Not only are these classic crockpot soups hearty and delicious, they are relatively inexpensive and time-saving. Seriously, the crockpot is the way to go when it comes to convenient meal prep! We’ve categorized our soup recipes by the main ingredient or protein. Here you will find our best crockpot soup recipes prepared with beef, chicken, and pork.
Beef Crockpot Soup Recipes
When using ground beef or stew meat in a crockpot soup, you want to cook the meat before adding it to the crockpot. Ground beef should be browned and seasoned with salt and pepper before adding it to the crockpot. Stew meat is best when floured and seared before adding it to the crockpot. This seals in the juices and flavor while it finishes cooking on a low temperature. The result is tender, melt-in-your-mouth beef in your soups and stews.
Crockpot Beef Stew
Crockpot Beef Stew, which we also call Irish Beef Stew, is one of our favorite slow cooker soups to make on a chilly evening. The simmering stew meat cooks low and slow in the crockpot, the savory smell permeating the house. It’s such a delightful fragrance to come home to! This recipe is similar to a traditional Irish stew; the only difference is we don’t add beer to the broth. No matter the occasion or season, this stew is warm, comforting and filling.
Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup
Crockpot Beef Vegetable Soup takes me right back to the cozy days of my childhood, when the savory smell would greet us coming home from school. It’s the kind of meal that our mom would throw together in the morning on busy days in the Crockpot and let simmer all day. She would always serve it with delicious homemade crusty bread or our favorite hot cheese bread for a simple, healthy and hearty supper. It’s so easy to make, you’ll never reach for canned soup again!
Easy “Cheater” Chili
This chili recipe is a family loved favorite from as far back as I can remember! It’s my dad’s very favorite meal on cool autumn evenings. My mom made it at least once a week during the fall and winter and always on Halloween night. The best thing about this recipe is its simplicity. No soaking or boiling beans, no long, all day process. This chili comes together quickly, using a couple of “cheater” ingredients that we always have on hand. Delicious on its own with a side of corn bread, or served over Navajo Tacos or chili cheese fries, this is one chili recipe you’ll hang onto for years to come!
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup
This Pasta e Fagioli Soup is one of our family’s most favorite cold weather meals. It reminds me of fall leaves, football season, sweaters and cozy fires. It’s my top choice at Olive Garden every time we go there to eat, so I decided to find a way to make it at home. This copycat recipe tastes exactly like the popular restaurant dish!
Chicken Crockpot Soup Recipes
Chicken is so easy to use in crockpot soups. It does not have to be cooked or seared ahead of time. Chicken cooks quicker than beef in the crockpot. In most of these soup recipes, the boneless, skinless chicken breasts are added directly from the packaging to the crockpot without any fuss. The chicken breasts cook whole and then are easily shredded or cut into cubes before serving.
Crockpot Chicken and Rice Soup
This slow cooker chicken and rice soup is so easy, you’ll find yourself reaching for this recipe time and again. The ease of preparing it is only outweighed by how good a bowl of it tastes. Simple seasonings slowly simmer with the chicken, vegetables, and broth making every bite hearty and scrumptious. This is a favorite go-to dinner during busy fall and winter days. It’s truly a fix it and forget it meal that everyone in the family loves.
Crockpot White Chicken Chili
There’s nothing better than gathering around a warm pot of soup with friends and family on a crisp evening. This Crockpot White Chicken Chili Recipe is one of our very favorites to make when there’s a chill in the air. And since it simmers in the slower cooker all day, your house will smell divine! Serve it garnished with some shredded cheddar cheese, a dollop of sour cream, and a lime wedge.
Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
My grandma always made THE BEST homemade chicken noodle soup for us growing up. I like to make the stovetop recipe, but I wanted to see if I could make it even more convenient in the crockpot. Turns out that letting the chicken cook for 3-4 hours with vegetables and herbs makes it even better! If you are looking for an easy, delicious, healthy weeknight dinner, then this crockpot chicken noodle soup recipe is the recipe for you.
Copycat Zupa’s Chicken Enchilada Chili
Cafe Zupas is famous for its delicious soups and for good reason. All of the soups at Cafe Zupas are amazing, but this one is my very favorite. It is so convenient to make in the crock pot. I have been working on a replica for Chicken Enchilada Chili for a while now and I feel like I finally have it. My husband actually prefers this version now. This soup is great because you can serve it as a side or as the main dish. It makes a great lunch or dinner and your kids will love it.
Copycat Cafe Rio Chicken Tortilla Soup
Cafe Rio Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe tastes just like the Cafe Rio favorite, if not better! This is by far my most favorite chicken tortilla soup so I’m so excited to share this copycat recipe with you. It’s fresh, fragrant and full of chicken and spices, I just know you’re going to love it!
Pork Crockpot Soup Recipes
These soup recipes feature many varieties of pork – ham, bacon, and ground sausage. All are delicious in soups! Leftover ham is perfect for our crockpot split pea soup and can be used directly from the fridge, or as purchased in the grocery store. Ground sausage and bacon both need to be prepared ahead of time. Our favorite way to prepare bacon for soups? The Air Fryer! If you have one, you’ve got to try our Air Fryer Bacon recipe. It is easy, fast, and doesn’t leave a mess.
Crockpot Split Pea Soup
Crockpot Split Pea Soup is rich, warm, nourishing and incredibly flavorful. It is the perfect soup to warm you up from the inside out on a chilly day. The creamy texture makes it the ideal comfort food. What I love most about making split pea soup in a crockpot is that you can just dump all the ingredients in and forget about it.
Zuppa Toscana Soup
Zuppa Toscana is one of our favorite soups at Olive Garden, and this copycat recipe is spot on. It is the perfect for the cold days of fall and winter, but really it is great any time of the year. The soup is a creamy and hearty with a bit of a kick. If you like some heat in your soup, be generous with the red pepper flakes. For a more mild flavor, a little goes a long way. If you like Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana soup, you are going to love this (I think it tastes better than Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana recipe — it is more creamy and flavorful). This goes PERFECTLY with our Copycat Pizza Factory’s Breadtwists recipe.
Creamy Tortellini Soup
This Creamy Tortellini Soup is one of the most hearty, warm filling dishes ever! There’s nothing better than gathering the family around the table with bowls of comforting, nourishing soup and warm bread. During the winter months it seems we linger at the table a little longer, filling bowl after bowl of this rich soup and catch up on conversation and good times. This is one of our family’s favorite soup recipes. Hearty pasta, sausage and spinach give the meal extra bulk, while the creamy tomato base warms your insides and your soul. Plus, the whole thing can be made ahead of time in the slow cooker so dinner is done by the time you get home!
More Soups for the Crockpot
Most soup recipes are easy to adapt to the crockpot. Prepare the recipe as directed, then let the soup simmer to perfection in the crockpot.
Lasagna Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Creamy Black Bean Soup
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