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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.

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!

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.

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 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.

Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Soup steps

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 it 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!

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!

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!

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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!

Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Soup with Quinoa and Squash

Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours 40 minutes

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

  1. Combine chicken, onion, quinoa, squash, sage, pepper, and chicken stock in a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker.
  2. Cook for four hours on high. Remove chicken, shred, and return to soup.
  3. 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:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 of 8
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 539Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 405mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 18gSugar: 14gProtein: 46g

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© Rachel Gurk
Cuisine: American / Category: Soups and Stews
Verdict: I loved this comforting fall soup. I typically buy no salt added chicken stock so I needed to add a fair amount of salt to this when it finished cooking – make sure to taste yours and season accordingly!
Husband’s take: He loves this slow cooker creamy chicken soup! It’s hearty, thick, and filling – just how he likes his soup.
Changes I would make: None are necessary. But it would be delicious topped with some crumbled cooked bacon. Why is that I always recommend adding bacon to things?
Difficulty: Easy.

Disclosure: I have been compensated by Milk Means More for my time to develop this recipe and write this post. All opinions are as always, my own. Find out more about why Milk Means More on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest.