Gluten free Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup is ready in under 30 minutes and made with fridge and pantry staples. The recipe has been in my family for generations!
“I’ve tried several different GF chicken noodle soup recipes. Yours by far is the best! It’s really simple and delicious. I think sometimes people try to make this soup too complicated. Less is more. Great job.”
My Mom got hit with the flu a couple weeks ago and the second I hung up the phone with her sounding weak as a kitten I sprang into action making a huge pot of Gluten Free Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup from memory, which I delivered less than an hour later to her doorstep.
Actually, I can’t say it’s my recipe. It’s actually my Mom’s, which she got from her Mom (aka my Grandma)!
That’s right, this Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup is so good that the recipe has been handed down through three generations. It’s the most simple homemade chicken noodle soup you could ever imagine, ready in 30 minutes, made with fridge and pantry staples, and soothes the achy/sick/sad soul.
Super easy to make gluten-free, too!
Watch How to Make It
We ate this soup every time we visited my Grandparent’s house in Ohio – no matter the time of year, my Grandma always had a pot of this on the stove when we arrived.
No fresh herbs, no fuss – just everyday ingredients coming together to create one of the best bowls of soup on the planet.
Like a little black dress, everyone needs a go-to, committed to memory, Chicken Noodle Soup recipe to pull out at a moment’s notice, and I hope this will become yours. It’s one of my all-time favorite soup recipe here on IGE, and we truly make it on repeat all year long (soup season is all seasons, if you ask me!)
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How to Make Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Start by heating butter and olive oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, and onion or shallot, season with homemade seasoned salt and pepper, then saute until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add minced garlic then saute for 1 more minute.
If I’m making this soup for someone who’s under the weather I’ll usually double up on the butter to make it extra decadent and comforting. It’s the right thing to do.
Next add chicken stock – homemade Chicken Stock if you can swing it! – then turn the heat up and bring to a boil.
Meanwhile, chop chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces, season with salt and pepper, then add to the boiling chicken broth RAW along with gluten free pasta.
My Grandma always added spaghetti noodles broken in half to her soup. Isn’t that great? I’ve used pretty much every pasta shape under the sun in this soup over the years, but for these photos I broke gluten free spaghetti into small pieces in honor of my Grandma.
Thinly sliced Gluten Free Egg Noodles are an excellent choice too!
Turn the heat down to medium then simmer until the pasta is cooked through. The chicken should be perfectly cooked by that point too. Ladle the steamy soup into bowls then devour. Like I said, simple and soul-satisfying!
More Cozy Soup Recipes
- Gluten Free Lasagna Soup
- Chicken Stew
- Loaded Baked Potato Soup
- Pastina Soup
- Crock Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
- Hamburger Soup
- Chicken and Rice Soup
- Italian Wedding Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 large or 2 medium carrots, peeled then thinly sliced
- 1 rib celery, sliced
- 1 shallot or 1/2 small onion, chopped
- salt and pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 64 oz chicken stock, plus more for reheating
- 1 chicken breast, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 8 oz gluten free spaghetti, or any short-cut pasta, broken into pieces
Directions
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large soup pot or Dutch Oven over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, and shallot, season with salt and pepper, then saute until tender, 10 minutes. Add garlic then saute for 1 more minute. Add chicken broth then bring to a boil.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper then add to boiling chicken broth RAW along with the pasta. Turn heat down to medium then simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is cooked through. Taste then adjust salt and pepper if necessary and then serve.
Notes
- Add more chicken broth when reheating as noodles will continue to soak up broth.
Nutrition
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Sorry, I forgot to mention I make my mother 1 or 2 kinds of soup per month in my previous email. She favors my split pea soup, the wild rice with rotisserie chicken soup and I have a feeling she is going to request this chicken noodle soup in the rotation. This is the second time in our family history that we celebrate 5 generations of all ladies!
I am so happy I came across this recipe. In the Fall of the year my soon to be 95 year young mother gives me a generous check to make her one or two types of soup during the colder months here in the Midwest. It is such a simple but delicious soup though I do use rotisserie chicken and the juices plus my favorite spices like parsley, bay leaf, basil, thyme, rosemary or a bit of Italian seasoning. The gluten free spaghetti means I can sample some too! I plan to make this yummy soup again very soon.
Hi Kristin,
What a great soup! My husband & I both said “Yum” with the first spoonful. I have been making my mom’s Chicken Noodle Soup recipe for years, which we have always loved, but I think your recipe will be the new go to Chicken Noodle Soup recipe for us. Thanks!
Can you freeze this before adding the noodles? Curious because this would help out a lot when kiddos are sick and I can thaw and add noodles when needed.
Love the recipe, broth, chicken and vegetables all turn out great, but spaghetti noodles (pasta) are to slippery for soup, like trying to eat spaghetti soup, even with the noodles broken into smaller pieces, noodles constantly slipping off your spoon. I recommend using some type of egg noodles for a stickier noodle, I also added 3 bouillon cubes, Chicken, Herb and Spices to kick up the chicken flavor. You can purchase gluten free egg noodles, but some people can’t have egg products, so consider this before changing. Otherwise great recipe base to modify to your liking.
I love this recipe. If you want to make it just slightly more flavorful, and make them wonder what’s in there, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder. don’t add more than a teaspoon, or it takes over. But a smidgen of curry powder adds an aromatic flare that keeps them wanting more to try and taste what in the world you put in there.
I made this using chicken thighs and brown rice noodles. Whole family loved it. I loved it because it was quick and easy to prepare with a short list of ingredients that produced a comforting and satisfying supper.
I know how to make chicken soup I want to know where to buy GF pasta for the soup
I made this tonight and my picky eaters really enjoyed it! It’s a great recipe. I’m sorry about your grandmother. She seemed like a wonderful person.
I have been making this chicken noodle recipe all throughout college. I have a little one on the way and plan on making this for my family for years to come. It is absolutely delicious. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
This was great!! Just started gluten free. But you have been a bright and shining light!! Your recipes look like the food we were raised in and eat!! Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It’s very good!
I’m home sick today and nothing sounded appetizing to eat except chicken noodle soup but I can’t do canned so I’m so thankful for this easy delicious recipe. Just finished my first bowl. Yum!
I hope you feel better soon!!