This Slow Cooker Sicilian Chicken Soup cooks all day; with a peppery broth, fresh vegetables, and tender chicken, this is comfort served in a bowl.
Prep Time15mins
Cook Time8hrs
Total Time8hrs15mins
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 10
Calories: 251kcal
Author: Sandra
Ingredients
2chicken breasts
8cupswater
4heaping tablespoonschicken base
1yellow onionfinely chopped
4celery ribsdiced
3carrotsdiced
1red bell pepperdiced
2medium russet potatoespeeled and diced
14.5ouncesdiced tomatoes
1/2cupfresh flat-leaf Italian parsley
5garlic cloveschopped, I use my garlic press
Kosher salt and black pepperto taste
1/2poundditalini pastacooked and set aside
2cupsshredded asiago or parmesan cheese
Instructions
In slow cooker add chicken breasts, water, chicken base, onion, celery, carrots, potatoes, diced tomatoes with their juices, garlic, parsley, 2 teaspoons salt and pepper.
Cook on high for 6 hours, remove chicken breasts and shred, place back in soup and bake another 2 hours.
At the end of 8 hours, use a potato masher, mash the soup around a few times, letting some of the potatoes get a little smashed. I don’t try too hard on this, I just mash 2-3 times and call it good. Add noodles to the slow cooker and season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
Serve with 1/4 cup of sharp cheese on top, we like Asiago and parmesan.
**We actually like to serve the serve the soup with the noodles on the side, letting each person add the amount of noodles they want.*
Notes
Recipe adapted from Carrabba's Italian Grill Recipes from Around Our Family Table