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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I made this gluten-free for my husband the last time he was sick and we both LOVED it. I printed it and am adding it to our staple recipes! Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad you loved it, Amy!! Hope everyone is feeling better, and thank you so much for your recipe rating!
Another addition is to add chopped up cabbage (not coleslaw). I add it at the very end about 5 minutes before it’s done. You could add noodles too, but I often don’t and my family loves it. It’s just one more way to add more veggies and cut back on carbs.
definitely 5 star recipe – many thanks!
I’m so glad you loved the recipe, Louise!
I am going to try this with chickpea pasta and see how it goes and may even omit the chicken since it will have the added protein. Perfect for when the pantry is looking bare.
100% – I just made it last night with everything we had in the fridge and pantry – such a good one. I hope you enjoy, Rebecca!
This is the best, Have been making it for 8 years
I love to hear it, Kathy! Thanks so much for your note!
What brand of GF pasta do you use? Thanks!
For soups like this I like to use a corn/rice blend pasta like Barilla GF. I find brown rice noodles keep absorbing liquid and so they can get soggy/break down. :)
Enjoy reading the comments. Plan to make the soup later today. I’ve been searching for a simple and delicious chicken noodle soup and this one looks like it’s just want I’ve been looking for!
Perfect!! I hope you love it, Karen!
Chicken broth or stock and does it matter?
I prefer stock because it has more flavor, but both work!
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.
BTW I wish you would do videos again on YouTube. I know those take a lot of time to produce but I enjoyed them.
Lastly, do you ever add a little lemon juice to this soup for a little kick?
Thank you, Brad, I completely agree! And stay turned for more videos. :)
If I do add lemon juice to this dish, I usually switch the pasta to GF orzo (or regular if you don’t need to eat GF), add chopped baby spinach, and an egg whisked with parmesan cheese swirled in at the end!
Question
So I’ve been making chicken soup in a vast variety and quantity for decades. My question is when you cook noodles in the soup it tastes amazing but the next reheat they are a mess. Any suggestions for that? It happens with rice too. Like way over cooked.
Thanks!
Deb
Hi Deb! You can decrease the amount of broth called for in this recipe then cook the noodles/rice separate and combine them in a bowl when you’re ready to eat.
LOVE THIS. Have made it several times. Any reason why your seasoned salt isn’t in this one?
Love to hear that!! I created this recipe before the seasoning salt, which is the only reason why it’s not listed. I need to go back and edit it because I do always use it when making this soup!
This soup is absolutely amazing we made it many times last winter. We are still in the heat of summer and my husband is asking me to make more for the freezer. I make the soup as in the recipe but don’t put noodles in it yet. I freeze in individual serving size . When We are ready to eat take one out of the freezer and put in pan to simmer add your individual serving size of broken spaghetti and simmer until noodles are done. I also freeze individual servings of cooked rice and instead of noodles add that to the soup for chicken and rice. Very versatile and delicious!
This soup is amazing and has become a staple for our family in colder weather or when we are sick. Simple, easy and delicious! A good chicken noodle soup recipe is like a little black dress… never goes out of style and something you’ll keep in your arensal forever! Thank you!
100% So glad you love this recipe, Jenna! It is good for just about any occasion!