Homemade Chicken Soup in the Crockpot

This chicken soup in the crockpot recipe is the best! If you’re looking for a healthy and easy meal, this slow cooker chicken noodle soup only takes about 10 minutes to prepare.

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

I admit I am a bit obsessed with my slow cooker. Give me anything and I will find a way to cook it in there because it makes my life so easy!  This one is not only super tasty but it is also a healthy crockpot recipe that’s inexpensive to make, triple win for us!

You can use fresh meat but it is even better as a leftover chicken recipe the next day. You can add pasta or make it with no noodles if you want a low carb version. Get ready to throw this in in the morning, or use the same ingredients for Instant Pot chicken noodle soup this week.

FIRST – You should sign up for my free newsletter so you get new posts emailed to you twice a week and never miss out on anything! Let’s talk a little bit about slow cooking shall we?? First off I have a few different varieties and I love them all. Each one has an occasion to be used like….

1. This is my favorite 6 quart programmable one with a locking lid so it’s great for bringing to a potluck too.
2. If you just want to serve a few appetizers you should get this one that sit side by side one another.
3. I prefer not to use liners, but rather just spray olive oil inside before adding my food for easier cleanups.

Let me give you a peek of my pretty thang I bought recently. It goes with my kitchen so I can just leave it out on the countertop all the time. 😉

Crockpot Chicken Soup No Noodles

Comfort food is the best! I love this easy slow cooker chicken soup recipe because you only need a few fresh ingredients. Like I said, you could skip the egg noodles at the end if you really wanted to. That would be tragic and my kids would look at me like huhhhhh??? if I did that but your choice.

It’s one of the best crockpot chicken recipes. We have a lot of those because when she was younger my youngest daughter would not eat any other meat than poultry. Needless to say we ate a lot of bird throughout those years. I’ve used breasts and thighs for this one, depending on what’s on sale.

It’s good for you too. In just 10 short minutes you can prep this for your slow cooker make it even faster in your Instant Pot. (we will share that recipe below)

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

When it comes to the vegetables inside you can really load them up here. Remember that the smaller or thinner they are sliced the softer they will become. If you use precooked meat the cook time could be cut down dramatically because then you’re just getting the veggies tender.

1. Chicken breasts, medium size is best skinless and boneless
   1. defrosted is what we used
   2. if yours is still hard follow our Instant Pot frozen chicken noodle soup recipe
2. 3 large carrots and celery stalks (I used a few more because organic varieties tend to be a bit smaller)
3. 1/2 yellow onion
4. 2 containers of chicken stock 
   1. or chicken broth
5. Egg noodles – bagged or this is how to make homemade egg noodles
6. Bay leaf optional
7. You’re ready!

Can you cook noodles in the crockpot?

YES!! They don’t take much time though so I add them at the end. Just submerge then into the liquid inside your pot and close the lid for 10-20 minutes.

Timing depends on what type they are. Egg noodles are the fastest while whole wheat pasta would take the longest time to get tender.

It’s one of our favorite easy slow cooker recipes because it just makes you feel good, even if you aren’t sick. With tender pieces of chicken and a warm broth with a few dinner rolls on the side, it’s the best meal I tell you.

Slow Cooker Chicken Vegetable Soup

Literally this crockpot recipe is so easy to make. Here are the steps you take: Just chop the onion, carrots, celery into small pieces like you see here below.

• Then add the chicken breasts on the bottom and put your veggies on top.
  • If you strive to make good for you meals at your house and eat organic foods this is a great recipe to try.
  • You can lightly season it as well with some salt and pepper but honestly I don’t add any
    • the sodium in the broth is plenty and it tastes amazing as is with just these fresh ingredients.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until your meat is fall apart delicious. 3 ish hours on high but low is my preference really

• About 10 minutes before you want to eat shred your chicken.
• Add egg noodles and submerge into the liquid.
• They’ll cook in all the broth and become tender in this time.

Serve with a side of garlic bread or air fryer garlic rolls.

Letting your crockpot do the work for you all day is the beautiful part!

• It cooks while you are away and just takes 10 minutes once you get back to gently shred the chicken inside the crockpot (it will literally fall apart after 6 hrs, no need to take it out and cut it). 

Whether you’re feeling under the weather, or you are looking for an easy crockpot chicken soup recipe to make we hope you enjoy ours and make it again and again!

It’s basically the perfect comfort food cooked all day in your slow cooker.

Can you put frozen chicken in the crockpot?

• It is entirely safe to prepare frozen chicken in a slow cooker or crockpot, or Crockpot ground beef. You will have to increase the cook time though.
• My opinion is that it is better to use fresh or defrosted meat.
• There is a difference in texture to me and it isn’t pleasant. You may have a different opinion.

Also the frozen meat will contain moisture itself which will increase the fluids inside your pot, thus diluting the broth flavor.

Crockpot chicken soup

We love it because:

• Uses natural ingredients 
• You can add tons of seasonal ingredients (load it up)
• Very minimal ingredients required
• It’s quick, with easy steps to follow
• FAST prep time
• All 5 of us love it
• It’s super healthy and full of flavor

Watch our video showing you how we make slow cooker chicken soup before making it, that will help too.

Can you freeze homemade chicken noodle soup?

Soups that contain pasta, like chicken noodle or minestrone, won’t hold up to the freezer very well.

If you’re cooking soup specifically to freeze just eliminate the pasta. Then when you’re ready to reheat your freezer meal, boil some fresh noodles and combine them at that time.

• It will come out as fresh as it was that first day you made it using this method!

How long can you keep chicken noodle soup in the freezer?

• 4 to 6 months is the general rule if it’s been stored in an airtight container.

Properly stored, it will taste best no more than 4 to 6 months after it was initially made. It will remain safe to eat beyond that time but not taste quite as fresh.

Freezer time shown is for best quality and taste, Cooked vegetable soup that has been kept constantly frozen at 0°F will keep safe indefinitely though.

What goes well with chicken noodle soup?

Grilled cheese sandwich is always a winner, especially with kids.

• Pull apart bread with refrigerated biscuits are buttery with some garlic.
• Cheese Biscuits. Dipping cheese biscuits in chicken noodle soup is a good way to add cheese flavor to the soup.
• Or a side salad is always a win. Make it easy and just grab a bag in the produce section with all the fixings.

5 Ingredient Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

Depending on how much produce you add the base of this is really just 5 basic things. Here is a quick rundown on how it is made. There is a printable version in the recipe card below too.

1. Put chicken breasts at bottom of crockpot.  Cut carrots, celery and onions and put on top.  Add pinch of salt and pepper if desired. 
   1. I prefer to season when it is done, the broth already has enough sodium for me.
2. Pour chicken broth over chicken and vegetables. 
3. Cook on low for approx. 6-8 hours (will be done in 6 but can stay in for 8). If using precooked meat it will be done in half that time.
4. About 10 min. before serving gently shred chicken into chunks (will fall apart, no need for cutting) and add egg noodles if desired.
5. Cover and cook until noodles are cooked but still a bit al dente (that’s how we like it). 
6. I honestly don’t add any salt, the salt in the stock is plenty and it tastes amazing as is. Serve

Homemade Soup with Leftover Chicken

Here are a few other chicken and crockpot soup recipes too.

• Our Crockpot tortellini soup is oh so good
• Creamy Crockpot corn chowder
• Pressure cooker cheesy chicken spaghetti is made faster under high pressure but great with leftover meat too

Yes we have cooked this on the stove top before and it is great. However the cook time is still long but a lot more work on our end. With all the things going on in our lives it is less likely to make it unless it is more hands off, thus this Crockpot chicken noodle soup recipe was created.

You can print recipe and read nutritional information below but all in all it is a really healthy meal. Let us know what you think! Crockpot chicken cacciatore is healthy and quick to make too.

Add something else to yours? We’d love to hear so we can amp ours up and see if we like your add ins! I like simple and just a few ingredients but maybe there is something I hadn’t thought about.