Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

4.97 from 361 votes

Your entire family will love this easy homemade chicken noodle soup recipe! I think your family will love it.

Prep Time10

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Add the chicken breasts, chicken broth, celery, carrots and onions to a large stock pot or dutch oven.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Once the mixture is boiling, reduce the heat to low and cover.
Cook until the chicken is cooked through (chicken will be completely white when cooked) and reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. This generally take approximately 20-30 minutes depending on the size and quantity of the chicken breasts that you are cooking.
Remove the chicken, shred and stir it back into the stock pot.
Stir in thyme leaves, minced garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaves and water.
Bring the mixture back to a boil. Stir in the egg noodles.
Cook over medium-high for about 8-10 minutes until the noodles are tender and cooked through.
Remove the bay leaves.
Serve immediately while warm and enjoy!

Expert Tips

Use a Food Processor to Dice Veggies - I love using a food processor to dice the veggies for my favorite soup recipes. A food process is easy to use to dice up all my veggies and makes them small enough to easily serve on a spoon.

Dice up extra Vegetables - When I make this soup, I will dice up all the vegetables at one time. Then freeze the leftovers to use in other soup recipe. For example, I will dice up the entire bag of celery, use what I need for this recipe. Then freezer the leftovers so they are easy to grab for when I'm ready to make another soup for my family.

Use Leftover Chicken - This soup is great to make with leftover chicken. I will initially make extra chicken one night so that I can use the leftovers in this soup another night of the week.

Use what Herbs you have - I love using thyme in this recipe. But if you don't have any on hand, use different herbs instead that you already have in pantry. The flavor will be a little different than in my recipe but will still be delicious. Rosemary, Oregano or Basil would all work great in this easy soup recipe.

Make it creamy - Add in a cup of heavy cream or whole milk into the soup for the last 5-10 minutes of the cook time. This makes a creamy chicken noodle soup.

Add more veggies - This soup is a great way to get in some of those healthy veggies. You can add in your favorite type. Stir in fresh spinach or kale into the soup. Add in toward the end of the cook time is an easy way to add in my nutritional vegetables to this recipe.

Egg Noodles - I prefer egg noodles but rotini would work great too. Check the cook time on the pasta that you use in this recipe as more time might be needed.

Add a little bit of lemon - If you love lemon, add a small amount of lemon juice (1/2 a lemon). Add right before serving to give this soup a delicious and sweet lemon flavor.

Use Potatoes or Rice - If you don't love noodles or maybe your family cannot have gluten. This soup is delicious with diced up potatoes or cooked rice stirred into it instead of the noodles.

Change Chicken - I usually use chicken breasts for this recipe but chicken thighs would work great too. You can use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken or boil some chicken if you don't have either of those on hand.

Carrots - Whole carrots that have been peeled and diced. You can use baby carrots. If you use baby carrots, ensure that you dice them up so that they are easy to eat in this soup.

Garlic - Garlic salt or garlic powder would work great too if you don't have any minced garlic on hand.

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