by On cold, snowy days there is nothing better than having a big bowl of hot chicken noodle soup for lunch…. ❄️ 🍜
I’ve been making this Chicken Noodle soup for more than a decade…. I’m not even sure I’ve ever written it down… I just throw it together, and it probably turns out a little differently each time I make it. I thought I should probably document it on the blog so that I can be a little more consistent. However, don’t be afraid to add more or less spices to your own taste. For us, the most important part of the recipe is cooking the noddles separately from the soup, and only adding them to the bowl as we dish up each serving…. it keeps the noodles from getting mushy from sitting in the broth too long.
Today I made crockpots of Chicken Noodle Soup and Moroccan Lentil Soup, and baked a crusty loaf of French Bread to go with it…. 😋
Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Boneless chicken breasts
- ½ Onion, chopped
- 1 cup Carrots, diced
- ½ cup Celery, chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon Thyme dried
- ½ teaspoon Oregano dried
- ½ teaspoon Basil dried
- 32 ounces Low-Sodium Chicken Broth
- 1 teaspoon Salt optional
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper optional
- 8 ounces Wide egg noodles uncooked
Instructions
- Place 2 chicken breasts in bottom of crockpot. Salt the chicken.
- Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, oregano, and oregano. Add additional salt and pepper, optional.
- Pour chicken broth into the pot. Cover, and cook on low for 8-9 hours.
- In a large saucepot on stovetop, bring a pot of salted water to boiling. Cook wide egg noodles according to package directions. (usually 5-6 minutes or until soft).
- Remove the chicken breasts from the crockpot and shred. Return to the crockpot.
- To serve, add a small amount of cooked noodles to the bottom of soup bowl and then ladle soup over the top.
Notes
- For leftovers, we also store the cooked noodles separate from the soup.
- The noodles can be cooked in the crockpot with the soup for the last 10 minutes of cook time, if you prefer. We cook our noodles separately to prevent them from getting too mushy from sitting in the soup broth too long.
