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    🏠Home » Recipes » Soup Recipes

    Healthy Crock Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup

    Oct 1, 2019 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2022 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

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    4.3 from 27 votes

    This healthy chicken vegetable soup is packed with tasty vegetables but no noodles. A delicious recipe that is easy to make in your crock pot that is low-fat and low-sodium.

    chicken vegetable soup in spoon

    Table of Contents
    • 🐓Ingredients for Chicken Vegetable Soup
    • 👨‍🍳How to Cook Chicken Vegetable Soup in a Crock Pot
    • ❓FAQs
    • ❄️Storage of Chicken Vegetable Soup
    • 📖Healthier Chili and Soup Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📖Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

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    Introduction

    This super easy and tasty soup fits low-calorie, low-fat, and low sodium. So this soup has earned the term "healthy."

    For the lower carb/keto diets, it is relatively low with most of the carbs from the corn, which you can cut back or change if you want to green beans.

    I will not calculate anything to do with Weight Watcher's points. They kept changing it, so I gave up.

    It was somewhat inspired by a food.com recipe with only a few minor changes. I cut what appeared to be some unnecessary butter and a few other minor changes.

    My Rating

    My rating system 4 out of 5. A very nice recipe.

    A very nice soup that is healthy enough to be a fundamental part of almost any diet and tasty enough even if you're not dieting.

    🐓Ingredients for Chicken Vegetable Soup

    The Chicken

    To make a healthier soup, the obvious choice is skinless boneless chicken breast. They vary a lot in size but is it soup, a little more or a little less chicken is fine.

    But these chicken breasts can be a bit low on taste due to the lack of skin, bones, and fat. You can use a soup base to give it that extra pop of chicken flavor if needed. Decide at the end of cooking if you want the extra taste.

    Skinless chicken thighs are an excellent choice and will provide a nice moist chicken and great taste. Of course, they will have increased the fat in the final soup.

    Precooked Rotisserie Chicken

    Yes. Each chicken breasts produce 1 ½ to 2 cups of shredded chicken, so to substitute for two chicken breasts, you will need 3 to 4 cups of rotisserie chicken.

    If using rotisserie chicken or other precooked chicken, cook everything else in the crock pot until the vegetables are tender. Then add the cooked chicken and continue to cook until the chicken is hot.

    Vegetables

    The usual soup vegetable of carrots, corn, and celery are used. If you want a lower carbohydrate soup, replace the corn with green beans.

    You can add frozen peas near the end of cooking. And you can also add a large diced potato.

    One can of undrained diced tomatoes may be substituted for a can of chicken broth. You may need to add a touch of salt and black pepper for the tomatoes.

    For aromatic vegetables, the usual onion and garlic are recommended.

    But this is soup, so load it up with the veggies you love.

    There is no need to precook the vegetables.

    Broth

    Chicken broth or stock are good choices. Try to use low or sodium-free versions if you want low-sodium soup.

    I do not suggest water or vegetable broth since more chicken taste is commonly needed if using chicken breasts.

    Seasoning

    I suggest only adding salt near the end of cooking if needed. Oregano and basil are recommended spices. But you may use Italian seasoning instead.

    Other spices or fresh herbs can be added, like rosemary or a bay leaf.

    👨‍🍳How to Cook Chicken Vegetable Soup in a Crock Pot

    1. Chop the carrots, celery and onion.
    2. Trim and cut the chicken breasts into 1 inch chunks.
    3. Add all ingredients to a smaller crock pot.
    4. Cook on low for 7-8 hours or 3-4 hours on high.

    ❓FAQs

    What size crock pot for chicken vegetable soup?

    As written, this recipe needs a 3 ½ quart or larger crock pot. A half recipe needs a 2-quart size.

    How long to cook chicken vegetable soup?

    3-4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low. The raw chicken needs to be cooked to 165°, and the vegetables must be tender.

    Can I add noodles to chicken vegetable soup?

    Yes, you can add noodles or other pasta if you wish.

    If you want noodles, cook your pasta to al dente and add them at the end of cooking.

    How to make this a low sodium soup.

    To make low sodium soup, use low sodium or sodium-free chicken broth. Also, don't add additional salt until you taste test the soup near the end of cooking.

    ❄️Storage of Chicken Vegetable Soup

    Store leftovers in the refrigerator in a sealed container for 3-4 days. To freeze, the soup should be sealed in an airtight container and frozen for 3-4 months.

    To reheat your soup, thaw if frozen first. Then reheat either in a stovetop pan or the microwave.

    📖Healthier Chili and Soup Recipes

    Low Fat High Taste Crock Pot White Chicken Chili

    Healthy Southwest Chicken Chili

    Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin Chili

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Crock Pot Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Low Fat Recipes, Small Crock Pots Recipes, Soup Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    raw chicken breasts and soup ingredients

    Use low sodium or sodium-free broth if you want low sodium soup.

    chopped vegetables on a black board

    Chop 2 peeled carrots, two ribs of celery, and one medium onion.

    cutting chicken breasts into cubes on a black board

    Trim and cut two medium skinless boneless chicken breasts into 1-inch cubes.

    adding chicken broth to vegetables in crock pot

    Add broth to the crock pot — 3 ½ quart size minimum for the full recipe.

    pouring raw chicken into crock pot of soup

    Add veggies, 2-4 cloves minced garlic, 3 - 14 oz cans low-sodium chicken broth,  1 teaspoon oregano, and ½ teaspoon pepper. If you like thyme, add ½ teaspoon of thyme. Salt to taste. 16 oz package of frozen white corn or green beans for low carb. Add chicken and mix well.

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    Cook for 7-8 hrs on low or 3-4 hours on high. With about one hour left in cooking, the taste test.  You can add a bit of salt if needed.  If you want more "chicken taste," add some soup base or bouillon cubes.

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    📖Recipe

    chicken vegetable soup in spoon

    Healthy Crock Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    This healthy chicken vegetable soup is packed with tasty vegetables but no noodles. A delicious recipe that is easy to make in your crock pot that is low-fat and low-sodium.
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    4.3 from 27 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 hours
    Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 6 servings

    Ingredients

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    • 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts - medium cut into 1 inch cubes
    • 42 oz low-sodium chicken broth - 3 - 14 oz cans
    • 1 pound frozen corn
    • 1 onion - medium diced
    • 4 cloves garlic - minced
    • 2 carrots - peeled and diced
    • 2 ribs celery - chopped
    • 1 bay leaf - optional
    • 1 teaspoon oregano - optional
    • ½ teaspoon thyme - optional
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • salt to taste
    • 1 ½ teaspoon Chicken soup base - or 2 bouillon cubes (Optional)
    • 1 cup frozen peas - optional, add the last hour of cooking
    • 2 cups froze green beans - optional
    • 1 large russet potato - optional-peeled and diced

    Instructions

    • Use low sodium or sodium-free broth if you want low sodium soup.
      raw chicken breasts and soup ingredients
    • Chop 2 peeled carrots, two ribs of celery, and one medium onion.
      chopped vegetables on a black board
    • Trim and cut two medium skinless boneless chicken breasts into 1-inch cubes.
      cutting chicken breasts into cubes on a black board
    • Add veggies, 2-4 cloves minced garlic, 3 - 14 oz cans low-sodium chicken broth,  1 teaspoon oregano, and ½ teaspoon pepper. If you like thyme, add ½ teaspoon of thyme. Salt to taste. 16 oz package of frozen white corn or green beans for low carb. Add chicken and mix well.
      pouring raw chicken into crock pot of soup
    • Add broth to the crock pot — 3 ½ quart size minimum for the full recipe.
      adding chicken broth to vegetables in crock pot
    • Cook for 7-8 hrs on low or 3-4 hours on high. With about one hour left in cooking, the taste test.  You can add a bit of salt if needed.  If you want more "chicken taste," add some soup base or bouillon cubes.
      ladel of chicken vegetable soup
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. This is low sodium as written, but also many will want to add a bit of salt at serving. I have not included that in the nutrition.
    2. The soup base or chicken bouillon cubes are at add extra chicken taste. It is optional, but I like it. You can wait to near the end of cooking to decide if you are adding it or not.
    3. Fill free to change up the veggies and spices if you want.
    4. As written, this makes about 11 cups of soup, and I'm suggesting a 2 cup serving size since it is "brothy."
    5. The crock pot needs to be 3.5 quarts or bigger as written. A half recipe will fit in a 2-quart crock pot.
    6. It is an easy recipe to cut in half and would fit well in a smaller crock pot but not smaller than 2 quarts.
    7. If you want lower carb or keto, then using green beans instead of corn will decrease the net carbs by 16 per serving.
    8. This is good refrigerated for 3-4 days and frozen for 3-4 months.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Serving : 2 cups | Calories : 183 kcal (9%) | Carbohydrates : 26 g (9%) | Protein : 17 g (34%) | Fat : 3 g (5%) | Saturated Fat : 1 g (5%) | Cholesterol : 24 mg (8%) | Sodium : 272 mg (11%) | Potassium : 724 mg (21%) | Fiber : 3 g (12%) | Sugar : 2 g (2%) | Vitamin A : 3468 IU (69%) | Vitamin C : 10 mg (12%) | Calcium : 41 mg (4%) | Iron : 1 mg (6%)
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Soup
    Cuisine : American

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    Editor Note: This recipe was first published on October 14, 2012. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Melinda Snyder

      August 13, 2019 at 7:36 pm

      4 stars
      I make this all the time. It is the best as is. However, I change it up throughout the winter. I grow fresh oregano and thyme during the summer and use it all winter just for this soup. If I’m feeding a crew I add egg yolk noodles, peas, green beans and Lima beans. It is the shop favorite.
      For home healthy I use better than bullion chicken flavor, and a lower sodium vegetable stock with the extra veggies and no noodle.
      if I’m in a rush and I don’t have time to prep chicken I get a rotisserie, pull it, and throw it in the last 15 minutes. All around the recipe is amazing. I love the flavors, and you can mix it up to keep it from feeling like the same old thing in the house.

      Reply
      • Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

        August 24, 2019 at 5:20 pm

        Hi Melinda,
        Welcome to the blog and sorry for the delayed response.
        I love basic healthy recipes like this that you can just move a few things around in it and have a different soup.
        Glad it is working so well for you and love your changes.
        Thanks for the note and rating.
        Dan

    2. Andrea

      May 03, 2016 at 11:57 am

      Hi! I just made this over night last night... it smells delicious and I am very excited to eat it...however there is a lot floating around in there...looks curdled, but I know that it is not as there is no dairy in there. I still want to eat it...is it OK to eat, and is this supposed to happen? Thank you!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        May 03, 2016 at 5:54 pm

        That is coagulated protein from the chicken breasts cooking. It seems to happen more with older or previously frozen chicken. It looks ugly but it is harmless and has almost not effect on taste. Skim it or ignore it.
        DrDan

    3. Kara

      February 29, 2016 at 9:25 pm

      Good recipe! It's simple yet very tasty. The one thing I didn't like was that the residue of the chicken floats all over the soup. I'm not sure how to handle that. Maybe browning chicken before putting it in crock pot could help.

      Reply
      • DrDan

        February 29, 2016 at 9:37 pm

        Hi Kara,
        My understanding is that it is protein from the cooking so unless you put it in totally cooked, it will probably be present. And that is not a good plan... taking cooked chicken and cooking another 8 hours.

        Thanks for the note.
        DrDan

      • Priscilla

        April 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm

        I always use roast chicken leftover from another meals and add towards end of cooking time. I love recipes that keep it simple and the taste of the basics.

    4. Jean

      November 13, 2015 at 2:23 am

      I'm trying this one.....YUMMY!!!!

      Reply
    5. Mikki Bolt

      March 08, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      I am excited about learning some new recipes.

      Reply
      • DrDan

        March 08, 2015 at 2:16 pm

        Welcome and enjoy yourself.
        DrDan

    6. TrinaT

      December 29, 2013 at 7:28 pm

      Hi!! Im new very new at crockpot cooking! Would there be a way to add wild rice into this? Thanks!!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        December 29, 2013 at 10:22 pm

        I have no good answer. I have never had good luck with rice other than a Minute Rice type. I plan to work with them more this winter ( I already have the rice, just no time yet). At 8 hours of cooking, I don't think it would do well though

        Dan

    7. Lisa Rusczyk

      August 03, 2013 at 5:12 pm

      This is now I make it too! Yum!

      Reply
    8. nbsp

      November 22, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      I'm definitely making this. If you like a little sweetness, you might try parsnips sometime. I just discovered them recently. If you've ever had really good pho...they remind me of its sweetness. Thanks for what looks like a tasty easy recipe that's pretty healthy.

      Reply

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