Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 5 medium carrots, peeled and chopped (1 3/4 cups)
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 4 stalks celery, chopped (1 1/4 cups)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth (3 - 15 oz cans)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 cups uncooked whole wheat egg noodles
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Saltine crackers, for serving (optional)
Directions
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In the bowl of a slow cooker combine the raw chicken, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, olive oil, chicken broth, water, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low until the chicken is cooked through, about 6 hours. You can also cook on high for about 3 1/2 hours.
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Remove the cooked chicken to a cutting board an let rest for 10 minutes. Cut into bite-sized chunks. Add the egg noodles and parsley to the slow cooker, increase temperature to high, cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the noodles are tender. Stir in the lemon juice and return the chicken to the slow cooker. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. Serve hot with saltine crackers, if desired.
Recipe Notes
If you want to make the soup ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze, omit the noodles and add in while reheating.
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Can you use rotisserie chicken already cooked and put it in at the last 10 minutes?
What is the nutrition information for this recipe?
Thank you.
I thought this was a super yummy recipe! I had tried another chicken noodle crockpot one & it wasn’t as good. I used wide egg noodles & they cooked fine. My husband loved it too!
I would not recommend this recipe. Had way too much Onion taste. Maybe add a 1/2 cup. Also I would cook the noodles separate and dump them in the slow cooker after it has cooled down. After only like 10 minutes in slow cooker on high. They were over done. I would also cut the chicken into cubes and add them half way though the cooking process. After the Breast cooled down and I went to cut them into cubes, the meat was falling apart while I was attempting this. Sorry for the bad review.
Would chicken thighs work in this recipe? Or would it not taste as good?
Sounds good, but I couldn’t find the nutritional values.
Made this tonight for soup Monday (fall and winter) for the meat eaters and they really liked it. The only difference from your recipe is that \I cooked the noodles separately on the stove and then added them to the cooked soup. I have never seen whole wheat egg noodles, so I thought to be safe, I would do it this way. Thanks for a great recipe!
Thank you for this recipe. As always, you do not disappoint your readers, Tessa. I am so excited to try this tonight. I don’t know if anyone asked this yet, or if it is within the recipe; (as I age my eyes are going, however; I can’t seem to remember, my dang glasses) are the bay leaves, fresh or dried? I guess, if they are dried, removed after cooking, or if fresh, rolled and chopped with the parsley?
God Bless Tessa (I sing this when, I am making the oven fried chicken, to the melody of Little Texas’ song, “God Bless Texas”) it makes my 9 year old daughter laugh. And my son says he knows that whatever I am making for dinner will be good.
Thank you Tessa, for sharing your culinary wisdom and ideas, as well as, all of the things, that make your blog, one of my top five. And if I ever, learn how to blog, I will send all of my readers, to your site.
The bay leaves are dry, and just tossed into the mix. You can fish them out to discard when you’re ready to serve like you said. I’ve actually never seen fresh bay leaves now that I think about it! Anyways, thanks for your sweet comment! I’m so glad to have you as a reader 🙂
Would bone-in chicken work?
Absolutely! May take slightly longer to cook.
Wonderful comfort food and so smart to make it in the slow cooker!
I use my slow cooker once a week on average, so it’s great to have another recipe to try out! Thanks. 🙂
I love in sunny Florida, but I also still crave soup! Especially chicken noodle…nothing is more comforting! I love that this is made in the slow cooker…I can get off work from a stressful day and have this waiting for me! Pinned