Slow Cooker Chunky Tomato Cajun-Style Soup
Recipe from Pinch of Nom · original post · full recipe on pinchofnom.com
Add a bit of sizzle and spice to your slow cooker with this Chunky Tomato Cajun-Style Soup! It’s hearty, easy to make and perfect for keeping you full until dinnertime. It’s also really simple to batch-cook and stash in the fridge or freezer, ready to go in your soup flask at a moment’s notice. Pair it with some crusty bread or a fresh salad for a satisfying, slimming-friendly bowl that’s full of flavour!
Serves 6 245 min 18g protein
Dairy freePork
Ingredients
- small red onion — diced1 ea
- spring onions — chopped; about 575 g
- garlic cloves — peeled and crushed2 ea
- bacon medallions — diced3 ea
- large courgette — diced1 ea
- carrots — peeled and diced; 2 carrots160 g
- peppers — deseeded and diced2 ea
- chicken stock cubes — made up with 560 ml boiling water2 ea
- canned chopped tomatoes400 g
- passata500 g
- tomato purée2 tbsp
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Vegetarian
- Leave out the bacon medallions
- 2 ea Vegetable stock cubes instead of chicken stock cubes
- 20 ml Vegetarian Worcestershire sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce
- 120 g Vegetarian sausages instead of reduced-fat sausages
Leave out the bacon and fry the vegetables alone; brown and slice the vegetarian sausages separately and stir them in for the last 15 minutes rather than the last hour so they do not go soft.
Vegan
- Leave out the bacon medallions
- 2 ea Vegetable stock cubes instead of chicken stock cubes
- 20 ml Vegan Worcestershire sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce
- 120 g Vegan sausages instead of reduced-fat sausages
Leave out the bacon and fry the vegetables alone; brown and slice the vegan sausages separately and stir them in for the last 15 minutes rather than the last hour so they do not go soft.
Gluten-free
- 2 ea Gluten-free chicken stock cubes instead of chicken stock cubes
- 20 ml Gluten-free Worcestershire sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury'sBest choice· £10.98 of food
£15.40
29% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- Cajun seasoning
- Worcestershire sauce
- bay leaf
Morrisons· £7.99 of food
£14.09
43% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- small red onion
- spring onions
- chicken stock cubes
- Cajun seasoning
- bay leaf
- reduced-fat sausages
Aldi UK· £7.86 of food
£10.42
25% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- small red onion
- garlic cloves
- bacon medallions
- peppers
- passata
- tomato purée
- Worcestershire sauce
Tesco· £12.30 of food
£29.66
59% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- small red onion
- garlic cloves
- bacon medallions
- chicken stock cubes
- Cajun seasoning
- white wine vinegar
- bay leaf
Asda· £8.13 of food
£13.25
39% spare
No price at Asda for:
- small red onion
- garlic cloves
- Cajun seasoning
- Worcestershire sauce
- bay leaf
- canned chickpeas
- canned kidney beans
- reduced-fat sausages
£2.21a serve
from £2.21 a serve at Sainsbury's · 16 of 19 ingredients priced
About £13.26 of ingredients used for 6 serves.
£16.33 across 4 shops · all 19 items priced · £1.51 more for bigger packs, 49% spare for later
Sainsbury'sBest choice£10.98
missing 3 items
you'll pay £15.40 · 29% of it spare
Morrisons£7.99
missing 6 items
you'll pay £14.09 · 43% of it spare
Aldi UK£7.86
missing 7 items
you'll pay £10.42 · 25% of it spare
Tesco£12.30
missing 7 items
you'll pay £29.66 · 59% of it spare
Asda£8.13
missing 8 items
you'll pay £13.25 · 39% of it spare
Buy at Sainsbury's£4.73
small red onion
£5.33/kg
need 1 itemSainsbury's Sliced Red Onions, Inspired to Cook 150g£0.80 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Sainsbury's£5.33/kg£0.80·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A
spring onions
£0.65/ea
need 75 gSainsbury's Standard 100 g£0.65closest match
Sainsbury's£0.65/ea£0.65·Aldi UK£0.65·Tesco£6.90/kg£0.69·Asda£6.56/kg£0.82·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
peppers
£8.57/kg
need 2 itemsSainsbury's 70g Peppers£0.60closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Sainsbury's£8.57/kg£0.60·Asda£0.70/ea£0.70·Morrisons£1.73·Tesco£3.59/ea£3.59·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
chicken stock cubes
£11.00/kg
need 2 itemsSainsbury's Stock Cubes, Chicken 10x10g 10 x 10g£1.10closest match
Sainsbury's£11.00/kg£1.10·Aldi UK£0.69·Asda£18.75/kg£1.50·TescoN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
tomato purée
£1.57/kg
need 2 tbspCirio Standard£2.50closest match
Sainsbury's£1.57/kg£2.50·Tesco£2.95/kg£0.59·Morrisons£0.59·Asda£3.50/kg£0.70·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
canned chickpeas
£1.71/kg
need 400 gSainsbury's Chickpeas in Water ( *) 400 g£0.41closest match
Sainsbury's£1.71/kg£0.41·Aldi UK£0.41·Morrisons£0.37·Tesco£2.95/kg£14.14·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
spinach
£3.65/kg
need 40 gSainsbury's Young Spinach 260 g£0.95closest matchreal special
Sainsbury's£3.65/kg£0.95·Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UK£4.54/kg£1.09·Tesco£9.60/kg£1.20·Asda£7.57/kg£2.27·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£7.18
garlic cloves
£0.87
need 2 itemsMorrisons Garlic Bulbs 4 Pack 4 per packclosest match
Morrisons£0.87·Sainsbury's£0.95/ea£0.95·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
bacon medallions
£2.40
need 3 itemsOakpark Smoked Bacon Medallions 6 Pack 170gclosest match
Morrisons£2.40·Sainsbury's£7.65/kg£1.30·Asda£15.00/kg£3.00·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
passata
£0.45
need 500 gMorrisons Passata ( ) 500 gclosest match
Morrisons£0.45·Tesco£0.90/kg£0.45·Sainsbury's£1.20/kg£0.60·Asda£1.20/kg£0.60·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
Worcestershire sauce
£2.30
need 15 mlLea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce 150 ml
Morrisons£2.30·Tesco£15.33/L£2.30·Aldi UKN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
white wine vinegar
£1.16
need 15 mlMorrisons White Wine Vinegar 350 ml
Morrisons£1.16·Asda£4.17/L£1.46·Aldi UK£1.65·Sainsbury's£4.70/L£2.35·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£3.40
canned chopped tomatoes
£0.43
need 400 gEveryday Essentials Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice 0.4kgclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Aldi UK£0.43·Asda£1.08/kg£0.43·Sainsbury's£1.13/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.45·Tesco£1.18/kg£0.47·OcadoN/A
Cajun seasoning
£0.69
need 1 tbspReady, Set…cook! Cajun Seasoning 47g
Aldi UK£0.69·TescoN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
bay leaf
£2.45/10g
need 1 itemReady, Set…cook! Bay Leaf 2g£0.49 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Aldi UK£2.45/10g£0.49·TescoN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
reduced-fat sausages
£1.79
need 2 itemsButchers Select 45% Reduced Fat* Pork Sausages 8 Pack 0.45kgclosest match
Aldi UK£1.79·Tesco£3.94/kg£1.79·Sainsbury's£3.94/kg£1.79·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£1.02
large courgette
£2.78/kg
need 1 itemTesco Courgettes Loose 200g£0.56closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Tesco£2.78/kg£0.56·Asda£2.52/kg£0.83·Aldi UK£1.39·Morrisons£1.39·Sainsbury's£2.90/kg£1.45·OcadoN/A
carrots
£0.69/kg
need 160 gTesco Carrots Loose kg 159.42 g£0.11
Tesco£0.69/kg£0.11·Aldi UK£0.44·Sainsbury's£0.88/kg£0.44·Asda£0.88/kg£0.44·Morrisons£0.44·OcadoN/A
canned kidney beans
£0.35
need 400 gGrower's Harvest Red Kidney Beans In Water 400 gclosest match
Tesco£0.35·Sainsbury's£1.62/kg£0.39·Aldi UK£1.37/kg£0.35·Morrisons£0.37·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A