Dinner Tonight - Ooey Gooey Chicken and Noodles

As the weather gets colder, I love to make soups and warm ooey, gooey comfort food. One of those comfort foods for me is Chicken and Noodles. I've made this recipe a couple different ways, but my favorite is the crock pot because it is SO easy! The original recipe came from this Pinterest post but I've adjusted it to my liking.

Crock Pot Chicken and Noodles

2 to 4 Chicken Breasts - I do less because it's cheaper and I don't love a TON of meat 
1 box (32 oz) Chicken broth
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1/2 stick butter

frozen egg noodles OR German spaetzle noodles 

(My husband and I prefer the spaetzle noodles, but I can't always find them at a good price. It is usually a holiday item at Aldi but you can also find them in the world food aisle at Meijer.)

Place the chicken, broth, cream of chicken soup, and butter in the crock pot. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8-10. (I usually put things in the crock pot around nap time so I'm usually cooking things on high)

When the chicken is done - pull it out and shred it and throw it back in, and add the noodles 20-30 minutes before you are ready to eat if you are using the Spaetzle noodles or an hour or 2 before you eat if you're using frozen. Make sure to keep an eye on the noodles, because every crock pot is different and I've over cooked mine!


I've also made this recipe over the stove top when I didn't have a crock pot on hand or when I just didn't realize what I wanted to eat until an hour before dinner time :)

Stove Top Directions: 

Drizzle some oil in a large pan and add chicken to the pan (I cut the chicken up when cooking it this way). Cook until no longer pink - about 15 minutes. Add broth and cream of chicken and butter to the cooked chicken and stir. Add noodles once the liquid is simmering, cook on med/low for 20 minutes or until noodles are done. If you are using the frozen noodles you may need to cook longer.

I'm serving this with Mashed Potatoes tonight and I can't wait! If you want to add veggies, feel free to add peas to it or broccoli as a side. But tonight on this cold fall night, I'm sticking with the basic starches!