The ultimate comfort meal: chicken soup, but even better... this one is made in the slow cooker. Celery, carrots, onion, spices, chicken broth, slow cooked shredded chicken breast and herbs come together to flavor this soup. Easy to make, easier to eat, all real ingredients, vegetable packed, and family approved, this recipe is a no-brainer. Use your favorite pasta or whatever you have on hand (or omit it altogether) for this slow cooker healthy chicken soup.
Course appetizer, dinner, lunch, main course, soup
Cuisine American
Keyword slow cooker soup
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 6 hourshours
Servings 6
Calories 330kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
slow cooker or crock pot
Ingredients
1.5lbschicken breastboneless, skinless, raw uncooked
1.5tbspolive oil
2cupscelerychopped
3cupscarrotschopped
1cuponionchopped
4clovesgarlicminced
1/2tspdried thyme
1/2tspturmeric
1tbspdehydrated minced onion
3dried bay leaves
8cupsreduced sodium chicken broth
kosher saltto taste, I used 2 tsp - reserve for once the soup is cooked.
fresh cracked pepper
4ozpastauncooked, pasta of choice
2tbspfresh parsley
Instructions
Chop the celery, carrot, and onions. Mince the garlic.
Add the chopped vegetables to the bottom of the slow cooker.
Top with the raw, uncooked chicken breasts.
Drizzle the chicken breast with the olive oil.
Add the thyme, turmeric, bay leaves, fresh cracked pepper and dehydrated onions. Reserve the kosher salt for later.
Add the broth and stir to combine.
Cover and cook on LOW for 5.5 hours.
After 5.5 hours, remove the chicken and shred it.
Return the chicken to the slow cooker. Add the uncooked pasta.
Stir to combine. Cover and cook for another 30 minutes on LOW.