Last updated on February 18th, 2017 at 09:00 pm
This crockpot chicken noodle soup is a classic and hearty soup, requiring minimal effort giving you tender chicken, loads of noodles and a delicious broth.
Today we had a very quiet day at home since we celebrated Easter yesterday at my sister’s house. I was not in the mood to really cook anything but with it being Easter and all I decided to make a pork roast but what I was really craving is some chicken noodle soup. Growing up, chicken noodle soup was very common to have with our Sunday night dinner, so I think that just stuck with me.
Usually when I make chicken noodle soup I use a whole chicken with skin and bones and all, but I just didn’t have one this time so this is why I used boneless skinless chicken breasts. If you like dark meat you could also use thighs instead. Basically making chicken in the crockpot is the same as making it in a regular soup pot on the stove top just easier and less babysitting. I just threw the carrots, onion and chicken in the crockpot, you could also use celery but I for one am not a fan of celery in soup so I skipped it in mine.
So I have to tell you about a secret ingredient I use in all my soups. Coming from Eastern Europe we always use Vegeta in soups. Vegeta is a Mediterranean seasoning made from dry vegetables and other spices. I’ve always used this, it gives the soup a beautiful yellow colour and an amazing taste. Many times I’ll use this whenever a recipe calls for chicken broth because I really love the flavour. Now if you don’t have Vegeta you can use chicken broth instead, maybe a low sodium version.
I also put the onion in whole and removed it when I shredded the chicken because I’m fussy again about my chicken noodle soup, I like a nice clear broth with just carrots, chicken and noodles. It’s just how my mom always made chicken noodle soup so this is how I like it. You must also use wide egg noodles just so you have the entire chicken noodle soup experience.
I remember when I was a kid I used to hate the soup and carrots and just wanted to eat the noodles, so I’d always eat the soup and the carrots first so I was left with the noodles and chicken. Then I could take my sweet old time eating noodles and enjoying them. I’ve grown up since then and now I eat chicken noodle soup the normal way. It’s funny the things we remember.
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This crockpot chicken noodle soup is a classic and hearty soup, requiring minimal effort giving you tender chicken, loads of noodles and a delicious broth.
- 1 large onion peeled
- 2 large carrots peeled and sliced or chopped
- 2 stalks celery optional, chopped
- 3 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil optional
- 2 tbsp Vegeta or 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 7 cups of water if using Vegeta otherwise 1 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp dried rosemary optional
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups wide dry egg noodles about 4 oz
- parsley for garnish
- Add the onion, carrots, chicken, celery, olive oil, vegeta or chicken broth, salt, pepper, water, bay leave and rosemary to your crockpot. Cook on low for 7 hours or 4 hours on high.
- Remove the onion and take out the chicken to either cut into pieces or shred with two forks. Add chicken back to crockpot and add egg noodles. Cook for another 1 hour on high or until noodles are cooked.
- Garnish with parsley.
You can buy Vegeta on Amazon here.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
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Tried the soup yesterday and my husband loved it. Our son stopped in before we finished dinner, and he had 2 big bowls lol. Definitely a keeper 🙂
So happy you like it!
Jo, I have made this recipe a gazillion ? times and it is perfect every time. I bought Vegeta through Amazon and use it for pretty much all my other recipes now. Thanks!
So glad you like it!
How long should I put this soup on if I’m using already cooked chicken? I picked up a rotisserie chicken at the store to make it go quicker.
I think about 1 or 2 hours should be more than enough, basically you are just cooking the noodles and warming up the chicken.
Jo, I use the recipe for your ingredients but I did not cook it in the crock pot, I cooked it in my Copper Chef pot. It came out amazing and is very well done. I did add a tiny bit of garlic powder to the soup and left out the salt because my husband is on a low sodium diet. It still was just very tasty and awesome thank you so much. This is a keeper for me.
Glad you like it, Jayne!
Planning on having this tonight. Can leftovers be frozen?
I have not frozen noodle soup before. You could certainly try it but I would expect the consistency would be different
Can leftovers be frozen?
I love the flavours in your recipe. The only thing I found – three breasts was too much chicken, next time I will reduce to two. I found my chicken to broth ratio was very unbalanced, it was almost like a stew.
This recipe is a keeper!! Will definitely be making it again. Thank you!!
Glad you liked it!
FYI: I looked up Vegeta and it is 56% salt. It also has MSG unless you buy the the MSG free version. They don’t sell it where I live. I am going to try try the recipe without it, and just add more spices.
Sorry- meant to give 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jo, love this recipe! Turned out just like my mum used to make! The only variation was that I used vermicelli pasta. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you for your speedy reply. It did end up fitting. I was wondering about how many ounces it was so I could be sure it would fit.
I crossed my fingers and it just fit, so all is good. (As long as it reduces enough to put the noodles in later. But I figure removing the bones will make room also)
Thanks again
Hope it turns out!
Is this a full sized crock pot? I have a smaller one. I don’t see a total yeild, so I am not sure if it will all fit in my round crock pot. (Medium sized)
Hi Jennifer,
It is a full size crockpot, but as you can see the soup only fills about half way up. This recipe yields about 6 to 8 servings, it’s shown below Author in the recipe section.
Is the onion only for flavor
Pretty much, yeah. 🙂
Can you use any kind of pasta if not these noodles?
Of course you can, any kind of pasta you like, but I prefer egg noodles in chicken soups.
Jo!! Using vegetta brings back so many memories when I was a kid!!! My Romanian 90 year old grandmother still uses vegetta 🙂
LOL So do I…and my mom! I love it in soups.
Ok I’m really confused on the vegeta! Where does that 1 cup of water go? I can either use the 2tbs of vegeta with 7 cups of water or the 6 cups of chicken broth. Again what is that 1 cup of water?
Hi Sherie,
Well you need 7 cups of liquid in total, so if using vegeta you need 7 cups of water with it, otherwise if you’re using chicken broth, you need 6 cups of chicken broth plus 1 cup of water to equal 7. You could of course just use 7 cups of chicken broth, up to you.
Thanks for the quick answer. Looks like I will be using the 7 cups of broth. Couldn’t find the vegeta. Will have to look for that in the big city stores. This sounds so good. Can’t wait to have it tomorrow. By the way I ate the the noodles and chicken for last too.
If I cook the noodles separately would I still cook the rest for 8 hours or would it be 7?
Yeah 7 hours should be more than enough!