Creamy Chicken Soup

Our Creamy Chicken Soup is brimming with fresh vegetables and flavor. Evaporated milk gives this homemade soup its creamy texture.

Creamy Chicken Soup

Our Creamy Chicken Soup is the perfect cold weather comfort food. This recipe comes together in just minutes and is hearty and indulgent with its creamy texture.

It’s time to put down that can of soup and make your own homemade cream of chicken soup.

Our homemade chicken soup recipe will be ready and on your table in about 30 minutes. So really now, why open that can of soup when you can have a creamy vegetable chicken soup made with fresh ingredients?

Aromatic fresh vegetables cook to delicious tenderness and add lots of texture and flavor.

A can of evaporated milk adds to the creamy deliciousness of this recipe.

When every spoonful is bursting with the goodness of fresh vegetables, chicken and lots of flavor, your tastebuds will be dancing the happy dance!

I make this creamy chicken vegetable soup with rotisserie chicken but if you have any leftover cooked chicken on hand you can always use that chicken instead.

I also shredded rotisserie chicken but you can chop the chicken if you prefer.

Any way you make it, this cream of chicken soup with vegetables will quickly become your family loved chicken soup recipe!

May I suggest another chicken soup recipe for you? Our Avocado Lime Chicken Soup is a twist on the traditional chicken soup you know and love. But trust me, you're going to love this chicken soup too!

It's time for a hooray cheer for soup season!

If you love soup as much as I do, you’ll definitely want to check out all of our easy homemade soup recipes here at Swirls.

And if you love this creamy soup then you might want to also check out our Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe too!

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Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Serve this soup in bread bowls
• Top bowls of soup with our homemade croutons
• Add chopped potato when cooking the vegetables
• Stir in ½ cup cooked rice when you add the chicken
• This soup is so thick and creamy and will be delicious when served over a baked potato

Substitutions

• Substitute dried basil for the dried Italian seasoning
• Substitute any leftover cooked chicken for the rotisserie chicken
• Substitute ½ teaspoon salt for the 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• For a richer soup you can use half and half in place of the evaporated milk
• Substitute leftover turkey for the chicken and you'll have yourself a leftover turkey recipe for the holidays!

How to make homemade cream of chicken soup

Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below

1. Heat oil in a medium saucepot.
2. Add onion, carrots, celery, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender crisp.
3. In a bowl combine evaporated milk and flour, stirring until smooth.
4. Stir the evaporated milk mixture and chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Boil until soup begins to thicken.
5. Reduce heat to low and stir in chicken.
6. Simmer until heated through and vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
7. Stir in parsley.

What to serve with chicken soup

• Top soup with homemade croutons
• Serve with a wedge salad
• Serve your bowl of soup with an easy homemade bread

Cream of chicken soup ingredients

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• olive oil
• onion
• carrots
• celery
• dried Italian seasoning
• kosher salt
• pepper
• canned evaporated milk
• flour
• chicken broth
• cooked chicken
• parsley

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5 from 9 votes

Creamy Chicken Soup

Our Creamy Chicken Soup is the perfect cold weather comfort food. This recipe comes together in just minutes and is hearty and indulgent with its creamy texture.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword cream of chicken soup, creamy chicken soup, creamy chicken soup recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 232kcal

Author Gwynn Galvin

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Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• ½ cup chopped celery
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
• 1/3 cup flour
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley

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Instructions

• Heat oil in a medium saucepot.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender crisp, about 7 minutes.
• In a bowl combine evaporated milk and flour, stirring until smooth.
• Stir the evaporated milk mixture and chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute or until soup begins to thicken.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in chicken.
• Simmer until heated through and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in parsley.

Notes

Yield: 6 cups/4 servings

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Serve this soup in bread bowls
• Top bowls of soup with our homemade croutons
• Add chopped potato when cooking the vegetables
• Stir in ½ cup cooked rice when you add the chicken
• This soup is so thick and creamy and will be delicious when served over a baked potato

Substitutions

• Substitute dried basil for the dried Italian seasoning
• Substitute cooked chicken for the rotisserie chicken
• Substitute ½ teaspoon salt for the 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• For a richer soup you can use half and half in place of the evaporated milk

 

Nutrition

Calories: 232kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 1530mg | Potassium: 575mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 5616IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2mg