Since school started over a month ago, I’m been using my crock pot about twice a week now for dinner time meals. And why wouldn’t I? The weather is getting colder, everyone is coming home at different times, and it’s so stinkin’ easy to take 5 minutes out of my day to toss a few items in the crock pot for a hot dinner everyone likes.
If you haven’t dusted yours off yet from storing it all summer, now is your chance. This recipe for Italian Chicken Pasta Soup rocks. And seriously, it takes only 5 minutes to prepare.
Ingredients {adapted from Betty Crocker}
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts {I used frozen}
1 medium carrot, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup pitted ripe olives, cut in half
2 cloves garlic, minced
48 ounces chicken broth
2 cups tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup uncooked small shell pasta { I used mini bow tie pasta}
1 teaspoon Italian seasonings {I used McCormick’s blend}
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Place all of the ingredients in a large crock pot, stir, cover, and cook on the low setting for 8 hours or on the high setting for 4 hours. About 20 minutes before serving the soup, use two forks to shred the chicken in the crock pot. Add pasta, stir and continue to cook in the crock pot for 20 minutes or until the pasta is tender {be careful not to overcook it}. Ladle soup in to bowls and serve.
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Brandi says
Definitely going to give it a try!
Kathy says
Now I know what to do with the rest of the chicken I didn’t use today! Thanks Mavis.
My poor crock pot, I use it all the time, chili, taco soup, chicken soup, spaghetti sauce, I even used it to cook down tomatoes last year to can. This time of year it gets used to make apple butter. Lots and lots of apple butter.
I think it’s going to have a nervous breakdown if I use it a third day in a row this week!
Lynn says
This past Saturday I made two of your recipes…the peanut butter banana bread and the chicken tortilla soup…both were amazing! My family turned their nose up at the pb banana bread until I had them try it…and they were hooked. And the soup…it tasted great on Saturday and even better today for lunch! Thanks for the great recipes.
Susan says
I made the Baked French Toast on Sunday. Delicious!!!!
mamalala says
I made this too. It was yummy!
Tera says
This is in the crock-pot right now! I was wanting chicken noodle soup, but a little different. This is perfect. I hope it’s yummy 🙂 Thanks for the recipe. Oh, I also have a loaf of bread in the breadmaker!!!
Jamie says
I made this tonight for dinner and it was good! Thanks for the ridiculously quick and easy meal idea!
Mavis says
You are welcome! I’m so glad you liked it. 🙂
Heather says
Thanks for the great dinner recipe… in fact thanks for sharing all your recipes and canning ideas. This year we expanded our home canning to include some of your recipes or recipes others have left on your blog. The peach cobbler jam is flying off my shelves.
In fact at work there are a group of us that follow your blog… and you are lovingly known as our friend. So today when my friend at work asked what I made for dinner my response was… “You know MY friend Mavis gave me this great recipe for a crock pot soup and that is what I started before work…”
So to my dear friend who I have never met… Thank you. I know get reclaimed veggies, garden like crazy, am part of a food coop, barter with friends for a variety of items, can like crazy
(can’t wait for the brandy cherries) and have a different outlook on food and the family budget.
Thank you and God Bless.