow cooker turns into a mouth full of yum, right? Right! So, let's get to it...

How to Make a Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe

This Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup is pretty much the simplest recipe you will ever make...and hello! It's all contained in a simple slow cooker, so less work, less mess, less dishes - it is just about PERFECT. Of course, I say this as I am sitting here in the midst of a chilly cold front, but my point stands. 

Ingredients needed to make this Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe 

• 6 cups tomatoes pureed, or substitute 3 cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 4 cups chicken broth
• ¼ cup basil, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 cups half and half
• ½ cup flour
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• salt and pepper to taste

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Directions for making this Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe 

If using fresh tomatoes, puree up 6 full cups and don't drain any liquid. (if using cans, don't drain liquid) Pour into slow cooker.

Add onions, oregano, basil, half and half and finally the chicken broth. On low cook covered for 5 hours. Stir occasionally.

About ½ hour before you're ready to serve, make up a quick roux. Use small saucepan over low heat to melt butter, add flour and stir for about 3-5 minutes. Don't let this burn! Add in 1 cup of cooked soup and stir until super smooth.

Lumpy tomato basil soup is yucky. Pour this back into your slow cooker and stir to incorporate well. Continue to cook on low for about 30 minutes until soup is thickened.

Add Parmesan cheese, let sit for 5 minutes until melted. Salt and pepper to taste.

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Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup Recipe

Course Appetizer

Author Jennifer

Ingredients

• 6 Cups Tomatoes pureed OR sub in 3 cans diced
• 1 Cup Onion diced
• 4 Cups Chicken Broth
• ¼ Cup Basil fine chopped
• 1 teaspoon Oregano
• 2 Cups Half and Half
• ½ Cup Flour
• ½ Cup Butter
• 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese fresh grated
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. If using fresh tomatoes, puree up 6 full cups and don't drain any liquid. (if using cans, don't drain liquid) Pour into slow cooker.
2. Add onions, oregano, basil, half and half and finally the chicken broth. On low cook covered for 5 hours. Stir occasionally.
3. About ½ hour before you're ready to serve, make up a quick roux. Use small saucepan over low heat to melt butter, add flour and stir for about 3-5 minutes. Don't let this burn! Add in 1 cup of cooked soup and stir until super smooth.
4. Lumpy tomato basil soup is yucky. Pour this back into your slow cooker and stir to incorporate well.
5. Continue to cook on low for about 30 minutes until soup is thickened.
6. Add Parmesan cheese, let sit for 5 minutes until melted. Salt and pepper to taste.

Grill up some cheese sammies and serve hot!

See, comfort food! We make this using our fresh tomatoes in the summer and use cans in the winter. It's awesome after being outside building snowmen with the kiddos on cold days too!

What kind of sandwich should you make to go alongside a slow cooker tomato soup? DUH! Always a grilled cheese, of course! I love using sharp cheddar and mozzarella for extra cheesy goodness.

Of course, any old kind of cheese will do, but cheddar is the BEST! I can even get behind a Kraft cheese slice if that is really all you have...yes, I am picky like that! I prefer REAL cheese, not cheese food.

But I have clearly eaten a Kraft Single or two in my day - no judgement here! I just want you to have the very best grilled cheese sandwich you could possibly have!

Shoot, I would even approve of grilled BRIE sandwiches! YUM!