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Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

This slow cooker recipe is a perfect winter meal. Chicken breasts are seasoned and placed in a slow cooker. Then onion, carrots, celery, bay leaves and seasoning are added to the slow cooker. Chicken stock is poured in and then everything is stirred together. After cooking on low for several hours, the chicken is removed and shredded. The chicken is returned to the pot with uncooked pasta. Next the soup cooks until the pasta is tender.
Course Entree
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours 40 minutes
Servings 10 people

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 8 cups chicken stock
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 carrots peeled and diced
  • 3 stalks celery diced
  • ½ tsp dried thyme
  • ½ tsp dried rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 8 oz spaghetti broken into thirds
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into 6 quart slow cooker.
  2. Stir in chicken stock, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
  3. Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred, using forks.
  4. Stir in pasta and chicken into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW heat for an additional 30 to 40 minutes, or until pasta is tender.
  5. Stir in lemon juice and parsley.
  6. Serve hot.