Delicious Crock-Pot Chicken Carrot “Noodle” Soup!
Ingredients
- 8 cups chicken broth/stock
- 1 cup celery, sliced
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme, or 2 tsp fresh thyme
- 2-2.5 lbs bone-in chicken breasts, or 3-4 large boneless chicken breasts (bone-in creates more flavor)
- 2.5 cups shredded thin carrot "noodles", use a mandolin, a veggie peeler, or a Spiralizer to create curly carrot "noodles" from peeled, large carrots
Instructions
- In 4-1/2 to 6-quart slow-cooker, add broth, celery, onions, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme.
- Then add raw chicken.
- Cover slow cooker.
- Cook on low 8-10 hours or high 4-5 hours.
- Transfer cooked chicken to cutting board. Remove bay leaves from soup.
- Add carrot "noodles" to slow-cooker; cover with lid and cook 30 additional minutes.
- While carrot "noodles" cook, remove and discard, fat and bones from chicken; chop meat to bite size pieces.
- Skim and remove fat from the top of the soup.
- Stir chicken back into the soup, and serve.
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