Our Creamy Chicken Soup is brimming with fresh vegetables and flavor. Evaporated milk gives this homemade soup its creamy texture.
It’s time to put down that can of soup and make your own homemade cream of chicken soup.
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Creamy Chicken Soup
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.
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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How to make homemade cream of chicken soup
Scroll down for the full chicken soup with evaporated milk recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Heat oil in a medium saucepot.
- Add onion, carrots, celery, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender crisp.
- 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 until soup begins to thicken.
- Reduce heat to low and stir in chicken.
- Simmer until heated through and vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in parsley.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Serve this creamy chicken 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!
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
- olive oil
- onion
- carrots
- celery
- dried Italian seasoning
- kosher salt
- pepper
- canned evaporated milk
- flour
- chicken broth
- cooked chicken
- parsley
Easy Chicken Soup Recipes
- Chicken Orzo Soup
- Chicken Lentil Soup
- Cheesy Chicken Corn Chowder from Life, Love and Good Food
- Thai Green Curry Chicken Soup from Damn Delicious
Creamy Chicken Soup Recipe
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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
- 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
- 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
I love how creamy this chicken soup is. Perfect comfort food for winter!
A creamy soup warms the soul!
This chicken soup is perfectly creamy and so flavorful. A total bowl of comfort and was exactly what I was craving. Thank you!!
Such a wonderfully comforting soup! That texture sounds fantastic and I love how easily it all comes together.
Looks like a soup I need to add to my menu for next week. Yum!
chicken soup is perfect for the winter!
Definitely! chicken soup warms the body and the soul!
You'll be happy you did Jill! Enjoy!
Fantastic soup. Two changes - used Better then Bouillon for the chicken broth with 4 cups of water and used cream instead of canned milk. Oh - and I also diced all of the veggies. Thanks for posting this recipe. Great soup for a cold, foggy days.
I made this soup the other night - so delicious! Love all the flavors and colors in this soup! My family requested to make this recipe again!
I'm so happy to hear that you and your family loved this recipe! Happy cooking Liz!
Sounds like your changes were good ones! So happy that you enjoyed this recipe Kathi!
Love how this chicken soup has turned out. It looks so yummy! Plus the creaminess of the sauce makes it so enticing and tempting! Loved it!
Such an easy, creamy, and delicious soup to prepare for tonight's dinner.
I love it!
This soups sounds like a perfect fall recipe! We have some cooler weather coming up, so excited to make it soon!
We live in an RV full-time, and do a great deal of pantry cooking. Made this with 2 cans chicken breast drained, small bags of frozen California blend and one of just broccoli cut into smaller pieces, used up a handful of baby reds cut into small pieces, chopped onion, garlic, and a splash of cooking Sherry. Seasoned with S/P, Italian seasoning, Thyme, Rosemary. It was awesome!!
I LOVED this recipe soo much! I used Costco rotisserie chicken. I posted your link/recipe on the local Costco FB group I'm in!
I'm so happy to hear that you love this recipe Carrie! It's one of my favorites too. And thank you so much for sharing the recipe in the Facebook group! Happy cooking, GG
This sounds wonderful. I love homemade soup. I'm going to try this with turkey and turkey broth. Hope for the best!
I hope you enjoy it. I think it will be delicious with turkey and turkey broth!
Great recipe using ingredients most people already have. Exactly what I was looking for. I added fresh broccoli at the same time as the chicken.
Oh, broccoli is a delicious addition to this creamy soup!
This a great recipe! It's flavorful and easy to make with ingredients most everyone has on-hand. The only thing I'll do differently next time is to stir in the flour near the end of sauteing the vegetables and cook it to eliminate The raw flour taste. It wasn't off-putting, but cooked would have given the soup a more pleasant taste and texture.
Thank you for your feedback and I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the recipe. Regarding the raw flour taste, bringing the mixture to a boil and then simmering for ten minutes, or until the vegetables are tender, as mentioned in the recipe should be enough time to cook off any raw flour taste but I do like your suggestion of adding te flour to the vegetables! Happy cooking!
I adjusted the recipe to make it in a slow cooker. Halved the chicken stock and used raw chicken. On high for 3hrs. Added some Ditalini pasta 30 mins before the end. Very comforting and filling. I'll be making this lots!
Now that sounds delicious!