Easy Chicken Noodle Soup (+Video)
This is the best shortcut One Pot Chicken Noodle Soup recipe! It has all the homemade flavor you love but it is quick and easy to prepare.
AN EASY ONE POT MEAL
A lot of the traditional recipes for chicken noodle soup will have you boiling a whole chicken in water along with carrots, celery and seasonings to make your own chicken stock. If you have time, you can definitely do that. But with this recipe, you get tons of great flavor with a little shortcut. I am always finding ways to make recipes just a bit easier without sacrificing flavor!
CAN I MAKE THIS CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP IN A CROCK POT?
Yes! To make in a crock pot: Add broth, chicken and seasonings to at least a 6-quart crock pot. Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours. Then take chicken out and shred. Put shredded chicken back in crock pot. Add in diced veggies, cream of chicken soup, water and noodles. Cover and continue to cook on low for an additional hour or until noodles and veggies are tender.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- chicken stock (or make your own)
- poultry seasoning
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- boneless chicken (breasts, thighs or tenderloins)
- diced carrots
- diced celery
- cream of chicken soup
- water
- egg noodles
- salt and pepper, to taste
HOW TO MAKE EASY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP:
In a large stock pot, pour in chicken stock. Add in the chicken with the broth. Next, add in seasonings (poultry seasoning, garlic and onion powders). Give it all a good stir.
Cover and cook on medium-high heat for about 20-25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. This is a good time to chop your veggies!
Once chicken is cooked, using tongs, take chicken out of pot and shred it using two forks. Be careful, the chicken will be very hot.
Tip: Or, if you want, you can shred the chicken in seconds by using your stand mixer. I first tried this when making the CREAMY WHITE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS and it really is a time saver.
Pop the cooked chicken in the mixing bowl, and using the paddle attachment, stir it on the low setting. It will take less than a minute for the chicken to shred. Put the shredded chicken into your stock pot. Then add chopped veggies. Stir in cream of chicken soup.
Add water. Then add noodles. Stir well.
Cover and cook on medium heat for about 15-20 more minutes until veggies are tender and noodles are soft. At this point, I give it a taste test. I usually find I need to add salt and pepper. I add 1/2 Tablespoon kosher salt and a teaspoon of fresh black pepper. Stir one final time and it’s ready to serve! Serve with some crackers or some warm, crusty bread.
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Easy Chicken Noodle Soup (+Video)
Ingredients
- 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken stock
- ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 pound boneless chicken (breast, thighs or tenderloins)
- 1 cup diced carrots
- ½ cup diced celery
- 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup
- 3 cups water
- 3 cups egg noodles, uncooked
- salt and peppe,r to taste
Instructions
- In a large stock pot, pour in chicken stock, seasonings (poultry seasoning, garlic and onion powders) and chicken. Give it all a good stir.
- Cover and cook on medium to medium-high heat for about 20-25 minutes (or until chicken is cooked through.
- Once chicken is cooked, using tongs, take chicken out of pot and shred it using two forks (be careful, the chicken will be very hot).
- Pop the shredded chicken back into the stock pot.
- Then add chopped veggies and cream of chicken soup and stir well.
- Add water and noodles and stir again.
- Cover and cook on medium heat for about 15-20 more minutes until veggies are tender and noodles are soft.
- Give it a taste test. I usually find I need to add salt and pepper. I usually add 1/2 Tablespoon kosher salt and a teaspoon of fresh black pepper.
- Then serve.
Video
Notes
- I like to use chicken stock instead of chicken broth for this. It has a richer and deeper flavor than the broth. But it is usually slightly more expensive than the broth. So I generally go with the store brand or get it when it’s on sale.
- To make in a crock pot: Add broth, chicken and seasonings to at least a 6-quart crock pot. Cover and cook on low for about 4-6 hours. Then take chicken out and shred. Put shredded chicken back in crock pot. Add in diced veggies, cream of chicken soup, water and noodles. Cover and continue to cook on low for an additional hour or until noodles and veggies are tender.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: November 2013
Updated & republished: March 2020
