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Do you love warm soup on a cold winter day? How about a classic recipe that is a favorite year-round? This Homemade Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle soup recipe is one that will become one of your favorites too!
Easy Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
When the cold weather rolls around, all I want to do is cook warm, hearty meals. Today, I want to share with you one of my go-to recipes for busy weeknights: the easiest Chicken Noodle Soup!
It’s hard to mess it up and, just like my epic Chicken Stew recipe, it can be made with chicken breasts or thighs. The best part is that it always tastes great, no matter how often or how rarely you make it. Plus, leftovers are super easy to warm up the next morning and send them to school or the office in a thermos.
Of course, the slow cooker is going to do all the hard work, so all you have to do is get your ingredients ready, dump, and wait. Whenever possible, I opt for either a quick stovetop soup or a slow cooker soup. If I don’t have a lot of time, I like to set it and forget it!
Ingredients
This homemade chicken soup is made with real ingredients, and it’s easier to prep than you might think. The most basic ingredients make the most flavorful soup. You’ll find the measurements in the recipe card below.
- Chicken: boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs. Swap it for turkey for turkey noodle soup!
- Aromatics: add carrots, onion, celery, and garlic for a super tasty soup.
- Dried thyme: a classic seasoning for chicken.
- Dried parsley: there’s always room for more flavor!
- Bay leaf: adds a subtle flavor that makes this soup even better.
- Chicken broth: making it at home is totally worth it, but store-bought does the work too.
- Water: some extra liquid to cook the soup.
- Pasta: wide egg noodles, spaghetti, fusilli, or any shelled pasta you have in your pantry.
How to Make Chicken Noodle Soup in the Crockpot
With the slow cooker, the traditional Chicken Noodle Soup recipe gets even easier. Grab the ingredients above and get ready to make the most delicious soup ever!
- Cook it slow
Place all the ingredients (except the noodles) in the crockpot and cook for 6 hours on low heat or 4 hours on high heat. - Remove
After cooking, remove the chicken and chop into smaller pieces. Return chicken to crockpot. - Add pasta
Add uncooked pasta to the slow cooker and cook on high for an additional 15-20 minutes until pasta is tender. - Discard & serve
Serve the soup in large bowls, after discarding the bay leaf.
More Ways to Make This Recipe
Turkey Noodle Soup | Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup
Want to watch how it’s done? Check out the video below!
More Slow Cooker Soups
Can’t get enough of the comfort food deliciousness? Put the crockpot to work with this incredible No Bean Chili and this mouthwatering Lasagna Soup.
Do you love chicken as much as I do? Then this Chicken Pot Pie Soup recipe and this easy Parmesan Chicken Soup in the Crockpot will soon become your favorites when cold weather rolls around!
Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
Watch how it’s made:
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts or thighs, boneless skinless
- 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 ribs celery, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (or 1 ½ teaspoons dried)
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 leaf bay
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken stock or broth
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups uncooked pasta, wide egg noodles, spaghetti, or fusilli
Instructions
- In a large (6 quart) crockpot, place all the ingredients except the pasta. Cook for 6 hours on low heat or 4 hours on high.
- After 4 or 6 hours (depending on temperature), remove the chicken and chop it into bite-size pieces. Place the chicken back in the crockpot.
- Add the pasta, turn the heat up to high, cover, and cook for another 15-20 minutes, until pasta is tender.
- Discard the bay leaf, and serve the soup immediately.
Mark Tinsley says
hi from the uk , when you say a 6 cups of broth or 2 cups of pasta how much do you mean. How many grams or ml is a “cup” please . Recipe looks great just unsure of measurements
Laura Fuentes says
Hi Mark, the “cup” measurements are in US measurements. 1 cup liquid = 125ml. Pasta wise, it will go by weight. A simple google search for the type of pasta you will be using will tell you. enjoy!
Toni Melgar says
I did the prep ahead of time and had it in my fridge (used cooked chicken) and added the pasta and cooked the next day. I only needed to add more salt and pepper, to our taste. It was a great recipe! Thank you so much for the recipe and videos!
Laura Fuentes says
I’m so glad the recipe was a success and you took the opportunity to prep it ahead! Thank you for letting me know that you enjoy the videos.
Megan Meraz says
OMG! Been craving a good homemade chicken noodle soup and this was IT! My entire family was praising me as they ate it…and 2nds! I did end up adding salt and some chicken bouillon (didnt have enough broth). This is now a permanent recipe for our family! Thanks Laura!
Laura Fuentes says
I’m so glad this was a hit! It freezes really well too!
Jessica says
Any changes need to be made if using a gluten free pasta? Most likely the Trader Joe’s quinoa/rice spirals.
Thank you!
Laura Fuentes says
I make this with gluten-free pasta (the one in the video is also gluten-free) and it just needs to be cooked a few min longer. Works great.
Jessica says
Any changes need to be made if using gluten free pasta? Most likely the Trader Joe’s quinoa/rice spirals.
Thank you!
Liz says
Thank you Laura for the nice soup recipes.
Lynne says
On the crockpot chicken noodle soup video, it looks like already cooked chicken going into the pot. Is that the case???
thank you.
Laura Fuentes says
Although not as flavorful, I sometimes use already cooked, leftover chicken. Both work the same. Enjoy!
Jill Franzel says
The flavor (or lack thereof) in your cooked chicken would depend entirely on how that chicken was cooked. What’s the need for the olive oil if you aren’t cooking anything ahead of the crockpot?
Laura Fuentes says
I add it for flavor.