Easiest Chicken and Noodles Ever

Submitted by lauralie41

"I recently adopted this recipe, this is the original description: "This recipe came with my crockpot when I bought it. It's the easiest thing in the world to make. I take the skin off most of the pieces of the chicken except the wings because that's just too much work for me. You can use regular dried egg noodles but I prefer the frozen ones"."

 

• Ready In: 9hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 -4 lbs chicken, cut into pieces and skin removed (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 cups water
• 12 ounces egg noodles, frozen

directions

1. Place chicken in crock pot, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and add water.
2. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours or high 4 to 5 hours.
3. Remove chicken from crockpot and place on platter.
4. Turn crockpot to high (if not there already) and add noodles.
5. Debone and dice chicken into small pieces. Stir chicken into noodles and broth. Cook 30 to 45 minutes more on high, stirring occasionally.

Reviews

[mrsmagoo]

I was very disappointed with this recipe. The noodles didn't cook in the time listed in the recipe and when I cooked them longer, they just ended up sticky. I'll stick with the old fashioned way of making my noodles.

 

[Papa D 1946-2012]

This is a good base recipe for Chicken and Noodles. As others commented I used chicken stock in place of the water and added some celery, carrots and onion. I also cooked the dried noodles separately and added them after thickening the sauce with cornstarch. This is great comfort food! *Made for Photo Swap #8 January 2010*

 

[IndianaNana]

Mine turned out like chicken noodle soup without the liquid. My noodles were mushy and my husband didn't like it. It had a good taste but my liquid (there wasn't very much) needed thickening. I used chicken broth and it smelled so good all day while the chicken cooked. I added celery and onion at the beginning and then added a can of mixed vegetables at the end. I won't make it again. Thanks for the recipe though.

 

[Burned Toast]

This was great and much easier than my old chicken and noodles recipe! I used leftover Costco rotisserie chicken (the best there is), so it was already cooked. I also did this on a stovetop using one pot. I warmed the chicken in 2 cans of chicken broth until heated through. I took the chicken out with a slotted spoon and set it aside. I added 2 cups of cold water and let it come to a hard boil before adding the frozen noodles. Once they were well on their way, I put the chicken back in, added the salt and pepper to the broth and left it all to cook for the 20 minutes indicated on the noodle package. I also put in 2 T cornstarch mixed with 4 T cold water with 5 minutes left. That thickened it immediately, so I put it down to low. The salt and pepper was all this recipe needed. It was perfect! Once again, my son said I was the best cook in the world. I took all the credit, sorry ;) Thanks for making me look so good!!

 

[Berts Kitchen Witch]

We really enjoyed this. I used chicken broth in place of the water, and added some diced onion and garlic.This was the first time that I used frozen noodles instead of dried. Much better!! My DH especially liked this. It reminded him of the way his grandma did Chicken and Noodles. Thanks Lauralie41, for a keeper!