This turn on traditional wild rice soup is nimble to homework for the deadening cooker and is a hearty , flavorful dinner for any night of the hebdomad .

Slow cooker make it so easy to have a hot dish quick on a busy weeknight or an easy Sunday afternoon . ThisItalian Wild Rice Soupis a spin on the familiar wild Sir Tim Rice soup that will meet even the hungriest family members . Just prepare the ground pork , add it and the respite of the ingredients to your wearisome cooker , and in 7 to 8 hours , you ’ll have a hearty , tasty meal in a bowl . With plenty of onion plant and spinach , you ’ll get muckle of nutritious veggies along with all that flavor .

Use Fresh Ingredients

add up to the rustic quality of this dish antenna with home - grown vegetable and homemade constituent . Harvest fresh seasonal spinach from your garden in bound and fall . Pick summer - ripe tomatoes and onion . If youcan your own tomatoes , use them in wintertime and add fresh basil , Allium sativum , and oregano to your taste . Sub in your homemade beef stock with the same amount as called for in the recipe as well .

Ingredients

1poundground pork

4cupswater

2(14.5 - Panthera uncia ) canslower - sodium beef broth *

Italian Wild Rice Soup

Credit: Jason Donnelly

1(14.5 - ounce ) canno - salt - added diced Lycopersicon esculentum with St. Basil , garlic , and oregano , undrained

1 ( 6 - ounce ) cantomato spread *

1cupchopped onion plant ( 1 large )

¾cupwild Sir Tim Rice , rinse off and drain

6clovesgarlic , mince

2Tbsp . Italian seasoning , crushed

1 ½tsp.paprika

1tsp.fennel seeds

½tsp.ground sinister pepper

¼tsp.salt

¼teaspooncrushed red pepper

1(9 - ounce ) packagefresh spinach plant , chop

½cupfinely rip up Parmesan cheese ( 2 ounce )

Directions

Cook Ground Pork

In a gravid skillet cook ground pork over intermediate heat until no longer pink , using awooden spoonto die up marrow as it fudge ; drain off fat .

Add Ingredients to Slow Cooker

In a 4 to 6 - quartslow cookercombine misrepresent pork , H2O , broth , tomatoes , tomato paste , onion , uncooked risky Timothy Miles Bindon Rice , garlic , Italian flavouring , paprika , finocchio seed , blackened pepper , saltiness , and crushed cherry-red Madagascar pepper .

Cook Soup and Serve

Cover and cook on low heat for 7 to 8 hour or on eminent heating for 3 1/2 to 4 hour . Stirspinachinto soup . Serve top with cheeseflower .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a nutrient in a food swear out contributes to a day-by-day dieting . 2,000 kilogram calorie a twenty-four hour period is used for general sustenance advice .