Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

This is a fairly easy, simple recipe. I make it when I want something warm to come home to, already finished. It's not particularly amazing, but I like to make it because it's pretty mindless and easy and you can add things to it to spice it up (there are lots of different spice combinations you can add for different flavors). Mostly I just love chicken soup- it's so comforting.

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup



3 chicken drumsticks (you can use chicken breasts, but chicken drumsticks add a really rich chicken flavor to the dish)
1/2 yellow onion diced. Sauté until tender in some oil in a small pan. (I omit this if I have no onion)
2 red potatoes, cut into large chunks (or any kind of potato)
3 stalks celery diced
2 large carrots diced (or equivalent baby carrots cut in half)
3 cans Swanson chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken
2 tsp pepper
1 tsp oregano
salt to taste
1/2 package broad egg noodles

Cook the drumsticks in the microwave (or you can boil them, but the microwave is fast; I put them in large bowl with a tiny bit of water and cook for 5-6 minutes until juices run clear) Then pull the chicken of the bones. Mix broth and cream of chicken together in crock pot with whisk. Add all the ingredients to crock pot except the noodles. Cook 2-3 hours on high (till potatoes are tender) or 6-8 hours on low. When the soup is finished, boil the noodles in separate pot. Drain and add to the crockpot. Eat and enjoy! Yum.