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❤️ Why you'll love it
- Ideal comfort food for cold days or when you're feeling sick
- An incredibly smooth, creamy soup filled with delicious, healthy foods
- Serve with some crusty bread for a 10/10 satisfying meal
Creamy angel chicken noodle soup is a really easy recipe made in the crock pot, but that doesn't mean it skimps on flavor! If you like the buttery, creamy taste of angel chicken and angel chicken mac and cheese, you'll absolutely adore this gourmet new soup recipe—it's heavenly!
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Place chicken in the crockpot. Top with butter and add seasonings.
- Add the carrots, celery, and onions.
- Pour in the chicken stock and the cans of cream of chicken soup. Cook.
- Shred the chicken, then add it back to the slow cooker. Stir in the dry noodles and cook until tender, about 15 minutes more.
🥫 Storage
I love having homemade chicken noodle soup in the fridge or freezer for when I'm craving a comforting, delicious meal without any work.
Spoon leftovers into a storage container with a tight-fitting lid, or a freezer-safe bag. If you plan to eat your angel chicken noodle soup the next day, refrigerate it. Otherwise, throw it in the freezer—it'll last there for up to three months.
However, like most crockpot soups, the noodles will continue to soak up the liquid as it sits, so they'll get a little softer after storing. To rewarm your soup, simmer it over low heat on the stove, or pop it in the microwave for a few 30-second intervals.
Sometimes I'll use leftovers from this crockpot ranch chicken recipe as a start for this angel chicken noodle soup!
📖 Variations
Make this slow cooker creamy chicken noodle soup a family favorite with the following variation ideas:
- For extra tender chicken, use chicken thighs instead of skinless chicken breasts.
- You could also use up leftover protein, like rotisserie chicken. In that case, reduce the cooking time and just warm everything up until the veggies are tender.
- Sometimes I'll add other veggies, depending on what's in my fridge. I really like the flavor with some fresh mushrooms and peas, too.
- Dealing with picky eaters? I get it—you can swap the onion for onion powder and garlic powder if your little ones can spot even the most finely diced aromatics from a mile away!
- Have a parmesan rind sitting in your fridge? You can chop off a piece and throw it in the soup! Remove it before serving—this trick adds a lovely, nutty parmesan flavor to the dish.
- If you have fresh herbs, you can use them in place of the Italian dressing mix. When doing so, though, you might want to add salt and pepper, since the dressing mix usually has those included.
- You can swap the pasta for dry egg noodles if they're all you have. It'll make it less like angel chicken and more like a traditional creamy chicken noodle soup recipe.
This is one of those soup that's absolutely out of this world delicious served in a homemade soup bread bowl.
💭 Things to know
Expert Tip: Thin spaghetti or angel hair works best in this recipe. (After all, it's called "angel" chicken for a reason!) You could experiment with other types, but they'll take longer to cook.
- If you happen to have leftover cooked vegetables (like these maple roasted carrots) then put them right in the soup!
- To decrease prep time for the slow cooker chicken noodle soup, use a frozen mirepoix mix, instead of fresh.
- Dealing with special diets? That's okay—you can cook the noodles separately and simply pour the soup over the noodles for whoever wants to eat them. However, if it's gluten you're avoiding, do keep in mind that most cream of chicken soups are not gluten-free.
- On that note, you could replace the cream of chicken soup with a homemade variety. That would be delicious. Though, just a head up: the creamy base for homemade sauces generally doesn't freeze well, even when it's diluted in a soup like this one.
👩🍳 FAQs
Instead of using heavy cream and cream cheese like a lot of easy creamy soup recipes do, this process is more similar to that of making angel chicken, with cream of chicken soup and Italian dressing mix. It's a delicious recipe that combines the best of both worlds!
Only the best, creamiest, most comforting pasta dish—ever! It's super buttery and creamy and served with tender angel hair pasta. Check out this Angel Chicken recipe for the full scoop.
The only side that's essential to angel chicken soup is a soft dinner roll or two. The creamy soup base is super yummy so you'll definitely want something to sop it up—that is, if you don't just tip the bowl back and slurp it all up!
📚 Related recipes
- Creamy crockpot chicken stroganoff is a delicious twist on the tradition beef variety.
- Lasagna soup is full of noodles and savory ground beef in a creamy tomato-y marinara broth.
- Old-Fashioned Creamy Potato Soup is warm and comforting but takes only 30 minutes to prep. It's just like mom's, without all the hard work!
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📞 The last word
There's just nothing like chicken soup during chilly, drizzly days! This recipe is one that we love and I bet you do, too.
Don't forget the crackers! They're definitely a must with soup and you'll love this homemade saltine crackers recipe.
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Angel Chicken Noodle Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- ¼ cup butter, cut into 4 pieces
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 0.6 ounces Italian dressing mix, I used Good Seasons - 1 packet
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 21 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup, 2 -10.5 ounce cans
- 4 cups chicken stock, you may need up to 6
- 8 oz. thin spaghetti
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Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker.
- Put the butter on top.
- Sprinkle the celery seeds, Italian dressing mix, and garlic cloves on top of the chicken breasts
- Add the carrots, celery, and onions.
- Add the cream of chicken and the chicken broth.
- Mix a little.
- Set the slow cooker on LOW for 6 hours or until the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. You can also cook on HIGH for 3 ½ hours.
- Take the chicken breasts out and shred them using 2 forks. Place back in the slow cooker.
- With the slow cooker on HIGH, add the pasta.
- Mix to combine and cook the pasta for 15 minutes or until desired texture.
Notes
- Thin spaghetti or angel hair works best in this recipe. (After all, it's called "angel" chicken for a reason!) You could experiment with other types, but they'll take longer to cook.
- To decrease prep time for the slow cooker chicken noodle soup, use a frozen mirepoix mix, instead of fresh.
- Dealing with special diets? That's okay—you can cook the noodles separately and simply pour the soup over the noodles for whoever wants to eat them. However, if it's gluten you're avoiding, do keep in mind that most cream of chicken soups are not gluten-free.
- On that note, you could replace the cream of chicken soup with a homemade variety. That would be delicious. Though, just a head up: the creamy base for homemade sauces generally doesn't freeze well, even when it's diluted in a soup like this one.
Linda Youngs
This was AMAZING on a rainy, cold day in Arizona!! Thanks!