The Best Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
How to make Chicken Noodle Soup In the Slow Cooker
As you know, I LOVE SOUP! And what I love even more is soup that I can cook in the crockpot. Yes it takes longer, but I’m a set-it and forget-it kinda gal.
After posting my 25 Comforting Crockpot Soups post, I had SEVERAL emails requesting a crockpot chicken noodle soup. Well, I listened, and here it is my friends!
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The Best Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
NOTE: In the comments, you will see that a few people have reported their noodle disintegrating after adding them to the crockpot. I have no idea why this is happening, and have NEVER had that happen any of the times we have made this soup. BUT, I have only used No Yoke brand noodles. Other people have also reported success with No Yoke Noodles and Walmart Generic brand noodles. If you do not have access to those brands of noodles and are concerned, you can also just boil your noodle separately.
Directions
- In a 6 quart crockpot place whole chicken breasts on the bottom and top with , carrots, onion, celery, garlic, olive oil, thyme and bay leaf.
- Next add in chicken broth, water, and season with salt and pepper to taste. I used 1/2 teaspoon salt & 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Cover and cook on low heat 6 – 7 hours.
- Remove cooked chicken breasts and cut into bite sized pieces. Place chicken back in to the crockpot. Now add in egg noodles and parsley.
Cover and cook just until noodles are tender, 5-10 minutes.
- Enjoy with your favorite crackers!
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The Best Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups carrots peeled and chopped
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic minced
- 3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaves
- 6 cups chicken broth use my EASY homemade broth or low-sodium
- 1 cup water
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste (I used 1/2 teaspoon salt & 1/4 teaspoon pepper)
- 2 cups uncooked wide egg noodles
- 3 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- In a 6 quart crockpot add in whole chicken breasts, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, olive oil, thyme and bay leaf.
- Next add in chicken broth, water, and season with salt and pepper to taste. I used 1/2 teaspoon salt & 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Cover and cook on low heat 6 - 7 hours.
- Remove cooked chicken breasts and cut into bite sized pieces. Place chicken back in to the crockpot. Now add in egg noodles and parsley.
- Cover and cook just until noodles are tender, 5-10 minutes.
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Nutrition
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For everyone asking about putting it on High and halving the time: yes, it does work–just be aware of two things: A, absolutely make the noodles separately (I actually kept the noodles and soup totally separate even after the fact and stored them in separate containers so the noodles would remain firm for as long as possible), and B, you may have to add a little extra spice at the end, as the shorter time/higher heat might mean things don’t absorb quite as well as they do for the longer time on low. But the good news is, yes, you can make it on High in the shorter time slot if you run up against time and really want some tasty soup!
Noodles WERE put in at the end. I didn’t even boil them, but simmering after caused them to turn to mush. If I make it again the soup won’t cook the noodles, I will. Then I will add them right before serving. I hated to throw the soup away but the noodle left such a disgusting broth it looked so milky.
I love making soups and other delicious foods in my slow cooker. As a widower, I like to freeze these foods to enjoy later. So my question is: How well does this freeze with the noodles added?
Thank you for all the time and effort you take in posting and answering questions.
This was great! I followed the recipe almost exactly. I used almost 2lb chicken breast and omitted thyme and used a couple pinches of dried basil instead. I took the advice and cooked the noodles on the side. Since I had quite a bit of chicken there wasn’t a whole lot of liquid left after 7 hours so I added the cooked noodles and noodle water which helped! Served with a few drops of Maggi and extra pinch of chopped parsley. Yum!
This was AMAZING! Made it for dinner tonight and could just keep eating. Because I have something inherently wrong with me that I cannot follow a recipe I usually change a lot. Not this time! I did use all broth and no water, added poultry seasoning,Trader Joe’s everyday seasoning (I have no idea why but I use it..well every day!) I used 3 bay leaves just because I love them and a touch of white pepper. Pretty much used recipe as written other than a few extra seasonings and it was truly one of the best I have ever had. Thank you for the wonderful recipe! Can’t wait to try more!