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Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Soup with Quinoa

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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 11/07/2016Updated: 06/14/2021

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This slow cooker creamy chicken soup is healthy, hearty, and so very easy to make. You'll love its fall flavors and nutritious ingredients. Get the easy slow cooker recipe on RachelCooks.com!

This slow cooker creamy chicken soup is healthy, hearty, and so very easy to make. You’ll love its fall flavors and nutritious ingredients.

Front view of soup in blue mug with spoon on wood slice.

I’m not stopping with the fall soup recipes. Although it has been unseasonably warm in Michigan lately (not complaining!), these warm and cozy soups still warm and comfort me as I look out the window and see leaves of orange, red, and yellow falling gently onto the grass.

You know what else is comforting? Putting dinner in the slow cooker and not having to think about it again until I’m happily shoveling it into my mouth.

Soup in blue mug with spoon.

This creamy chicken soup couldn’t be easier to make (especially if you use frozen cubed butternut squash like I did!). All the ingredients go into the slow cooker uncooked — raw chicken, uncooked quinoa, raw onion, uncooked squash — your slow cooker does all the magic work here.

Collage of 5 photos showing the process of making this chicken soup.

When it’s finished cooking, all that’s left to do is shred the chicken, add the half and half, season with salt and pepper, and then enjoy a delicious bowl of slow cooker creamy chicken soup!

Serve a bowl of steaming soup with a slice of this homemade no-knead whole wheat bread or cheesy bread. Your house will smell so good, warm bread baking and delicious soup simmering.  You’ll probably attract the neighbors and have guests for dinner!

Soup in blue mug with crockpot, squash, and pepper/salt mills in background.

Creamy soups sometimes get a bad reputation for being high in calories but it’s not necessarily true (and my readers certainly can’t get enough of the creamy chicken and wild rice soup on Rachel Cooks). A little half and half (with cornstarch stirred into it) mixed into this slow cooker creamy chicken soup is all it takes to give this soup a creamy, silky consistency. You guys are going to love it!

Want more soup? Try:

  • Crockpot Pumpkin Soup — so easy and creamy!
  • Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon
  • Copycat Panera Squash Soup
  • Chicken Barley Soup with Squash and Kale
  • Creamy Turkey Soup with Quinoa
  • Slow Cooker 5 Ingredient Green Enchilada Soup
  • Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup with Tortellini
  • Chicken Tortellini Soup with Kale and Pesto

Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

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Recipe

Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Soup with Quinoa and Squash

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Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 4 hrs 30 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins
8 servings
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This slow cooker creamy chicken soup is healthy, hearty, and so very easy to make. You’ll love its fall flavors and nutritious ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced (about 3/4 cup)
  • 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
  • 4-5 cups diced butternut squash (20 ounces), fresh or frozen
  • 1 teaspoon dried sage
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper (more to taste)
  • 4 cups (32 ounces) chicken stock, no salt added
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Combine chicken, onion, quinoa, squash, sage, pepper, and chicken stock in a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker.
  • Cook for four hours on high. Remove chicken, shred, and return to soup.
  • In a small bowl, mix together half and half and cornstarch. Slowly stir into soup, cover and cook for 30 minutes longer. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

Notes

  • In an effort to make this recipe as easy as possible, I used frozen butternut squash cubes when testing the recipe. If you use fresh, you might find that the cubes hold their shape better. The frozen squash cubes disintegrate and become part of the broth/base which thickens the soup and makes it slightly sweet.
  • If you’d prefer, you can use heavy cream for a richer soup instead of half & half.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1of 8, Calories: 539kcal, Carbohydrates: 71g, Protein: 46g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 111mg, Sodium: 405mg, Fiber: 18g, Sugar: 14g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. Kara Plantinga says

    October 19, 2019 at 9:23 am

    This was so quick and easy to make – especially because I used frozen squash cubes. It is a great fall soup. Delicious, filling and healthy.

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      October 20, 2019 at 1:42 pm

      Great shortcut! Glad you liked it!

      Reply
  2. Ericka says

    January 12, 2017 at 11:48 pm

    So glad I came across this recipe! I’ve been looking for easy meals that I can freeze and reheat when I’m too tired to cook after my baby girl arrives. I think this will be one of those meals! I used full-fat coconut milk instead of half and half for a dairy-free alternative.

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  3. DessertForTwo says

    November 11, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    I’m so into this!

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  4. Megan @ MegUnprocessed says

    November 9, 2016 at 7:36 pm

    That squash looks delicious – great photo!

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  5. Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says

    November 9, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    This looks so good and hearty!  Can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
  6. Liz says

    November 8, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    Such a wonderful autumnal soup! I love that you added quinoa, too!

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  7. Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says

    November 8, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    Looks so good! Can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
  8. Sues says

    November 7, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    What a glorious soup! Sometimes I feel pretty “meh” about soup, but when they’re packed full of goodies like this one is, I am totally on board.

    Reply

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