Slow Cooker Leek and Potato Soup
Slow cooker leek and potato soup is a simple, hearty meal that will fill your home with an amazing smell. It takes about 4 hours to cook in the slow cooker but it's worth the wait!
Servings: 4 -6
Calories: 512kcal
Ingredients
- 8 potatoes chopped
- 3 leeks chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 2 x vegetable stock pots/cubes
- 1 litre boiling water
- Seasoning - salt/celery salt/black pepper
- Optional: single cream cooked bacon and/or Stilton cheese
Instructions
- Peel and chop potatoes to equal sizes and add to slow cooker.
- Add leeks, onions and butter.
- Dilute 2 stock cubes in 1 litre of boiling water.
- Add stock to the slow cooker so that it just covers the ingredients. Add any preferred seasoning and stir everything together.
- Set off on high for 4 hours, or low for 6 - 8 hours.
- When finished - the ingredients should be soft - blend with a stick blender, or, transfer to a large blender. If you prefer a chunkier consistency, you might choose just to pulse or mash the soup with a potato masher.
Notes
As a variation, stir in some diced Stilton cheese at the end and garnish with some chopped crispy bacon.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 512kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 1209mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 8g
