If you love Crack Chicken, you’re going to love this homemade Crack Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe! The mix of cheese, bacon, and ranch in this comforting homemade soup is perfect on a chilly day. This is healthy Crack Chicken Soup, so you won’t feel bad about saving the leftovers to eat all week!
Making crack chicken noodle soup in the Instant Pot:
1) Turn the Instant Pot to saute and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots, chicken, pepper, dill, and parsley.
2) Saute for about 5 minutes until most of the chicken is no longer pink on the outside.
3) Turn the Instant Pot off then add the bell pepper and zucchini. Break the brown rice noodles in half and scatter them over the chicken and vegetables.
4) Pour the chicken broth into the Instant Pot.
5) Close the lid and turn the pressure valve to sealing. Cook on high pressure using “manual” or “pressure cook” for 2 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally.
6) Remove the lid. While the soup is still hot mix in the cooked bacon bits, Greek yogurt, and cheese. Sit the soup for a couple minutes until the yogurt is mix and the cheese is completely melted.
7) Serve hot garnished with cheese, bacon, salt and parsley if desired.
21 Day Fix Container Counts:
Entire Recipe: 8 red containers, 6 yellow containers, 3 blue containers, 7 green containers
Per 1 1/4 cup serving: 1 1/4 red containers, 1 yellow container, 1/2 blue container, and just over 1 green container.
Weight Watchers: 5 Blue Plan Points | 8 Green Plan Points | 2 Purple Plan Points with fat free cheese and fat free Greek yogurt
Making crack chicken soup in the Crockpot:
1) For the slow cooker it is best to use the whole chicken breast not cut into bite sized pieces.
2) Combine the ingredients in the slow cooker insert except the noodles, cheese, and bacon bits.
3) Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook 3-4 hours on high heat and 5-6 hours on low heat.
4) About 10 minutes before you are ready to serve the soup, cook the noodles on the stove following the directions on the box.
5) Remove the lid on the slow cooker and mix in the cooked noodles, bacon, and cheese. Garnish, serve, and enjoy!
Can I make crack chicken soup on the stove?
Yep, you sure can!
1) Heat a Dutch oven or stock pot on the stove with the olive oil on high heat. When the oil is hot add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots, chicken, pepper, dill, and parsley. You can use the whole chicken breast if cooking on the stove, it doesn’t need to be cut.
2) Saute for about 2 minutes to brown the chicken so that it doesn’t stick together.
3) Add the bell pepper, zucchini, and broth. Bring the soup to a boil then cover the reduce heat to medium low. Let the soup simmer for 15-20 minutes
4) During the last couple minutes of cooking remove the lid and add the brown rice noodle.
5) Mix in the bacon, Greek yogurt, and cheese. Continue to cook for 2-3 minutes until the brown rice noodles are done. Serve hot.
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Crack Chicken Soup Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs chicken breast defrosted and cut into bite sized pieces
- 6 oz spaghetti noodles whole wheat or brown rice, 6 oz dry
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 8 slices turkey bacon cooked and chopped
- 1 small onion diced, about 1 cup
- 3 carrots about 1 cup; peeled and chopped
- 1 zucchini about 2 cups; sliced in half moons
- 3 celery about 2 cups; chopped
- 1 bell pepper about 1 cup; yellow, chopped
- 6 cups chicken broth low sodium
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt plain, 2%
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp dill
Optional ingredients: cheese, bacon, salt and parsley
Instructions
Instant Pot:
- Turn the Instant Pot to saute and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots, chicken, pepper, dill, and parsley.
- Saute for about 5 minutes, until most of the chicken is no longer pink on the outside.
- Turn the Instant Pot off then add the bell pepper and zucchini. Break the brown rice noodles in half and scatter them over the chicken and vegetables.
- Pour the chicken broth into the Instant Pot.
- Close the lid and turn the pressure valve to sealing. Cook on high pressure using "manual" or "pressure cook" for 2 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally.
- Remove the lid. While the soup is still hot mix in the cooked bacon bits, Greek yogurt, and cheese. Let the soup for a couple minutes until the yogurt is mixed and the cheese is completely melted.
- Serve hot, garnished with cheese, bacon, and parsley if desired.
Stovetop:
- Heat a Dutch oven or stock pot on the stove with the olive oil on high heat. When the oil is hot add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots, chicken, pepper, dill, and parsley. *You can use the whole chicken breast if cooking on the stove, it doesn't need to be cut.
- Saute for about 2 minutes to brown the chicken so that it doesn't stick together.
- Add the bell pepper, zucchini, and broth. Bring the soup to a boil then cover the reduce heat to medium low. Let the soup simmer for 15-20 minutes
- During the last couple minutes of cooking remove the lid and add the brown rice noodle.
- Mix in the bacon, Greek yogurt, and cheese. Continue to cook for 2-3 minutes until the brown rice noodles are done. Serve hot.
Slow Cooker:
- *For the slow cooker it is best to use the whole chicken breast not cut into bite sized pieces.
- Combine the ingredients in the slow cooker insert except the noodles, cheese, and bacon bits.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook 3-4 hours on high heat and 5-6 hours on low heat.
- About 10 minutes before you are ready to serve the soup, cook the noodles on the stove following the directions on the box.
- Remove the lid on the slow cooker and mix in the cooked noodles, bacon, and cheese. Garnish, serve, and enjoy!
What a fabulous idea! And I love that it is 21 day fix compliant as well!
Thanks so much! I hope you love it!
This soup looks so comforting and delicious!
It really is! We love it.
I made this soup and there was a significant amount of soup more than the 6- 1 1/4 cup servings. Is there something I could have done wrong?
Is it mostly broth that is left?
Made this tonight ! So delicious! I didn’t add the bacon just because my daughter doesn’t like it. And also added a sprig of thyme and rosemary. So good !
Yay!!