There’s something magical about Crock-Pots, right? You combine a bunch of ingredients and plug it in and voilá, you come home to a ready-to-serve meal that not only has infused your kitchen with the scent of something yummy, but probably tastes pretty darn delicious, too. The only problem I’ve found with Crock-Pot cooking is a shortage of recipes. We have a few go-to soups and two amazing chili recipes, but I wanted to expand my recipe repertoire. That, my friends, is how this soup came to be. I wanted something hearty and healthy that was sophisticated enough for grown-up taste buds, but simple enough that the kids would eat it, too. This chicken Florentine soup recipe was a hit on all counts. Another thing I love about it is that most of the ingredients are pantry staples, so you can whip it up without having to run to the store.
Quintessential comfort food, this chicken Florentine soup brings tender, shredded chicken and savory sun-dried tomatoes together with whole wheat egg noodles and spinach in a thick and creamy, almost gravy-like, broth. Better yet? This recipe is perfect for your Crock-pot (slow cooker) and calls only for real food ingredients; you won’t need any of those cream of fill-in-the-blank canned soups. Who’s got your back? Yep, me.
Top each steaming bowl with freshly-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and a generous sprinkling of cracked pepper. I like to serve this with whole wheat yeast rolls, but a crusty baguette would work equally well.
Chicken Florentine soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 oz. sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon Herbes de Provence
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 6 oz. fresh spinach leaves, rinsed and trimmed
- 6 oz. whole wheat egg noodles, uncooked
- Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated (optional) for topping
Instructions
- Place chicken, stock, onion, tomatoes, salt and Herbes de Provence in your Crock-pot and heat on low for six hours.
- Remove the chicken breast from the Crock-pot and, using two forks, shred the chicken. Return to Crock-Pot.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk to combine. Allow the mixture to cook until light golden brown. Slowly whisk in the milk and continue to stir until it becomes thick and creamy. Stir in the wine.
- Change Crock-pot temperature to low. Pour the milk mixture into the Crock-Pot. Add spinach and egg noodles. Continue to cook soup until spinach is wilted, noodles are soft and it is heated through (about 15-20 minutes).
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve topped with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Where would I find Herbs de Provence? This looks yummy!
I bought mine at Sprouts, but I don’t think it’s a terribly out of the ordinary product. I’m pretty sure you won’t have any difficulty finding it. If you do, you could always just sub in a mixture of marjoram, thyme, rosemary and oregano. Enjoy!
Yup …googled it. McCormick has it in their line. We don’t have Sprouts. We do have another store that sells more of a fresh food line. May look into their spices.
Darcie we had this for dinner last night and it was a hit! I subbed kale for the spinach because I happened to have kale. Also added peas and corn. Otherwise I followed it pretty closely and I think it was first time I did a sauce that was flour based in the crock pot. Yummy! When Mike just told me he’s going to have a bowl for breakfast I decided to leave you a comment! Thx for sharing.
I’m so excited to hear that your family enjoyed the soup, Karen! I’m especially happy to hear it because this particular recipe was a Darcie original recipe–meaning I dreamed it up! Thanks for trying it and for coming back to let me know how it turned out! Hope all is well with you and yours.
Yum, thanks for the new recipe! Made this for supper tonight and it was great! I didn’t have Herbes de Provence, so just added basil, oregano and thyme (I wish I would have had rosemary too!). I also subbed grape tomatoes just before serving, due to a lack of sun-dried tomatoes. Bad substitution. :) The flavor was weird with the soup. I told my mom about it and she said, “What? You don’t have sun-dried tomatoes in your pantry? I have failed you.” :)
Love to hear that, Leah! Um, except the unfortunate part about the grape tomatoes. Womp womp. Also: your mom’s humor makes me want to meet her. ;) Stock up, my dear.
Hi the recipe doesn’t appear? Maybe an error?
Sorry about that, Amy. You should be able to see everything now. Thanks for the heads up!
Thank so so much for fixing! Can’t wait to try it!
I’m planning to try this but wondered why the recipe says to change the crockpot temperature to low when adding the milk mixture when the crockpot setting was already at the low setting from cooking the chicken in the first step.