Everyone should have a slow cooker chicken vegetable soup recipe in their recipe arsenal. 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.






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.


PREPARATION

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.






INGREDIENTS

1 pound (455g) boneless skinless chicken breast
1 medium carrot, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 small 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 or sea salt
additional salt and pepper, to taste (optional)
minced parsley for garnish (optional)



NUTRITION INFORMATION

Serving Size: 1 (422 g)     Servings Per Recipe: 6


Calories 167.2    Calories from Fat 59 36%    Total Fat 6.6 g 10%    Saturated Fat 3.1 g 15%    Cholesterol 10.3 mg 3%    Sodium 1263.3 mg 52%    Total Carbohydrate 20.1 g 6%    Dietary Fiber 3.3 g 13%    Sugars 5.6 g 22%    Protein 9 g 17%