Slow cooker chicken soup

Name: Slow cooker chicken soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Ingredients: 1 onion finely chopped; 2 celery sticks, finely chopped; 2 carrots chopped into 1.5cm pieces; 2 leeks halved and sliced; 1 bay leaf and 3 thyme sprigs, tied together; 1 whole medium chicken (about 1.4kg); 2l chicken stock; 1 lemon juiced; ½ small bunch of dill or parsley, finely chopped; crusty bread to serve (optional)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:8h

Pop the ingredients for this chicken soup into the slow cooker in the morning, and it will be ready by dinner time. Add noodles at the end, if you like

Updated at: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:56:54 GMT