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Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Published: Dec 4, 2022 · Updated: Apr 9, 2024 by Marye

This easy chicken noodle soup recipe is a spinoff of our favorite Crockpot Angel Chicken. It's made in the slow cooker and is creamy and comforting!
Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 6 hours hours 10 minutes minutes
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  • ❤️ Why you'll love it
  • 🧾 Ingredients
  • 🔪 Instructions
  • 🥫 Storage
  • 📖 Variations
  • 💭 Things to know
  • 👩‍🍳 FAQs
  • 📚 Related recipes
  • 🍽️ Serve with...
  • 🥄 Restless Chipotle recommends
  • 📞 The last word
  • 📖 Recipe
  • 💬 Comments

❤️ 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.

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🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

Step by step images showing how to make chicken soup in the slow cooker.
  1. Place chicken in the crockpot. Top with butter and add seasonings.
  2. Add the carrots, celery, and onions.
  3. Pour in the chicken stock and the cans of cream of chicken soup. Cook.
  4. 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!

A ladle full of soup being served from the slow cooker.

📖 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

What makes this creamy crockpot chicken noodle soup like angel chicken?

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!

I must've missed it—what's angel chicken?

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.

Do I need to make sides to go with this soup?

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!

Overhead view of a bowl of the soup.

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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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📖 Recipe

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Angel Chicken Noodle Soup

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This easy chicken noodle soup recipe is a spinoff of our favorite Crockpot Angel Chicken. It's made in the slow cooker and is creamy and comforting!
Course Main Dish - Chicken
Cuisine American
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours hours
Total Time: 6 hours hours 10 minutes minutes
Servings:6
Calories:516
Author:Marye Audet-White

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

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

Storage:
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.
Tips:
  • 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.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 516kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 1447mg | Potassium: 884mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 4096IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.

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  1. Melanie says

    March 29, 2024 at 2:21 pm

    5 stars
    It’s become a family favorite!

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  2. Melanie says

    February 24, 2024 at 10:54 pm

    5 stars
    4th time in 8 weeks, that’s how much the family loves this recipe, thank you so much for it!!

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  3. Melanie says

    February 06, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    5 stars
    2nd time making it and my family declared it a new favorite! Ty For this!

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  4. Linda Youngs says

    March 01, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    5 stars
    This was AMAZING on a rainy, cold day in Arizona!! Thanks!

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