Crockpot Chicken and Noodles is the perfect dinner to come home to. Made with simple ingredients and only 10 minutes hands on time, this will be a winner in your house.
Today I’m sharing a very easy recipe with you that my kids totally love. In fact, they love it so much they are even excited about leftovers for lunch the next day which is the true test of a recipe in my house.
Crockpot Chicken and Noodles requires only about 10 minutes of hands on time, and is total comfort food. With chicken, noodles, and some simple veggies you have a whole meal in your slow cooker when you get home.
How to Make Crockpot Chicken and Noodles
- Combine ingredients in the slow cooker. To your slow cooker add chicken, cut up carrots, garlic, condensed chicken soup, chicken broth, onion powder, salt and pepper. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.
- Add the noodles. Stir in egg noodles and cook for 25 minutes.
- Stir in the peas. Finally, stir in some frozen peas. Serve it up and enjoy.
Chicken Shredding Hack
Recently a friend of mine told me how much she loves my Chicken Enchilada Soup that it is even worth having to shred chicken at the end. And then I blew her mind with my secret for shredding chicken.
At the end of this slow cooker chicken and noodles recipe, you need to shred the chicken. Remove it from the slow cooker, and throw it in a bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Then using a hand mixer or the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, shred the chicken.
If you are thinking that this isn’t worth washing those extra dishes, I will respectfully disagree. This crockpot dinner is just one dish to clean at the end of the night, so adding one more bowl so that I don’t have to shred chicken by hand is absolutely worth it.
Using Homemade Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
For those who want to make a dinner full from scratch, I suggest using my Homemade Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup in this recipe. You will need to double the recipe for this, but it still will only take about 25 minutes to make.
Benefits of making this from scratch include:
- Making it lower in sodium. You can completely control the sodium of this when you make it yourself.
- Making it dairy free. If you have a dairy allergy in your house, you can replace the butter in this recipe with vegan butter, and the milk with soy milk.
Homemade Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
Adding Frozen Peas
The peas in this recipe don’t really get much cooking time. In fact it is only about a minute from when they are added to the slow cooker to when you serve the recipe. But this is perfect. The heat from the recipe will warm them and they will still be bright green and the perfect texture. Nobody wants overcooked peas.
Cooking Noodles in the Slow Cooker
It is easy to cook noodles in the slow cooker and it takes less than 30 minutes when your crockpot is on high. The liquid of the recipe is absorbed by the noodles as they cook in the hot recipe.
While noodles cooked in the slow cooker don’t have quite the same texture as boiled noodles, it works very well in this delicious recipe. For this recipe, 25 minutes was the perfect amount of time for the noodles.
FAQ
This recipe is not gluten free. Both the condensed soup and the noodles contain gluten.
Yes, most small noodles (like penne, shells, rigatoni) will work in place of the egg noodles if you stick to using 8 ounces.
What to Serve with Crockpot Chicken and Noodles
While I think this recipe is great on it’s own, you could round it out with one of the following:
If you make this Crockpot Chicken and Noodles recipe, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love hearing from you!
Crockpot Chicken and Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 21 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup (storebought or our homemade recipe)
- 2 medium carrots peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 – 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups low sodium chicken stock
- 8 ounces egg noodles
- 1 cup frozen green peas
- fresh parsley for topping
Instructions
- Add the chicken (whole, not diced), carrots, onion, garlic, soup, and chicken broth to the crockpot. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours or on high for 2 to 3 hours.
- At the end of the cook time, take out the chicken and shred it. Add it back to the crockpot with the noodles. Stir to combine. Cook on high for 25 minutes.
- Stir in the frozen peas. They will take just a minute or two in the hot slow cooker to thaw. Taste, and add more salt or pepper as needed. Top with fresh parsley, serve, and enjoy.
Pamela Cooper says
Love your recipes. Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome, I’m glad that you are enjoying them!
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Hi Maxine, I’m not sure what you mean by your account. There is a “jump to the recipe” button at the top of every post if you want to skip down to just the recipe.
SCV says
I really like this recipe I have made it three times now. The first time I made it just the way the recipe said to and the second time I added poultry seasoning and celery and the third time I added some mixed veggies and poultry seasoning and they all came out great. This is really a nice recipe thanks.
I’m glad you like it!
Jodi Zwain says
I love reading your recipes. I’m always able to find something new or remember something I looked at previously so I can plan dinners. My family is never bored by what I prepare.
I’m so glad to hear that, Jodi!
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You don’t know this but you have become my lifesaver as I have become the chief cook and bottlewasher in our home as my wife has become unable to stand for any length of time and she did ALL the cooking previously. Now I have your delicious recipes to fall back on and she hasn’t had to become my guinea pig! I’m not a very good listener! Lol
Thank you for just being YOU!
This absolutely made my day! Thank you, Bryan! Sending best wishes to your wife!
Mandy says
Great recipe! Especially with the homemade cream of chicken! A must eat.
I’m so glad you liked it, Mandy!
Syd says
Is it possible to freeze this recipe?
This wouldn’t be my pick for a recipe to freeze. If you are going to do that, I would leave out the noodles and just add cooked noodles once it is thawed and warmed through.
Adecker says
The flavour was nice, but my egg noodles turned to complete mush. The kids wouldn’t even eat it and they are not very picky. So disappointed as it seems like a waste of a meal. Next time I might try a different noodle because the egg noodles were horrible
I’m so sorry to hear that this one was a miss for you. Crockpot recipes are tricky because slow cookers vary so much in temperature. My guess is that just 30 minutes less time and it would have been perfect.
Pamela Cooper says
I love your recipes. I’m not a good cook but you make it easy. Thank you!
Absolutely music to my ears, Pamela. Thank you for making my day!
Teresa George says
Do I put the chicken breast in raw ?
Correct!