Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 8 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin , optional)

1 large onion (peeled)

2 large carrots (peeled and sliced or chopped)

2 stalks celery (optional, chopped)

1½ pound chicken breasts (with skin and bones (2 or 3 breasts)

2 tablespoons Vegeta (or 2 tsp chicken base, or 1 chicken bouillon cube)

1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)

½ teaspoon pepper (or to taste)

8 cups water

2 bay leaves

½ teaspoon rosemary (dried, optional)

4 ounces egg noodles (wide dry (2 cups)

¼ cup parsley (fresh, chopped for garnish)

Directions

Start the soup.

Add the oil, onion, carrots, chicken, celery, Vegeta, salt, pepper, water, bay leaves and rosemary to your crockpot. Cook on low for 8 hours or 4 hours on high.

Shred the chicken.

Remove the onion and take out the chicken. Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and shred with two forks.

Add noodles and cook.

Add the chicken back to crockpot and add egg noodles. Cook for another 1 hour on high or until noodles are cooked.

Garnish and serve.

Garnish with parsley.

Nutrition

• Calories: 200 kcal
• Total Fat: 6 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
• Trans Fat: 0.02 g
• Cholesterol: 66 mg
• Sodium: 1277 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 14 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 2 g
• Protein: 21 g