GLUTEN FREE SLOW COOKER SOUP RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, chicken thighs, diced tomatoes, onion, carrots, water, celery, garlic, basil leaves, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes in a slow cooker. Stir well and cover.
• Cook on Low until chicken is tender and flavors combine, about 7 hours. Stir to break up chicken. Add frozen vegetables and rice. Cover and cook on High until rice is tender, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Place chicken in 7-qt. crockpot and cover with water.
• Sprinkle very generously with salt and pepper.
• Cook on high about 6 hours until chicken is cooked thoroughly.
• After about four hours, add carrots, celery, onion, parsley and salt and pepper to crockpot.
• Continue cooking an additional two hours until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken from pot to debone.
• Add an additional quart or two of water to the crockpot – enough to bring the chicken broth level to about 2-3 inches below the surface.
• Carrots and celery should be fork tender by now.
• Add fettuccine noodles broken into fourths.
• Cover and continue cooking while deboning the chicken.
• Debone chicken.
• Remove fat, gristle and bones and discard.
• Shred remaining chicken pieces into bowl. Mine equaled about 8 cups of shredded chicken.
• Add shredded chicken.
• Stir into crockpot and continue cooking until noodles are cooked through. My noodles took about 20-30 minutes.
• Check soup for seasonings. Add more salt, pepper and fresh parsley, to taste.