Creamy Italian Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
This Creamy Italian Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup is hearty, healthy, and flavorful. It's packed with tender chicken, garlic, roasted red pepper, a touch of cream, parmesan, and more.
Ingredients
- 4 cupslow sodium chicken broth
- 1boneless skinless chicken breast ((or two small))
- ½ cuproasted red peppers
- 1 teaspoondried parsley
- 1 teaspoonminced garlic
- ¾ teaspoonsalt
- ¼ teaspoondried oregano
- ¼ teaspoondried basil
- ⅛ teaspoonblack pepper
- ¾ cuplight cream or whole milk
- 1 tablespoonscorn starch
- 2 cupsshort pasta ((about 160 grams))
- 1 cupfresh spinach (finely chopped)
- ⅓ cupparmesan cheese (shredded)
Directions
- 1
Add chicken broth, chicken breast, roasted red peppers, parsley, garlic, salt, oregano, basil and pepper to a 2.5-4 quart slow cooker. Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours until chicken is cooked through
- 2
Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred with two forks. Place back into the slow cooker.
- 3
Whisk together the cream or milk and corn starch. Add to the slow cooker with the pasta* and spinach.
- 4
Turn to high and cook for 15-20 minutes until pasta is al dente or cooked to desired tenderness (this can take up to 30 minutes). Turn off, stir in cheese and serve immediately.