Thankfully, according to Punxsutawney Phil, I have four more weeks to share some super cozy winter recipes with all of you before spring arrives!
There’s something about winter that makes me want to stay in, wear my slippers, and alternate between eating soup and drinking hot chocolate all day long! {anyone else with me?!} đ This Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup is one of my husband’s favorite meals! He always gets super excited when he walks in the door and smells it cooking! It’s one of my favorites too because it literally takes a total of 10 minutes of prep work to make.
There are so many things to love about this lightened-up Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup! It is SUPER duper easy, is made from scratch and it’s gluten-free! Yes that’s right folks, no gross canned cream soup needed for this delicious recipe! Only pure, wholesome ingredients you can feel good about feeding to your family!
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup: Method/Substitutions
Method
Start by making the creamy chicken soup base from scratch, which is SUPER easy! Then toss all the ingredients into the slow cooker, mix in the soup and cook on high for 6 hours! That’s all folks. I’m serious when I say a recipe couldn’t be more simple to toss together!
In the last hour of cooking, if you want your soup to thicken a bit, simply rotate the lid so there are some “gaps” where the steam can escape and stir occasionally. Once the Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup has reached your desired thickness, place the lid back on or serve!
Substitutions
As always I recommend making the recipe exactly as written! But here are a few possible substitutions!
Flour:Â You can use a gluten-free all-purpose flour mix or regular all-purpose flour! I have used both with excellent results!
Chicken Bullion:  Better Than Bullion paste imparts the best flavor. If you need to sub powdered or cubed bullion you can. You may also just use chicken broth!
Frozen Veggies: One of the things I LOVE about this recipe is the minimal prep required. Tossing a bag of frozen mixed vegetables into the pot is SO easy, but if you’d prefer to use fresh you absolutely can.
Red Potatoes:Â Feel free to use your favorite potato here! I have used baby red and Yukon gold with great results!
Milk: I highly recommend using 2% milk, however you may use a combination of 2%, whole, or half and half! I do not recommend 1% or Skim.
Ingredients
- 2 LBS boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 cups red potatoes, cubed
- 1 bag frozen vegetables
- 2½ cups boiling water
- 3 TBS chicken bouillon paste
- 1 ½ cups 2% milk
- ž cup gluten-free all-purpose flour (or regular all purpose flour)
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp sea salt (or to taste)
- Âź tsp freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Grease the container of your large slow cooker. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
- Add milk and whisk until combined, set aside.
- In a 4-quart pan over medium heat, boil water.
- Add 3 TBS bouillon and whisk until dissolved.
- Add milk/dry ingredient mixture to boiling water/bouillon.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick, set aside.
- Add diced chicken breasts, cubed potatoes and frozen veggies to the pot of your slow cooker.
- Pour soup mixture into crock pot and stir to combine.
- Cook on high for 6 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Towards the end of cooking, if you notice your mixture isnât thickening, turn the lid so thereâs a little crack where steam can escape. Letting the moisture out as it finishes cooking will thicken it up!
- Serve warm!
This Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup is totally my kind of recipe right now. Fast, easy, delicious and nutritious. Thanks to being 32 weeks pregnant, I have almost zero desire to spend lots of time in the kitchen. #everythinghurts #babynumber4 đ Not that I’m complaining, because I love being pregnant…I just don’t love cooking when I’m pregnant! LOL! SO any meal that only takes 10 minutes of my time is absolutely wonderful!
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This looks so good! Can you make this in a pot if you don’t have a slow cooker?
Thank you!
Vanessa
Hey Vesna! I have totally made it in a pot! Here’s how: fully cook chicken (I boil mine in broth and then shred it but you can sautĂŠ it or just use a rotisserie chicken), set aside. Cut up potatoes and microwave for 6-10 minutes (until soft). Make the creamy soup base according to the instructions (in a large pot), add chicken, veggies and potatoes. Mix and cook on low until everything is cooked according to your liking! Make sure you stir it every now and then! Sometimes I omit the potatoes if I’m cooking on the stovetop to save time! đ
I LOVE chicken pot pie; I hope we get more winter too, because Colorado desperately needs moisture. It amazes me and reminds me just how we depend on God and His mercy.
This soup sounds like the essence of comfort food; so so yummy.
We love chicken pot pie around here too! đ
Now this is nourishment! I’ve been looking for more crockpot recipes and this looks so easy to adapt for two and for dairy-free!
I was going to ask you on Facebook…how would you adapt it to be dairy-free?
Oh man, I need a big bowl of this comfort food right now! It’s been a frustrating week over here and I just want to curl up on my couch under a blanket with this yumminess! Bonus that the slow cooker does all the work for me!
I’m TOTALLY with you Jen! Bring on all the comfort food (which in my case, is brownies lol)! With the snow falling outside this is the perfect meal for today!
Looks like a delicious comforting meal. We’re suppose to get a huge snowstorm so I was all prepared to make some comfort food but looks like it’s down graded not that it means I can’t still make it.
What a brilliant idea! I’ve never seen a Chicken Pot Pie Soup before. I definitely need this in my life đ
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What a delicious lightened-up version of a classic in soup form no less!! Genius! I could eat on this all week and be a happy girl!
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Why hello there comfort food! This soup is so creative, I love chicken pot pie and haven’t had it in YEARS! Pinning this for later đ
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It definitely is comfort food! đ
What a fun way to have chicken pot pie! Definitely want to give this a try!
You will love it! đ
What a beautiful recipe, Chicken Pot Pie will always remind me of my Grandma <3 Can't wait to try this slow cooker version!
I love recipes that remind you of loved ones! So great!
Oh my! How did I miss this last week. Looks amazing – so comforting and in a crock pot no less.
Yes! Crockpot for the win!