This bright and cheerful Crock Pot Curried Carrot Soup is perfect for a light meal on a warm spring day.
It is finally starting to feel like spring here in Massachusetts. What that means is that yesterday, temperatures reached the low 50s°F, the sun was shining and my almost 3 year old twin girls were able to play outside without their winter coats on. They even were able to eat their lunch on our deck, which is now only half covered in snow.
In celebration of the spring like weather, I thought I’d share a spring time recipe, this beautiful Crock Pot Curried Carrot Soup.
I came across the original version of this recipe in a cookbook my mom had given me, Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining: Slow Cooker Favorites for All the Year Round
The carrots simmer away for 2-4 hours in the slow cooker, depending on the heat setting, then you puree the soup and stir in yogurt. I use my handheld immersion blender to puree the soup right in the crock pot, which makes the process so simple, you don’t have to bother with transferring the soup to a blender or food processor and you don’t have to wash a blender or food processor either.
I love my handheld immersion blender, it’s one of those kitchen devices that once I had one, I couldn’t believe I ever got along without one. If you like to make pureed soups and don’t have a handheld immersion blender, I highly recommend you get one, you will thank me.
This bright and beautiful Crock Pot Curried Carrot Soup, either on its own, or served with a green salad and some crusty bread, is the perfect light meal for a warm spring day.
This pretty Crock Pot Curried Carrot Soup would also make an elegant first course for a special brunch or dinner for Easter, Mother’s Day or anytime!
Crock Pot Curried Carrot Soup
Notes
For step 7, if you don’t have a handheld immersion blender, you can transfer the soup to a blender or food processor to puree. Return pureed soup to slow cooker and continue with remaining steps
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups diced onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 4 cups sliced carrots (from about 6-8 carrots)
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 ½ cups plain yogurt
- additional plain yogurt or sour cream and sliced green onions for topping (optional)
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add onion and garlic and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in curry powder and flour, cook for 30 seconds.
- Transfer onion mixture to a 5-6 quart slow cooker.
- Add carrots and chicken (or vegetable) broth to slow cooker.
- Place chicken in a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Cook on high heat for 2 hours or on low heat for 3-4 hours or until carrots are softened.
- Using a handheld immersion blender, puree soup in slow cooker until smooth.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add yogurt and stir to combine.
- Serve soup and top with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream and a sprinkling of sliced green onions, if desired.
I adapted this recipe from Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining: Slow Cooker Favorites for All the Year Round
. It’s a wonderful cookbook filled with homey recipes from home cooks from all over the United States. I made this soup in my 6-quart Crock Pot brand slow cooker, which I love, and pureed it with my Kitchen Aid brand immersion blender. These are affiliate links to the cookbook and similar Crock Pot and KitchenAid models available at amazon.com:This post contains affiliate links for products that I personally recommend available at amazon.com. If you click on one of these links and end up making a purchase, your price will be unchanged, however I may receive a small commission. Please see my disclosure page for more information.
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I don’t know how I missed this wonderful soup 🙂
Curried carrot soup sounds sooooooooooo tasty
Yum! I gotta give this curried carrot soup a try, and love that I can make this in a slow cooker!
I will definitely be making this recipe Joy! perfect for this weather too!
Thanks for stopping by the Say G’day Party and sharing! Pinned all your submissions and look forward to seeing you next Saturday!!
Thanks Joanne!
Thanks so much for linking up at The Pretty Pintastic Party, and for pinning the features!
We love your recipe so much we have decided to feature it at the party this weekend! We hope you’ll join us, grab a badge, and link up some more fabulous posts!
Thanks so much for the feature Jamie!
Your recipes are so good!! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party!! Hope to see you again on Thursday!! Pinned!
Thanks Elaine!
That looks so delicious and healthy! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Nicole!
Joy,
This soup sounds wonderful! I too love carrot soups so I look forward to trying this. Living in New England, as you know, makes for many months of perfect soup weather! Found you at Freedom Fridays.
Linda
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Thanks so much Linda! I hope you give it a try and enjoy!
What a beautiful pot of Curried Carrot Soup. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week.
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Miz Helen
Thanks Miz Helen!
It’s still so chilly here, I have a feeling I’m going to be making soup for a while yet. I’d love to try this one!
Thanks so much Michelle! I hope you give this a try and enjoy!
Well that looks delicious 🙂
Thanks so much!
I always want to learn how to make my food this presentable for the blog! Any tips?
Thanks so much Merlinda! You are too kind, I’m just an amateur photographer and am delighted to be asked for tips, lots of trial and error at this point 🙂
Have “pinned” this and can’t wait to try it! Tks for posting.
Thanks for the pin Patricia! I hope you give this a try and enjoy!
I love the sound of the spice in this delicious looking soup.
Thanks Christine!
Wow, carrot soup in the slow cooker, good idea.
Thanks so much Sadhna!
Looks delicious! I love carrots yet I’ve never had carrot soup. Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Cathy! I hope you give it a try and enjoy!
It started warming up here, then this morning we had snow! But maybe if I try a bowl of this warm, sun-colored soup it will feel like spring anyway 🙂
Thanks Katherine! I hope your snow is gone by now!
I love anything flavored with curry powder! This soup looks delicious and being done in the slow cooker makes it even more convenient.
Thanks Abigail!
I absolutely love this idea as a change from typical crockpot recipes im going to try this week it looks so amazing!!
Thanks so much Lizzy! I hope you give it a try and enjoy!
Spring is trying to come out here, but it’s not quite made it yet! This soup looks delicious though, maybe it’ll coax spring out hehe!
Thanks so much Michelle! We’re not quite into total spring like weather here either, but I am so ready!
Pretty sure I couldn’t live without my slow cooker either! Your soup looks terrific, so velvety and delicious
Thanks Debra! I don’t know what I’d do without my slow cooker!
this looks so simple to prepare for such a satisfying meal. Love the yogurt addition!
Thanks so much Gwen! It really is so simple and delicious!
I’m not a fan of curry powder, do you think curry paste would be just as good in this soup?
Hi Jenna, yes, absolutely you could use curry paste, just be sure to adjust the amount to suit your taste, you may need a little bit more paste than powder. Hope you give it a try and enjoy!
Hum I have never thought about making soup using carrots.
Thanks for coming by Karren! Carrot soup is delicious, I hope you give it a try and enjoy!
I think some little bunnies would appreciate this soup from me this weekend 🙂
Thanks Kristen! I hope you give it a try and your little bunnies enjoy 😉
We do not have spring over here yet, it looks more like autumn. But next week seems to be improving and spring will be here. The tulips are almost blooming. We will try this soup, and hopefully it can be served outside.
Thanks Irene! I hope you have spring like weather and are able to eat outdoors soon!