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    You are here: Home / Slow Cooker / Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup

    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup

    Published: December 2, 2013. Last Updated: July 21, 2020 by: Ginny McMeans

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    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup is one of those treasures that is full of healthy, tasty and spicy ingredients. So easy too. The Crock Pot can be a savior. picture

    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup is one of those treasures that is full of healthy, tasty, and spicy ingredients. So easy too. The Crock-Pot can be a savior.

    Angled view of a few of pearl couscous soup ingredients including beans, couscous and carrots. Text above for pinning

    Bring it on! I can take all the cold weather you can throw at me if I have some delicious warm soups or chilies to warm me up from the inside out.

    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup is full of texture and taste with the added ease of being able to be made in the crock~pot.

    Crockpot soups are so easy to make. They can have a few ingrediants or a lot but they all seem to come out great. This tomato soup made from scratch and fresh tomatoes is delicious.

    This brings me to another subject - My husband. He is a creature of routine and a reveler in 'things remaining the same'.

    Ed has no security in this house. A plate of food may be coming his way but it very well may be a dish that he has never tried.

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    • 🔪 Instructions
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    I guess I know how to make a great bowl of soup though because he is always at ease when he sees the soup coming. This one is an absolute keeper.

    Overhead view of a few of the ingredients including beans, couscous and carrots.

    🥘 Ingredients

    • Red kidney beans have a robust flavor and firm texture and hold up really well in soup.
    • Dairy-free butter adds needed liquid and a buttery taste.
    • Carrots are sweet and cut into very small pieces for quick cooking.
    Overhead view of pearl couscous soup in rich orange colors.
    • Green bell pepper
    • Onion is the best base for so many recipes. They cook up sweet and taste great.
    • Can diced tomatoes add to the texture and melds the veggies all together.
    • Spaghetti sauce is unusual for a soup addition but it adds a lot of flavors quickly.
    • Vegetable broth adds flavorful liquid for the soup.
    • Dried oregano is aromatic and has an earthy flavor.
    • Salt is the perfect understated seasoning.
    • Black pepper adds a bit of contrasting spice.
    • Pearl couscous is a large couscous and tastes more like pasta.

    🔪 Instructions

    • Heat the dairy free butter in a skillet.
    • Add the prepared onions, bell pepper, and carrots.
    • Sauté until the onions become translucent, about 10 to 15 minutes.
    • Add the sauteed veggies to the Crock-Pot.
    • Put the remaining ingredients (but NOT the couscous) into the Crock-Pot and stir well.
    • Cover and cook on low 2 to 3 hours.
    • Stir in the couscous at the end of cooking time. Leave on the slow cooker and let cook for 10 minutes.
    • Check the couscous for tenderness - it will have absorbed some of the liquid and cooks really quickly.
    • All done and delicious.
    Square photo of an angled view of a few of the ingredients including beans, couscous and carrots.

    If you take a photo of your rich couscous soup I would love to see it. Follow me over on Instagram and tag me on your photo @vegan_in_the_freezer.

    📋 Recipe

    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup is in a white bowl with couscous, beans and carrots showing with the background being in dark brown.

    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup

    Ginny McMeans
    Slow Cooker Pearl Couscous Soup is one of those treasures that is full of healthy, tasty and spicy ingredients.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 2 hrs
    Total Time 2 hrs 20 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Soup
    Servings 8 Servings
    Calories 277 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 30 ounces red kidney beans, drained - 2 cans 15 ounces each
    • 1 tablespoon dairy-free butter
    • 1 cup carrots, finely chopped
    • 1 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
    • ½ cup small onion, finely chopped
    • 15 ounces Diced Tomatoes - can wth juices
    • 1 cup spaghetti sauce
    • 32 ounces vegetable broth
    • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • 1 cup pearl couscous, NOT cooked

    Instructions
     

    • Heat the vegan butter in a skillet.
    • Add the onions, bell pepper and carots in the skillet.
    • Saute until the onions become translucent, about 10 to 15 minutes.
    • Add the sauteed veggies to the crock pot. Put the remaining ingredients (NOT the couscous) into the Crock Pot and stir well.
    • Cover and cook on low 2 to 3 hours.
    • Stir in the couscous at the end of cooking time. Leave on the slow cooker and let cook for 10 minutes.
    • Check the couscous for tenderness - it will have absorbed some of the liquid.

    Notes

    IF FREEZING: Package in rigid sided containers as defined in my article How to Prepare Food for the Freezer.
    TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING: Remove from the freezer and put in the refrigerator overnight because it is a pretty solid mass and will take longer to defrost. The night of serving - Put all in a large saucepan and heat through. You can add more broth if you think it is too thick. Ready to serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1ServingCalories: 277kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 15gFat: 2gSodium: 518mgPotassium: 861mgFiber: 10gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2935IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 4.6mg
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    1. Ginny McMeans

      November 03, 2016 at 6:23 am

      My thoughts exactly Chef Jill 🙂

    2. Suzy Scott

      August 29, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      5 stars
      I am so happy to have found this recipe. It is such a nice rich base and love all of the veggies added. I never know what to do with couscous and now I do.

    3. Richelle Gray

      January 23, 2021 at 4:08 pm

      5 stars
      Such an easy recipe! With so much flavor! We loved this one!

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