Easy Chicken Soup Recipes

Here are a few of our favorite and easy chicken soup recipes. Great for a family dinner meal.

Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Roast chicken or chicken pieces
1-2 carrots, cut in half
onion
celery ribs with leaves
2 bay leaves
Peel and cut ends off of carrots. Cut into 3 pieces. Cut celery ribs in half. Cut onion in quarters.

In a large soup pot, add roast chicken, carrots, a quartered onion, 1-2 celery leaves and bay leaves. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Cook and simmer on medium-low for 1 hour.

Drain broth and reserve. Allow chicken to cool slightly and shred. Add another carrot, diced and whatever vegetables you'd like to the broth. Stir in egg noodles and simmer until vegetables and noodles are tender.

Quick Chicken Noodle Soup

6-8 Cups Chicken broth
1-2 Cups shredded or chopped, cooked chicken
1 Cup chopped carrots*
1 Cup chopped potatoes*
1 Cup chopped celery*
*or substitute one bag of mixed vegetables for fresh vegetables
egg noodles
Add all ingredients to a soup pot and simmer until tender.

Chicken Rice Soup

6-8 Cups chicken broth
2 Cups rice *
2 carrots, diced
2 celery ribs, diced
add whatever other vegetables you choose or have on hand

Add all ingredients into soup pan and let simmer until rice is tender and vegetables are done.

* If using brown rice, cook brown rice before adding to broth. Or add brown rice to chicken broth, simmer, then add vegetables. It will take longer to cook and the vegetables will get too mushy but the time the brown rice is cooked.

Try substituting barley or beans for rice.

Reader's Easy Chicken Soup Recipes

Easy Chicken soup recipe with rice and vegetables

by Lilly Tyler
(London)
ingredients:

2 chicken breasts cut up into small chunks.
5 pints of chicken or vegetable stock
1 medium onion, peeled, chopped finely.
2 stalks of chopped Celery
Peas
carrots
Vine leaves
100g rice
1 small de-seeded, chopped green pepper
2 Tomatoes chopped and peeled
1 tablespoon of mild curry powder
1 tablespoon of tomato puree
Salt and black pepper

Steps:

Boil the chicken chunks in your chosen stock for 20 minutes until tender.
Whilst the chicken is cooking add the peas, carrots and celery and stir.
Add the rice and green peppers and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, curry powder and tomato purée and simmer for a couple of minutes.
Add the vegetables to the chicken stock.
Season the soup and simmer for 30 minutes.
When finished serve and enjoy!!

Asian Noodle Soup

by Tamar
(Newport Beach, CA, USA)

2 cans chicken broth (low sodium)
6 oz. Asian noodles (dry)
5 mushrooms (thinly sliced)
2 green onions (chopped)
2 cooked chicken breasts or 1 pack tofu
3-4 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)


Boil a large pot of water, then stir in noodles until al dente. 8-10 minutes. Drain noodles and divide into 2-3 serving bowls.

Boil chicken broth, mushrooms, and green onions in a saucepan. Cube chicken or tofu, and add to chicken broth. Bring to a boil again, and add egg whites by pouring them slowly in a ribbon. Stir in garlic powder. When the eggs are cooked, pour the soup over the noodles in the soup bowls, and enjoy!!

Italian Chicken and Pea Soup

2 (14 oz.) cans chicken broth
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
2 garlic cloves, minced
12 oz. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
3/4 Cup small shell macaroni
3/4 Cup frozen peas
1/4 Cup green onions, chopped fine, optional

Pour the chicken broth into a saucepan.
Stir in the Italian seasoning and garlic.
Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over high heat.
Stir in the chicken and macaroni.
Bring back to a rolling boil then reduce the heat to medium low.
Cook for 8 minutes or until the macaroni is tender the chicken is cooked.
Stir in the peas and green onions.
Cook the soup for 2 minutes or until the peas are cooked through.

Makes 4 servings

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