Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup for Two

An ultra simple slow cooker recipe for chicken noodle soup. Sized just right for a small crock pot. Bring on the cold season, I'm ready now.

I have a new "for two" toy, a Cuisinart PSC-350 3-1/2-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker. I have not really suffered in the slow cooker area, I have a excellent All Clad (6 1/2 qt) and a round 6 qt. West Bend. These are great for general cooking and most recipes are fine in them but they are a bit big for "cooking for two".  I want to be able to test smaller recipes and not eat left-overs for days. I initially was going to just buy the $20 el-cheapo but after reading Amazon and other reviews there appeared to be a signification difference with location of the heating element and control. Since it will last for years, a few dollars more is worth it.

I wanted simple, really simple. No precooking things and no taking the chicken out of the pot to cut it up. I again read multiple recipes but I ultimately used my wife's recipe and converter to a crock pot.

Rating

A very nice chicken soup.

Notes: The recipe as stated in very good. I like a lot of meat and veggies in my soup. If you want more of a soup with lots of broth, add another 14 oz can of chicken broth. Most of you will want the extra broth. If you want a lot of noodles, add the can of broth plus 1/2 cup more of noodles. Don't add the additional noodles without the broth or you wont have any broth left.
You can cook in a larger crock pot and you could double the size if using the larger crock pot. I only cooked this on low. Most crock pot recipes cut the time in half if cooked on high. I'm not convinced that would work here. The veggies took the whole 4 hours and I don't know the effect on the timing of the noodles. If you try it, please comment the results.

This is a 4 serving recipe. You can cut in half easily but really you want a few left overs don't you...

Peal and cut two carrots into medallions, a medium onion chopped and slice two stalks of celery.

Trim and cut 2 skinless boneless chicken breast into cubes.

Add the chicken and veggies to a small slow cooker (3 1/2 qt.).  Add 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper. 32 oz of chicken broth or stock. And one bay leaf. Add 1 - 14 oz can more broth if you want a lot of liquid in your soup. Most of you will want this extra broth.

Cook on low for 4 hours. After the first 3 hours, add 1 1/2 cups of dry noodles and let cook the final hour. If you like a lot of noodles add another 1/2 cup of noodles BUT do not do this without adding the additional broth from previous instruction.

Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup for Two

by Dan Mikesell November-20-2012

An ultra simple chicken noodle soup cut down for a small slow cooker. Bring on the cold season, I'm ready now. Also this is the start of a new recipe series, "Crock Pot For Two"

Ingredients

• 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts trimmed and cut into about 1/2 inch cubes skinless boneless chicken breast trimmed
• 32 oz chicken broth
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 medium onion
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 cup dry noodles

Instructions

1) This is a 4 serving recipe. You can cut in half easily but really you want a few left overs don't you... 2) Peal and cut two carrots into medallions, a medium onion chopped and slice two stalks of celery.3) Trim and cut 2 skinless boneless chicken breast into cubes.4) Add the chicken and veggies to a small slow cooker (3 1/2 qt.). Add 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper. 32 oz of chicken broth or stock. And one bay leaf. Add 1 - 14 oz can more broth if you want a lot of liquid in your soup. Most of you will want this extra broth.5) Cook on low for 4 hours. After the first 3 hours, add 1 1/2 cups of dry noodles and let cook the final hour. If you like a lot of noodles add another 1/2 cup of noodles BUT do not do this without adding the additional broth from previous instruction.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 4 hour Total time: 4 hour 10 mins Yield: 4 servings

Updated

February 23 2013

Dan Mikesell