We love warm comforting crockpot soups, and this soup recipe with lemon, chicken and orzo pasta easily made in your crock pot will hit the spot on those chilly days. So pull out that slow cooker or your crockpot and let’s make a delicious soup.
Crock pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup – A Delicious Slow Cooker Soup Recipe
Any day is a good day for this simple and delicious Crock pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Lemon Soup! Fresh and healthy ingredients make this soup a healthy choice for lunch or dinner.
Skip the canned soups for good and make this budget-friendly tasty soup that is high on nutrients and low on sodium and unwanted ingredients. Buy organic ingredients when possible to have an even healthier soup.
Homemade soups are not just for cold weather. During the summer months when it’s too hot to cook, toss a few ingredients into your crockpot and have a simple nourishing dinner of a bowl of soup served with a healthy tossed salad. Or, have soup as your salvation on those cold winter nights!
Crock pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup – A simple delicious soup to serve any day of the week.
What Ingredients Are Needed for Crockpot Chicken Lemon Soup
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs – 1-1/2 lbs.
- Onion – Yellow Onion works best – 1 medium onion
- Celery – 2 medium stalks – about 3/4 cup
- Garlic – 3-4 cloves
- Orzo pasta – 3/4 cup
- Olive oil – 1 tablespoon
- Carrots – Buy organic carrots if possible – use 3 large
- Chicken broth – 32 oz. carton of organic broth
- Chicken soup base – about 2 teaspoons
- Lemon – 1 large lemon
- Grated Parmesan Cheese to Serve
- Fresh parsley
How to Make Delicious Crock Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- Place the onions and celery on the bottom of the crockpot and drizzle with olive oil.
- Lightly salt and pepper the chicken pieces and lay on top of the onions.
- Add the rest of the ingredients except the pasta and lemon.
- Cook on high for about 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours.
- Turn the crockpot to high.
- Remove chicken pieces and shred with a fork. Place chicken back in the crockpot.
- Add the orzo pasta, lemon and parsley. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes.
Shred the chicken for soup using two forks.
An easy and comforting bowl of lemon Chicken Orzo Soup `- perfect for any season.
- 1-1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 2-1/2 cups chopped carrots (about 4-5 smaller carrots)
- 1 medium onion, chopped fine
- 3/4 cup celery, chopped
- 3/4 cup orzo pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1 32 oz. container chicken broth
- 1-2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons chicken soup base.
- fresh juice from 1/2 of a large lemon
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Place the onions on the bottom of the crockpot and drizzle with olive oil.
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Lightly salt and pepper the chicken pieces and lay on top of the onions.
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Add the rest of the ingredients except the pasta and lemon.
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Cook on high for about 5 hours or low for 7 8.
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Turn the crockpot to high.
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Remove chicken pieces and shred with a fork. Place chicken back in the crockpot.
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Add the noodles, lemon and parsley. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes.
Anything that is less stress is good. Homemade crockpot soup is good. And a slow cooker lemony chicken soup is even better!
Your entire family is going to LOVE this lemon chicken orzo soup made in your crock pot! Even the pickiest eaters!
Throw a few ingredients in your crockpot in the morning, and that evening you have a delicious dinner that everyone will love.
Why we Love Cooking with Chicken Thighs:
We love cooking with chicken thighs in the crockpot because they add so more flavor and are much more less expensive than boneless chicken breasts. Homemade soups save so much money per serving over store bought soups and are much healthier. Try cooking soups with both chicken thighs or boneless chicken breasts and see which one you like better.
Soup Recipe Tips:
- Onions do much better in crockpot soup if you chop them in a food processor or chop them fine with a good sharp knife. Large pieces of onions won’t cook the same as the smaller tiny pieces.
- Always let your garlic “breathe” for 10 minutes after chopping. Let it sit before adding to the soup. And as always, add as much garlic as you like because garlic is very healthy for the body.
- Try to purchase organic carrots.
What To Serve with Your Homemade Crock Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- We love to serve warm rolls with butter that soak up the broth.
- Grilled cheese sandwich
- Add some saltine crackers and a tossed salad.
- Warm biscuits with strawberry jelly
How to Store Leftover Soup:
- Store leftover chicken lemon soup in your refrigerator for about 4-5 days. Keep in an airtight container until ready to reheat.
- Let the soup cool completely before freezing the soup. Pour soup into freezer containers or a freezer bag. Keep in freezer for about 3 months.
Homemade Soups are Very Heathy and Great Family Meals!
We love using tasty and money saving chicken thighs in our soup recipes. Chicken thighs tend to be a better deal for making hearty soups.
Your crock pot chicken orzo noodle soup will turn out delicious, but make sure you know how to pick the healthiest chicken for your soup.
You Will Love Some of Our Other Soup Recipes:
If you love healthy soup recipes as much as we do, you will love our delicious crockpot wedding soup and simple homemade chicken noodle soup and don’t forget yummy black bean and rice soup.
Try our family friendly Greek Chicken Thighs Cooked with Lemon Feta and Orzo Pasta
