Take-out Tuesday, Slow Cooker Vegetable Beer Cheese Chowder
You can enjoy this version of beer cheese soup without guilt because it is loaded with vegetables and is made with broth instead of cream
You can also add as much or as little cheese as you like
The potatoes break down during cooking making the soup creamy without any cream 😋
The hardest part is chopping a few vegetables
You can use whatever combo you have on hand, and I actually sort of cleaned out my fridge with spinach that was looking a little tired, leafy celery stalks, leftover deli sandwich ham
Saute the onion and then toss in the peppers, celery and ham
When the vegetables have all softened add the spinach and cover it so it wilt down
Put the broth and potatoes in the slow cooker
Add the vegetable mixture
Season well with salt and pepper
Add beer, garlic powder and stir
Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours
30 minutes before serving add cheeses, replace cover and let cheese melt into the soup
Stir again and serve
Slow Cooker Vegetable Beer Cheese Chowder
Ingredients
- 1 bag 20 oz Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Brown potatoes [in the refrigerated deli section] or use frozen hash browns
- 1 large sweet onion chopped
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 3 cups fresh spinach
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup beer
- 1 cup chopped ham optional
- 1 T butter
- 1 T olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3 oz flavorful cheese like Manchego or Gruyere
- 3 oz shredded Parmesan
Instructions
- Saute onion in butter and olive oil until soft. Add ham, celery and pepper.
- When vegetables have softened add spinach and cover for several minutes until spinach wilts down.
- Put the broth in a sprayed or lined slow cooker.
- Add potatoes. Add cooked vegetables, ham and beer.
- Season well with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
- 30 minutes before serving add cheese and additional beer if soup seems too thick.
- Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
- Cover and cook for 15-30 minutes to melt cheese and stir well before serving. Makes 4-6 servings
Enjoy!
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This is what the doctor ordered!!!
Oh good! >
Yes please! This looks so yummy! Pinned!
Found you on Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday!
Thanks Trisha, we had it last Friday night after a cold and rainy day, it tasted so good! >
yum yum yum!
I am definitely adding this to the soups file — looks so good. Now if temps would stay lower, I will make it!
Thanks Ellen, it really is tasty!! >
I have been looking for something easy, that I don’t have to spend lots of time preparing for the days Howard has chemo…this is perfect!
I hope you enjoy Marigene, sorry to hear about the upcoming chemo, I will be thinking of your family~ >
Hmmm… only one cup of beer… That leaves some for the cook:@)
Sounds like comfort food in a bowl Jenna! I’m always happy to find a slow cooker recipe 🙂
Actually have this in fridge, tonight’s dinner.
Thanks for the link up at A Stroll Thru Life.
Blessings
TLC
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! >
Oh I am definitely going to make this one. Sounds fabulous. Thanks for linking up.