Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet
This Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet is a family friendly chicken recipe that can be made in under 20 minutes all in one pan! This has chicken, carrots, celery, onion, and noodles all in one dinner!
This Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet was originally posted in 2016.
CREAMY CHICKEN NOODLE SKILLET
As I was making this Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet the phrase “Necessity is the Mother of Invention” kept running through my mind. It was Sunday night, I had nothing on the dinner menu, and I really wanted to make something that my kids wouldn’t whine about.
First thought, pasta. Who doesn’t like pasta? Second thought, veggies. I have to have veggies with every meal to make myself feel better about life. Third thought, protein. If the meal doesn’t have protein in it my husband doesn’t consider it a meal. I know he’s not a kid (or is he?), but I didn’t want him whining either (ha, he never would…I kid).
Ta da! Chicken Noodle Skillet thingy.
I mean I could have made this Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, but we had soup the night before so…
You start off with the trinity: celery, onion, carrots. It’s the base of most soups for a reason. It’s flavor and comfort. It’s the smell you remember from your mom’s kitchen. I couldn’t start this recipe without it.
The beauty of this dish is it’s all cooked in one pan! One dish to do. Can I get an amen? And if you’re feeling ambitious and want to make your own noodles, that would be over the top amazing.
ONE-PAN DINNERS:
- One-Pan Cheesy, Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice
- One-Pan Creamy Zucchini Pasta
- One-Pan Chicken Enchilada Skillet
- One-Pan Mexican Chicken and Rice
- One-Pan Monterey Chicken Pasta
- One-Pot Bacon Broccoli Pasta
- One-Pan Baked Ziti Skillet
- One-Pan Chicken and Spinach Orzo
Chicken Noodle Skillet
This Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet has chicken, carrots, celery, onion, and noodles all in one dinner!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup chopped carrot
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (milk can be substituted)
- 6 ounces wide egg noodles (about 3 3/4 cups)
- 1 1/2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken works well here)
Instructions
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In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the carrot, celery, and onion. Sautee in the butter until veggies are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for about 30-60 seconds.
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Add the flour and cook for about 3 minutes or until mixture is thick. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth and cream and bring the heat up to medium-high. Add the egg noodles and cook for 5-7 minutes or until noodles are soft.
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Add the chicken to the noodles for the last minute or two of cooking to heat the chicken through. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Ways to make this easier:
1) Use minced garlic from a jar. It's great to have on hand.
2) Use frozen celery and carrot vegetable mix.
3) Use frozen onion. They sell diced frozen onion in bags so you can use it when you need it.
*The noodles will soak up the liquid the longer it cooks so you can add milk or chicken broth to thin it out if you need to.
*You can also use any pasta you have but egg noodles definitely cook the fastest so you may need more liquid and more time to cook if you use other pasta. Frozen egg noodles are amazing in this. They are in the frozen section next to frozen dough.
Do you add the noodles cooked or uncooked
Really good, reminds me of my mom’s only maybe better because I like the carrots. I added peas and mushrooms toward the end.
This chicken noodle skillet recipe is easy fast and delicious. Perfect for those nights you need something to throw together, quickly. Plus the kiddos will love it. It’s a keeper for me. Thank you for sharing the recipe!!
Was looking for a way to use leftover rotisserie chicken and found your delicious skillet chicken casserole and my family loves it. Will definitely be adding to our rotation!! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you!
This is a delicious dish. My husband is having surgery and I am making recipes to freeze in advance. Will this freeze well? If so, any suggestions in terms of how to cook from frozen? Thanks!
You can freeze it. I would let thaw and then reheat on the stove adding additional chicken broth if it dries out.
This was good. I didn’t have celery, so I added peas. I used fresh garlic and threw in some shredded Parmesan. I like it when I already have the ingredients on hand!
Sounds great!
Wow this was absolutely fantastic. Such comfort food. Will 100000% be making this over and over!
hi christy…made the skillet chicken…it was very good…forgot to get celery… i LOVE old age! lol so added red bells and a little parmesan instead of adding salt…I’ll make this again, next time with celery…maybe 🤷♂️
The celery makes it! Please try it again.
Can you crockpott this?
I haven’t tried it. I’ll have to see.
Super easy to make and get on the table in a hurry. Followed recipe but didn’t have cream so used 1% milk. We felt it needed more seasoning so I must not have salt & peppered enough. Will make again. Thank you!
You’re welcome.
Super yummy! It’s chicken noodle soup but in pasta form! Was a quick fix with what I had in the kitchen. Didn’t have heavy cream, so I used milk and added a spoonful of sour cream to add the creamyness!
Hello, I made this recipe with macaroni pasta because I wasn’t sure what wide egg noodles are, is that pasta? We really loved this recipe!
Hey that works too!
Made THIS supper for the first time last weekend and both my girls LOVED it! When the picky one had her first bite and said “I would pick this for my birthday supper!” I knew this was going into the supper rotation AND she packed it in her thermos for lunch the next day, haha!!! Double win: supper win and packed lunch win! Thank you for another great recipe in the never ending quest of what’s for supper?!
Aw that means the world to me. Thank you!
Made this tonight. Quick, tasty, and easy. I added a handful of shredded parmesan that I had.
This was delicious! I will share this with friends and family!