If you’re looking for the best chicken vegetable soup recipe, try making it in a slow cooker! 
Best Chicken Soup Recipe
Everyone should have a slow cooker chicken vegetable soup recipe in their recipe arsenal. We’re always looking for the best chicken vegetable soup recipe. A great recipe for chicken vegetable soup definitely fuels and heals the soul. But if you want a batch that can last a few days but is quick, easy and super delicious, then consider making it in a slow cooker.
Video of Slower Cooker Chicken Vegetable Soup:
This slow cooker chicken vegetable soup recipe is the perfect balance of healthy chicken breast and loaded with veggies. If you want more vegetables, then just add more to your hearts content. Not only is this a great recipe that you can come back to in a few hours to a beautiful soup aroma, but it’s a smaller batch. It’s perfect to feed about 4-5 for a side dish, or for 3-4 hearty entree sizes. And best of all, you can have some left over for lunch the next day.
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Some Favorite Tools for Slow Cooker Chicken Vegetable Soup:
Whether you prefer a slow cooker, pressure cooker, or a multi-cooker, these kitchen counter appliances help make dinner a little easier for the busy household, plus with an added bonus of some of our favorite finds for entertaining:
The Crockpot 6qt. Slow Cooker – The original slow cooker. On this on the lid locks down which is great for transporting to potlucks and such. Simple, inexpensive and reliable.Instant Pot Multi-use Pressure Cooker – It has cult-like following for a reason. It’s a pressure cooker and so much more. Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, & Yogurt Maker. It’s awesome! If you want a pressure cooker that has a few more bells and whistles (like hands free steam release), this Breville Pressure Cooker is also great.Cuisinart Multi-Cooker – If pressure cooking is a not your thing but want a bit more than just a slow cooker, this multi-cooker is perfect for you. It can Sauté, Steam, and Slow Cook. Perfect to create those one pot meals.This recipe was originally published in 2014 and republished in 2020 with updated photos.
Slow Cooker Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound (455g) boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 carrot , diced
- 2 stalks celery , diced
- 1/2 onion , diced
- 1 small zucchini , cubed
- 1 cup (240ml) chopped broccoli (optional)
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 5 cups (1180ml) chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons (10ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- additional salt and pepper , to taste (optional)
- minced parsley for garnish (optional)
Equipment
Instructions
- In slow cooker add all the soup ingredients (chicken, carrots, celery, onion, zucchini, broccoli, garlic, bay leaf, dried thyme, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt) except for the additional salt/pepper to taste and minced parsley. Gently mix together all the ingredients to make everything combine well. Broccoli Note: We Love broccoli in our soup, but be prepared for the strong broccoli odor. To eliminate the cooked broccoli smell, you can par boil the broccoli first on the stove top, then add the broccoli to the soup about 15 minutes before the soup finishes.
- Cover and cook the soup on low for 7 hours or about 4 hours on high.
- Gently shred the chicken with two forks and stir the soup to mix the chicken evenly throughout the soup.
- Season to taste with additional salt and pepper. Garnish soup with minced parsley.
KalynsKitchen says
That soup looks so good, pinned! And thanks for the shout-out!
Montana says
I loved this soup! I would recommend using chicken thighs instead of breasts though because my chicken got a little stringy.
Anna G. says
Eating it now and it’s yummy!! I used thighs though bc that’s what I prefer, and I also added summer squash bc hubby n I love it. I’ll definitely make this again! Thanks for the recipe!!
Best Recipe Box says
Anna- Yay! Glad you enjoyed the soup and we love the addition of summer squash too.
Caroline says
Should chicken be cooked before going in crock pot or can it be raw?
Calliegh says
When making anything in the crockpot you combine all ingredients. Except for foods that cooks to fast such as broccoli, noodles, and etc. You put foods like that in about an hour before your pot is done
Caroline says
Can chicken go in raw or does it need to be cooked first?
Best Recipe Box says
When you cook in the slow cooker for a minimum of 4 hours, it can go in raw. And during that time, the chicken will be cooked. If you want it to cook faster you can cut the chicken breast into smaller pieces.
Tracy says
Beautiful! And I forgot the broccoli! I made a stock the night before then made this the next day. Did not disappoint, and my 5yr old had 3 bowls and declared soup is his favourite! Thank you.
Alice Harper says
You should remind people to remove bay leaf when soup is done. To find the bay leaf easier I run a toothpick through it , like taking a stitch in cloth, and toss it in the pot.
Trevor H. says
I buy dried bay leaves and mill them to powder in my coffee mill. They make a lovely green aromatic powder, not a huge volume, but a tad gives all the essence of the leaf without the fishing it out. I add them with the mixed herbs in soups and stews. BTW, a slug of sriracha or a touch of curry powder livens up this soup.
Eric M. says
Cooking it right now. We all have a cold including our 10 month old so were looking forward to this tasty looking soup. We used bone broth and added potatoes, some of our personal favorites.
Rachel says
If you double the recipe, can it still fit in the crock pot?
Madison L Parent says
can i use a chicken breast with bone in instead?
Best Recipe Box says
Yes, you can definitely use bone-in and will probably get much more flavor. Just make sure to shred the cooked chicken in a separate bowl to make sure no small piece of bone end up in the soup.
Margot says
Cannot wait to amalgamate all of these wonderful ingredients. Sounds divine.
Best Recipe Box says
It really is divine. 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
Stacia says
I changed this up some based on the contents of my refrigerator. My chicken tenders were slightly frozen when I started, so I started on high (4 hr setting) for about an hour and half with the celery, carrots and onions. I used 8 cups of chicken stock and increased the spices accordingly. Then I added in a mixture of frozen peas and green beans (what I had) along with a drained and rinsed can of small white beans. Cooked on the 6 hr setting for about 3.5 hrs and found my chicken was very done (my fault, using thinner chicken tenders). At this point I added the zucchini as noodles (used my mandolin to slice) and set to warm. The spice mixture is very tasty and a nice change from our normal chicken soup! I served with a crusty Italian bread and everyone was happy.
Simone Lewis says
SOOOOO YUMMY!!!
Best Recipe Box says
So glad you liked it!
Linda says
Oh my goodness I just made this and it’s delicious!
Arpita Patel says
This was so good! My 3 year old daughter was sick, so of course I turned to you for chicken noodle soup recipe. She hasn’t been eating well last couple days, but she ate this soup! I used a whole young chicken and regular wide egg noodles, but would like to try to find noodles you used for this recipe next time.
Best Recipe Box says
Hugs to your little girl and so glad our chicken soup recipe made her feel better. xoxo
Moni says
How would this be cooked on the stove?
Best Recipe Box says
Hi Moni, we would add all the ingredients except for the broccoli in a pot. Cook it for about 30-45 minutes on low simmer, then add the broccoli for the last 5 minutes.
Rachel says
Hello 🙂 I was wondering if you knew the calories per serve for this? So yummy! Thank you ?
Best Recipe Box says
Hello Rachel! All the nutritional info is at the bottom of the recipe box. Thank you!