Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
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The best easy Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe. This Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle soup is quick to make, cozy and delicious! Add your ingredients in to your slow cooker and let your crockpot cook dinner for you!
With only 10 minutes of prep time, our cozy chicken noodle soup is the perfect recipe when you are sick or just need a comforting meal that reminds you of home!
This recipe prioritizes simplicity without compromising on flavor, guiding you through a step-by-step process that transforms basic ingredients into a pot of pure comfort.
If you’re feeling sick – it’s a must make!
Why we love this Crock Pot Chicken Soup
What’s not to love about classic chicken noodle soup?! This easy recipe is one of our favorites for so many reasons.
- Cozy & Comforting – This soup is the ultimate comfort food. Big pieces of carrots, lots of egg noodles, veggies and yummy broth – it’s delicious!
- Made in one pot- This soup is made entirely in your crockpot which means super easy clean up!
- Lean protein – I use boneless skinless chicken breasts in this recipe, which are lean and high in protein!
- Veggie loaded– I load this soup up with a ton of zucchini, carrots, and onions. The more veggies the better in my opinion!
Chicken Noodle Soup Crock Pot ingredients
To make this recipe you’ll need:
- celery, onion, carrots, garlic
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt, pepper
- fresh rosemary, dried thyme, red pepper flakes, bay leaves
- chicken broth
- egg noodles
You can find substitutions for all of these ingredients below in the green shaded substitutions box.
Raw Chicken vs Rotisserie Chicken in Crockpot Chicken Soup
You can make slow cooker chicken soup with raw chicken or rotisserie chicken. If you are using a cooked rotisserie chicken you can cut your cook time in half.
To make this slow cooker soup with a rotisserie chicken: pull off all of the meat from the bone, chop it and add it to your soup. Cut your cook time in half. Save the carcass and make crockpot bone broth!
There is no major difference between flavor of raw chicken or rotisserie chicken in this soup. Use whatever you have! The only difference is the cook time.
You could also try our Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup!
What cut of chicken is best for Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
You can use boneless chicken thighs or tenders in this chicken noodle recipe if you prefer, but I like it better with chicken breasts. This soup also will work well with split chicken breasts.
Can I use frozen chicken for Crock Pot Chicken Soup?
No you can’t use frozen chicken breasts in this chicken noodle soup recipe. You should never put frozen chicken in a crockpot.
If chicken breasts aren’t properly thawed before cooking you run the risk of a food safety issue. The chicken could cook on the outside and be completely raw on the inside.
Substitutions
Rosemary – You can omit rosemary if you don’t like it. If you don’t have fresh rosemary you can sub with 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
Chicken– You can use boneless chicken thighs or tenders in this recipe if you prefer, but I like it better with chicken breasts. Try this Turkey Noodle Soup if you have leftover turkey to use up!
Carrots– Feel free to add more or skip the carrots.
Cooked Chicken – You can use this instant pot shredded chicken, crockpot shredded chicken, or chicken from a rotisserie chicken. Cut the cook time in half if you’re not using raw chicken.
Extra veggies – You could add chopped zucchini, kale, crushed tomatoes or spinach to this recipe too! This Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe is also delicious!
Broth – Broth is the same thing as stock and can be used interchangeably. Vegetable, chicken broth or beef broth will also work in this recipe
Best Type of Pasta: We have only tried this recipe with egg noodles. You could use Gluten Free Egg Noodles but I recommend cooking them separately.
I wouldn’t recommend substituting smaller pastas like pastina because I think they would over cook in the crockpot, but I think elbows, fusili, or rotini would all work. I haven’t tried making this with gluten free pasta but I would worry that it could easily turn very mushy. I’d boil your gluten free noodles on the side instead of cooking it all in one pot.
How to make Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
Making this soup is SO easy! Here’s how to do it:
- In your crockpot combine all ingredients except for egg noodles. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
- 20 minutes before you’re ready to eat, remove your chicken, shred them using forks, and add the shredded chicken back to the pot.
- Turn your crockpot to high and add in your egg noodles. You can also boil them separately on the stove if you’d prefer.
- After 15-20 minutes your egg noodles should be perfectly cooked and your soup will be ready to enjoy!
How to make Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup ahead of time
If you want to make this recipe ahead of time, I recommend cooking the noodles separately. The noodles will continue to cook after the soup is finished cooking and absorb the chicken broth.
Cook the soup completely, boil your pasta separately and then when you’re ready to eat either stir the cooked noodles into the soup, or simply scoop into your bowl and top with soup as you serve
If you want to prep some of this chicken noodle soup ahead of time you can cut all the vegetables and chicken so you just need to cook it.
The best part about this… it all cooks in one pot so it’s super easy clean up!
If you love your crockpot check out this Chicken Stew Slow Cooker or these Easy CrockPot Chicken Recipes.
Chicken Noodle Soup Crock Pot variations
Can you make this Crockpot Chicken Soup Recipe in the Instant Pot?
This is a crockpot recipe, and we don’t recommend making it in your instant pot. If you are going to use your instant pot we recommend cooking the soup and noodles separately.
You can cook the soup at 14 minutes, high pressure, sealing. Let the pressure naturally release for 5 minutes and quick release the remaining pressure. Once pressure is released remove the chicken, shred and add back to the pot.
Cook your noodles on the side and enjoy.
If you love your instant pot check out this Instant Pot Chicken Stew Recipe
What can I add to my crock pot chicken soup to give it flavor?
I doubt you’ll need it with this recipe, but if you tried another recipe and it turned out to be too bland, try adding these things to give it more flavor:
- parmesan cheese rind: a parmesan cheese rind is an awesome way to add flavor to soups/stews. You can get them at most grocery stores in the cheese department. I store them in the freezer and add to soups like you would a bay leaf. Add as the soup cooks and then discard when ready to eat
- fresh herbs: fresh herbs like basil, parsley or rosemary are all delicious in soup
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Serving Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
This crockpot chicken noodle soup is a complete meal in itself. If you’re looking for something to serve it with you can serve it with:
- a slice of bread
- A sandwich – maybe our Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad on whole grain bread
- a salad – our favorite is this Spinach Strawberry Salad
Storing Crockpot Chicken Soup
If you plan to store/meal prep this recipe COOK YOUR NOODLES SEPARATELY. I know we all love a one pot meal, but the noodles will get soggy if left in the soup for extended periods of time.
How can I store my chicken and noodles crockpot recipe?
For storing: This soup keeps for up to 4 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The noodles will absorb some of the chicken broth. To avoid this, cook your noodles separately, or add more chicken broth to your soup.
Freezing this soup: This soup freezes very well! I do not recommend freezing or refrigerating it with the pasta as it will get mushy. Freeze in airtight containers and store for up to 3 months. When you’re ready to eat, defrost the night before in the refrigerator. You can also heat in the microwave or on the stove directly from frozen.
Can slow cooker chicken noodle soup be frozen? For how long?
This soup freezes very well! If you plan to freeze it, I would recommend cooking your pasta separately.
You can freeze in airtight containers and store for up to 3 months. We like these containers for freezing.
Check out our tips on freezing chicken soup.
How to reheat Crockpot Chicken Soup
When you’re ready to eat, defrost the night before in the refrigerator.
You can also heat in the microwave or on the stove directly from frozen.
Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup FAQs
You can make this crock pot chicken soup recipe overnight, but we don’t recommend it. This soup only needs 3-4 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low. If you are going to make it overnight, wait until you are awake to add your noodles because they cook quickly
Yes you can make this soup with rotisserie chicken! Simply take off all the meat from the chicken, chop it and add it to your soup. You can cut the cook time in half. Save your chicken carcass and make bone broth!
Yes you can put raw chicken in chicken soup. As long as you are boiling the soup until the chicken is cooked thoroughly it is completely fine to add raw chicken to soup. The chicken should cook for about 15 minutes or until it reaches an internal temperature of 165.
Chicken soup shouldn’t stay in the crockpot past 8 hours. After 8 hours the chicken might start to get too tender and the veggies will start get mushy. If you add pasta to soup it should be removed from the heat after 10-15 minutes to avoid it getting overcooked.
Yes you can put uncooked noodles in chicken soup. Add them at the very end when your chicken soup is finishing cooking. It should only take 10-15 minutes for the pasta to cook.
You can boil noodles separately for soup. It’s best for storing soup to boil the noodles separately so that they don’t get overcooked/absorb the chicken broth.
You don’t have to add water to chicken noodle soup, but you do need to add liquid of some sort. You can use water or chicken broth for more flavor
The herbs and veggies in this recipe will give it the most flavor! You can also add a parmesan rind if you would like.
You can, but you don’t have to rinse them.
If your noodles turn mushy, you likely added them too early. We like to store the noodles and soup separately and mix them together in the serving bowls.
They likely were sitting in the broth too long or were added to the soup too early. We like to store the noodles and soup separately and mix them together in the serving bowls.
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Chicken Noodle Soup Crock Pot Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup celery chopped finely
- 1 cup onion chopped finely
- 1.5 cups carrots sliced in small circles
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic minced
- 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
- 4 bay leaves
- 8 cups chicken broth low or no sodium
- 3.5 cups egg noodles (8oz)
Instructions
Crockpot Instructions
- In your crockpot combine all ingredients except for egg noodles.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
- 20 minutes before you’re ready to eat, remove your chicken breasts, shred them using forks, and add the shredded chicken back to the pot.
- Turn your crockpot to high and add in your noodles. You can also boil them separately on the stove if you’d prefer.
- After 15-20 minutes your noodles should be perfectly cooked and your soup will be ready to enjoy!
- Pro Tip: To avoid soggy pasta/noodles, cook your pasta separately: Add cooked pasta to a bowl. Serve soup on top of the pasta. This prevents the pasta/noodles from absorbing chicken broth and turning mushy
StoveTop Instructions
- Chop all vegetables (I prefer to put mine in the food processor!) In a large pot, heat olive oil in the pan and sauté celery, onion + garlic until fragrant and softened (about 5-10 minutes)
- Once cooked, stir in carrots and spices (including bay leaves).
- Add cooked chicken and broth. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer over low-medium heat for 25 minutes to an hour.
- Cooking Pasta Separately: While the soup cooks, bring a pot of water to a boil and cook your pasta per the directions.
- Cooking Pasta in the Soup: You can also cook the noodles right in the soup, but we don’t recommend this because they can get soggy. If cooking in the soup, once the soup has cooked for 25 minutes, return to a boil, add noodles, and cook per the directions on the package.
- Remove bay leaves from the chicken broth and discard.
- Add cooked pasta to the pot. Stir to combine and enjoy!
- Pro Tip: To avoid soggy pasta/noodles: Add cooked pasta to a bowl. Serve soup on top of the pasta. This prevents the pasta/noodles from absorbing chicken broth and turning mushy
Instant Pot Instructions
- We don't recommend making this in the instant pot.
- Chop all vegetables. Set instant pot to Sauté mode for 10 minutes
- Heat olive oil in the pan and sauté celery, onion + garlic until fragrant and softened.
- Once cooked, stir in carrots and spices.
- Add cooked chicken and broth. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to Sealing, ‘Soup’ OR Pressure Cook for 9 minutes.
- Allow the soup to come to pressure and cook. It should take about 10 minutes to come to pressure, but can take longer if your broth is cold.
- While the soup cooks, bring a pot of water to a boil and cook your pasta per the directions.
- Once the soup has cooked, quick release the pressure valve.
- Remove bay leaves from the chicken broth and discard.
- Add cooked pasta to the pot. Stir to combine and enjoy!
- Pro Tip: To avoid soggy pasta/noodles: Add cooked pasta to a bowl. Serve soup on top of the pasta. This prevents the pasta/noodles from absorbing chicken broth and turning mushy.
Hi there! Can this be made with chicken thighs? Thanks so much!
Yes it an be used with chicken thighs! We cover this in the green substitutions box 🙂
Made this up yesterday with cold temps approaching. While it was cooking in the slow cooker, the smell that filled my home was amazing. I was excited to try how it tasted with it smelling so amazing. Well when it was finally done cooking the taste did not disappoint. It tasted just as good as it smelt. The only problem was now I want to make more so I can eat more of it.
Love your recipes and this one was perfect last night for dinner I did 4 servings! I added a little more low sodium chicken broth because I had 1.5 lbs of ckn and the recipe called for 1. I probably could have used more later too because I added a bit too many noodles 🤭
I added a tsp or so of garlic powder & a tsp or so of parsley flakes. I used organic low sodium broth so it needed a little somethin’! Shocked me how much It had a lot less sodium in comparison to a “low sodium” or “reduced sodium” which is what I used to buy!
-Like your recipe said, add more veggies based on preference so I did add a bit more, but just eyeballed it!
Will be making this often, thanks!
Will be making this at least once a month! Loved it! I used organic ingredients as well.
Wasn’t feeling too well so cooked up a batch of this soup. Headache disappeared. I’ve always added the noodles whilst cooking but followed your recipe and it was so much more delicious 😋
Is the sodium count listed here using regular or low sodium chicken broth?
It’s for low salt chicken broth.
I actually make this on the stovetop
It is my go to chicken noodle soup recipe!
poor recipe. you did not give the amount of stock, for one thing. Boullion cubes help with flavour.,in case you don’t know.
It says 8 cups of chicken broth right in the recipe. Boullion cubes are not something I cook with. They are typically made from ingredients like chicken flavor and canola oil, in case you didn’t know. But you seem to be an expert so you shouldn’t need our recipes 🙂
Why so snarky Linda??? I use better the bullion in many recipes but don’t judge those who don’t. You must be having a bad day to reply as you did. Geez !!!
Will frozen chicken tender work? Or should I thaw first
You should absolutely never cook chicken from frozen. It’s a food safety issue. Please thaw before cooking!
So easy to make and turned out so good, highly recommend this soup!
Made this for tonight and its absolutely amazing and flavorful. Thank you!
I just recently got a mini crock pot for myself to cook in college. I made this recipe and it was absolutely delicious!!!
This is possibly the best chicken noodle soup I’ve ever had. I used onion powder in place of raw (family texture thing) and skipped the red pepper flakes and bay leaves. It’s delicious!
Can I use gluten free Rotini in this recipe? I have Celiac disease.
There is a section in the blog post about substitutions. Here’s what it says: I haven’t tried making this with gluten free pasta but I would worry that it could easily turn very mushy. I’d boil your gluten free noodles on the side instead of cooking it all in one pot.
Loved this and was so easy! Perfect for a below 0 day and feeling under the weather!
My mother who is 85 made the chicken noodle soup in the crockpot and my 25 year old son had it as well – They Said it was The Best Chicken Soup they ever had!!! Thank You! I am trying it next!!!
So happy you enjoyed it!
This soup is so easy to make and so flavourful!
This will be a staple in our home this winter!
So easy. I made this for the first time today it is so flavorful. I will be making this often this winter.
So glad you liked it!! 🙂
WHYUSE WHITE PASTA?????
Why not? It’s delicious. Sorry it’s so offensive to you!
I have never made my own Chicken noodle soup before and this was my first go! I am SOOO happy I found this recipe. This could not have been simpler to put together on a Sunday morning and 6 hours later the entire house smells like heaven! He flavors blended so well
Together and chicken so soft and juicy. I did cook the noodles separate and then add in to the crock pot. Mine almost overflowed because My pot is not the larger size so be careful! I love too how this is not salty and you can add your own salt at the end if you need more. So great for my Mom who has kidney disease!
Can’t wait to have the leftovers! Do your self a favorite and make this! You will not be disappointed!!!
So happy you liked it, Cheryl! Thank you so much!
I just made this, and it is delicious!! Perfect for a cool Fall day! It tasted just how I was hoping it would taste. I did put the noodles in rhe slow cooker for the last 20 minutes, and they cooked perfectly. But they are absorbing the soup a bit, now. So next time, I will take your recommendation and cook the noodles separately, then add them as I want them. Great recipe!
So happy you liked it, Marie! Thank you!
So easy and delicious!! My husband and I both loved it and it made the house smell amazing while it was cooking.
So happy you liked it, Lindsay!
I’ve always been skeptical about cooking chicken like this in the crockpot, but this soup is SO flavorful. My new go to!
So happy you liked it, Abby! Thank you!
I most definitely will be making this soup again! It was very simple to make and gave you a comfy feeling while eating this flavorful soup.
This soup is simple to make and full of flavour, I will definitely be making this again.
So happy you liked it, Terra! Thank you!