Making Chicken Noodle Soup in the Crockpot Made Easy

by KC Kudra

Making homemade soup can take a long time, but with your magic crockpot, you can get a wonderful batch of chicken noodle soup while you are taking care of other tasks. While you are out and about, your soup will be happily simmering, creating a delectable bowl of comfort. This is a meal you can easily make whether you are an accomplished chef or if you only cook when absolutely necessary. Your chicken soup will turn out much better than any canned soup you can buy.

If You Use Only the Freshest Ingredients...

If you only use the freshest ingredients, the crockpot can still make your soup easier. Remove the skin from your chicken. You can use a whole chicken, parts or boneless breasts or thighs... whichever you have handy. Put the chicken in the crockpot with enough water to cover it. You can add a stalk of celery, an onion, a carrot, and some herbs if you wish. Let it simmer on high for three to four hours.

Once your chicken is thoroughly cooked, take it out and cool it. Strain out the vegetables you have added and put them in your compost bin. Once your meat is cooled, debone it and cut the pieces into bite-size bits before replacing it in the crockpot. Chop up some fresh vegetables. Carrots, celery, rutabagas, sweet potatoes, and many others make excellent choices. Add some garlic and fresh herbs.

Keeping the crockpot on high let it cook for a couple more hours. Do not open the lid until it is time to add your noodles. Taste the broth about 45 minutes before you want to serve the soup. Add salt and other seasonings as needed. Add your noodles. This can be egg noodles, linguine, fettuccine, or any other noodle you prefer. Perhaps you have made homemade noodles to add... if so, they only need to cook about 20 minutes until they are tender.

Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup

If you want to make soup extremely easy, try this tried and true method. This homemade chicken noodle soup is so easy a rank amateur could make it. If you have leftover chicken in the fridge, you can use that in your soup, or you can pick up one of those rotisserie chickens at the market.

Add the chicken to the crockpot, and cover with a large container of chicken broth. Let the soup simmer on high for three or four hours. Remove the chicken at this point and let it cool before removing the bones. Cut up the meat and add it back to the broth.

Cut up whatever vegetables sound good to you. You can try fresh carrots... you do not even need to cut up the tiny baby carrots you can get at the store. Just drop them in your soup. Some frozen vegetables are suitable as well. Go relax for a couple of hours as the soup continues to cook.

About 45 minutes before serving your soup, drop in your favorite noodles. Egg noodles, soba or udon noodles, or even wagon wheels will work in your soup. If you have a small amount of noodles in your cupboard, mix, and match if need be to get the right amount for your soup. If you have large noodles like lasagna noodles, just break them up so they will be bite size.

About The Author:

Everyone loves chicken noodle soup. It helps us feel better when we're sick, or just feeling blue. For more inspiration, check out http://www.ChickenNoodleSoups.com for recipes, cooking tips and fun facts about everyone's favorite soup. Also find informative articles about chicken soup's health benefits and other info like cooking tips.