Secret Ingredient... Sausage and Chicken and Sweet Potato Creamy Tomato Soup

Well, this was a surprise.  Pleasant surprise, and I am going to take full credit for the result despite what I thought was going to happen.

I had a completely different soup in mind when I started.  I had a recipe for a sausage and russet potato soup.  But I looked at my pantry (filled with those 29 cents a pound sweet potatoes I wrote about a few days ago) and decided to wing it.  Ended up about the only thing from the original recipe I used was the sausage (a nice kielbasa).  This wasn't even supposed to be a tomato soup.  I even changed it from a broth-y stew to a thick and creamy soup.

And it all worked GREAT!  A really loaded TOMATO SOUP!

A new Favorite (and the secret is the Cumin)!

Here's what I did...

Surprise... Sausage and Chicken and Sweet Potato 

Creamy Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• This is a Crock pot recipe Set your pot on low for 8-10 hours (or High for 4-5 hours)
• 2 Cups Chicken Stock
• 2 TBS Butter
• 2 TBS Flour
• 1 Medium Onion, Slice and quartered
• 3 Medium Carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 Stalks Celery, Sliced
• 2 Medium Sweet Potato, peeled and diced
• 1 can (14.5 ounces) Diced Tomatoes
• 2 TBS Italian Seasonings
• 1 small can Tomato Paste
• 1 TBS Cumin (the secret Ingredient, adds a rich sweetness to the soup)
• 1 Pound Kielbasa sausage Sliced
• 1 Package Cream Cheese
• Meat from 1 Leg/Thigh Quarter of a Fully Cooked Rotisserie Chicken
• To taste Salt and Pepper (Be careful and taste the soup, as the chicken is already seasoned. Do not over salt the soup. But it needed quite a bit of pepper)
• 1 Stalk Green onion, sliced to garnish

Cooking Directions

1. OK, Fire up your crock pot...
2. Add the Chicken Stock and start it heating.
3. Meanwhile, make a roux. In a large saute pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and stir constantly for 5 minutes, until the roux gets a slight nutty smell.
4. Add the onions and stir for an additional 5 minutes until the onions soften.
5. Add the carrots and celery and stir again for a couple of minutes.
6. Add this mix to the chicken stock.
7. Add the Sweet Potatoes, can of tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian and Cumin seasonings and the Sausage. Cover and leave alone for (Low) 8-10 hours or (High) 4-5 hours.
8. 1 hour before serving, add the chicken and Cream Cheese.
9. 10 minutes before serving, taste the soup. Add additional seasonings to taste. Mine did not need any salt, but I did add 5 or 6 turns of a pepper grinder.
10. Garnish with fresh cut green onions
11. Serve HOT and ENJOY!

I am starting to catch bits and pieces of sappy Holiday Movies...

If I did that kind of thing, I would make a Christmas wish for you all that any cooking experiments you try turn out so well.

Thick, Creamy, DELICIOUS, Hearty, Filling, Surprising and Unique... And did I mention DELICIOUS?

And of course the Rotisserie Chicken makes this easy to make. Making this one of my favorite additions to my "52 Uses For a Rotisserie Chicken"! Don't skip the Cumin... Something special, easily accessible with easy to find ingredients!

What could be easier and tastier?

And of course this is also a terrific addition to me list of "52 Recipes for Soup, Chowder and Chili". (work in progress, but I have a bunch posted already)

And as always, if you like this recipe and think you might want to give it a try, pin this to your Pinterest Board and be sure to follow me on Pinterest if you want to see the rest of my 52 Ideas!