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!
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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
- Chicken Spaghetti
- One-Pan Creamy Zucchini Pasta
- Teriyaki Chicken
- One-Pan Chicken Enchilada Skillet
- One-Pan Mexican Chicken and Rice
- Egg Roll In a Bowl
- One-Pan Monterey Chicken Pasta
- One-Pot Bacon Broccoli Pasta
- Teriyaki Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice
- One-Pan Baked Ziti Skillet
- One-Pan Chicken and Spinach Orzo
Chicken Noodle Skillet
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Notes
*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.
I love this for a quick weekday lunch or supper! Add a 1/2 cup parm. Cheese and 2 good handfuls of mozzarella cheese to make a family approved Alfredo.
Thank you!
Yum! This was fantastic! Followed the recipe exactly as written, wouldn’t change a thing. Love your recipes!
Can you use frozen vegetables?
Yes!
This is so good. We used to buy a Kraft®️ packaged chicken noodle dinner when the kids were young. Kraft no longer makes it. Because it is just 2 of us now I cut the recipe in half. Only modifications were I used salted butter, no chicken, and added 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon. (We serve it as a side dish). We ate it all. So good. This is a repeat.
Thank you!
This was delicious! I mixed in 1/3 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese at the end because I love cheese. This is definitely going in my dinner meal rotation. Thanks!
Parmesan cheese is always good
Thanks for another easy delicious meal Christy. I just love your Spinach Artichoke pasta ♥️
Thank you!
Do you add the noodles cooked or uncooked
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!
This was so easy & very delicious!
Directions simple to follow . We will definitely make this again.
Thank yoU!
As other people said, 5 minutes is not long enough for the carrots. I recommend cooking them on med-hi for 10-15 minutes, add the onions and cook for 5 more minutes, tossing in the garlic after 4. Other than that, this recipe tastes great from a dutch oven and goes well with mashed potatoes
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Not sure how sauteing veggies in medium-low heat for five minutes makes it soft. Maybe it’s a typo or they forgot to change the heat setting?
Guess my stove runs hot. That’s plenty of time for mine but you can add more.
This was easy to make and tasted so comforting and very good. My husband loved it!😊
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
You’re welcome!
I made it with frozen tex mix (had peppers,black beans and corn) it was delicious and had no leftovers
Good to hear!
I’m doing most of the meal prep now, I’m the 76 yo husband of 73 yo little woman. This August we celebrate 52 wonderful years together. Unfortunately she has beginning stage of memory loss or whatever. She’s getting treatment but cant do much in the kitchen. She picked out this dish because we have some leftovers of rotisserie chicken.
And thanks in advance for everyone’s kind words and prayers.
oh kenneth what a sweet couple you are. You are kind to cook for her and care for your sweetheart!
Follow the recipe exactly came out great five stars going to use leftovers to make pot pie filling tomorrow
Great idea!
This was fantastic as written! Thanks for a quick weeknight meal that also does not break the bank. And just a tip… 2 cans (14.5 oz) of chicken stock/broth equals the 3 1/2 cups needed. Saves a measuring cup next time. Thanks.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
I also made the egg roll in a bowl and we both went back for seconds. thank you for your recipes and hope all is well.
Thank you Sharon. We are hanging in there.
I’ve made this twice in two weeks and it came out even better the second time when I cut it in half. Thanks for the site!
This was really good! I made some changes since we are vegetarian (used veggie chicken and veggie chicken broth). This came out really good and my family loved it! Thanks!
So glad you liked it!
I made the Chicken Noodle Skillet dish for dinner tonight. I followed the recipe exactly as posted and it was very easy to make. My family loved it. I will definitely make this again!!!
So glad you liked it!
Any advice for a heavy cream alternative? We’re lactose intolerant 🙁
Any of the plant-based milks work great, I personally prefer the coconut (it won’t taste like coconut).
Sure! Coconut milk, almond milk would work.
I used lactose free milk instead of cream. We added some Parmesan cheese at the end. We all loved it and will be making it again!
Pure comfort in a bowl! I like to make this with leftover chicken. It is simple and so good! I like it as written but might try to add more spices next time. So good!
Thanks!
I have been searching for an egg noodle and chicken dish for years and used to try and wing it, with so-so results. This recipe is perfect! I made this twice, and wow, both times, it was fantastic! Thankfully I had to share with my family; otherwise, I would’ve eaten the whole dish by myself. Re: the woman who reconstructed this recipe; I think it was just plain rude and insensitive to post her version of this recipe. Everybody tweaks recipes; because of tastes, diet restrictions, etc., but, in my opinion, she was saying “look at my recipe, it’s much better”. She needs to create her own web site to post her fabulous recipes! Thank you, Christy, this recipe is a keeper!
Aww thank you Lynn! That’s kind of you.
I just made this tonight and it was DELICIOUS! I had leftover seasoned chicken breast from the instant pot this weekend, so I used that and just added a bit of thyme and sage when cooking the veggies. Definitely making this one again; it beats out cream of chicken hands down!
Thyme and sage are magical together.
This was a delicious dish that my entire family devoured. I doubled it for our family of six so that we would have some leftovers for my husband to take to work. This dish definitely needs some more seasonings such as thyme, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder. But it is an excellent recipe. Very simple.
Thank you. Yes you can add more seasonings to taste!
Great recipe! Just added some extra seasoning while cooking the broth/veggies. Thyme, salt, and bay leaf. Used Amish wide noodles and thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for such an easy dinner recipe!
You are welcome!
I just made this. It was a hit! Great method . Such a time saver! Awsome receipe!
It’s a good easy one.
I used KFC thighs and wings pulled off the bone. I added the whole bag 16 oz of egg noodles. With a tsp of cilantro, a tsp of herbs de provenance, and a can of cream of chicken soup filled with a can of milk. Then diced in 1″ of ginger.
Glad it worked out for you!
I made a few changes – added some frozen peas, used fat free half and half instead of cream, added half a can of cream of mushroom soup, and omitted garlic. I also grated some sharp American cheese, put in a casserole dish, and topped with crushed butter crackers. Baked for 30 minutes and it is absolutely amazing! My family devoured it!
So, you made a completely different recipe but felt the need to comment here??
Hahaha
Ha that’s exactly what I was thinking. Hate when people do this
Ok and? They made alterations to the recipe….do you never alter a recipe?
I actually appreciate Sally’s comment because it gave me another way to try this awesome recipe. I’ve made it the original way and added extra seasoning, it was phenomenal! Thanks Christy!
You’re welcome!
Omg I made this for dinner tonight with leftover chicken I had ! It was so good!! And so easy!!!thank you!
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
This is excellent. A big hit with the kids!!
My kids loved it too!
Super easy and delicious
Thank you!
I made this tonight and it was delicious! All three of my kids cleared their plates with two of them asking for a second helping. My husband also gave it two thumbs up and said it had really good flavor. I love finding meals like this that do not require cream of ick soup and requires one pot. Thank you for sharing this and I am so glad I found it. It’s definitely a keeper!
I made this tonight and it was a hit with the family! Delicious!! I had rotisserie chicken, the veggies, and I threw in some fresh broccoli during the noodle cooking phase. I did add a 1/2 tsp. of nutmeg and a tsp. of low sodium chicken better than bullion so I didn’t have to add extra salt. Comfort food to the max! Thank you!
Awesome to hear that!
Got home from work exhausted. Enchilada plans went out the window. Looked at what we had and made it work. Used evaporated milk instead and it turmed out well. My pickiest eater (a vegetariab by exclusion), asked for seconds!!!!! Thank you, it was perfect!
I’m so happy to win a picky eater over!
Made this today and it was a hit! I am just starting to learn how to cook and I’m glad I stumbled across this recipe. Thank you! It sure was delicious. My husband always complains that my other foods don’t have much flavor lol This was def satisfying to him!
Awesome! That makes me happy!
My husband says the same thing. Now I’m going to cook this tonight!
Great recipe…my husband asked for seconds… Will definitely make again…
Thank you….
You’re welcome!
I’ve had this recipe saved for quite some time and made it last night because I needed a quick dinner that didn’t involve pizza. It was a total hit with my family!
I’m so glad to hear that Sandra!
Tried this tonight; it was delicious! I’m saving it to my recipe box. Easy and inexpensive to make, will definitely make again. Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome!
I love this recipe so much. I found it via Pinterest and made it for the first time about a month ago and just made again last night. It’s good, and all 4 kids eat it (even if they pick out the celery, haha). I will definitely now be checking out your other recipes. 😍
Thank you!
Thank you! We got home an hour after our normal dinner time. The kids were starving. I was exhausted, there was no way I was going to the store. Pinterest led me to your recipe. I had everything to whip this up. My VERY picky kids LOVED it. We have one who won’t eat onions for texture issues. I just cut it into VERY large hunks, and picked it out for her. There was none left. This one is a keeper (and way better than any canned soup recipe).
oh, and all I had was canned chicken. Worked great (but I bet rotisserie would be better!).
Awesome. Glad I could help.
This is the second time I have fixed this. I put fresh baby bellas in after the garlic. We love mushrooms! It’s a great recipe!
Thank you Jan!
I meant to say I do not have egg noodles can I use macaroni noodles or rice instead ?
Sure!
I do have egg noddles can I use macaroni noodles or rice in its place ?
I’m not sure on cooking time for rice but the nacaroni should be the same.
This was easy and amazing. I made this tonight with the frozen noodles. The noodle cook time was a little longer using frozen so I ended up adding more broth and cream. No big deal. The was a hit with the entire family. My adult daughter was on the phone during prep and she’s making it tomorrow! Thanks so much!
So glad you approve!
Would this be similar to the chicken and noodles served over mashed potatoes like at Bob Evans?
I’ve made this several times, and it has been delicious each time! I added peas a couple of times. Tonight’s addition was mushrooms. I only use 1/4 cup of half-and-half instead of the cream to cut down on the fat. I think the dish could accommodate any herb. It is easy to cook and to clean up after. Thanks!
Delicious! Thank you.
You’re welcome!
This was easy and so very yum! My son didn’t want chicken and noodles but said he’d eat some if it tasted good. LOL He went back for seconds and maybe thirds. I had purchased a rotisserie chicken the day before at a different store and it was so dry. No one wanted it…I told them I could make it moist if I put in a casserole. So viola! I found yours and it was really great and the icing on top of the cake was that it was easy! Thanks so much for sharing.
Love that I could help in a small way.
Really good! Made as written, just added a little spice per our taste. And I added some fresh spinach.
Thank you!
Can this recipe be made then froze?
I haven’t tried it? But I think you could.
Made this for dinner last night because my boyfriend loves chicken noodle soup, but he always leaves the broth. We added a ton of rotisserie chicken and substituted half and half instead of the cream, since I had that on hand. We stuffed our faces last night, and I just gobbled up the leftovers for lunch, and I wish there was more! Creamy and delicious. We will definitely be making this again and again 🙂
Ohhh I love hearing that so much.
Made this tonight and it was fabulous!! I will be making this again, Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome!
I made this tonight. Super easy and super delish!! Family loved it. This is my 4th recipe I have tried from you. Loved them all!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them.
I see a new cookbook in my future! haha
Aww. That’s so sweet. Thank you Tammy.
Great recipe! We had a ton of leftover smoked chicken and nothing else in the house during a snow storm! I decided to give this recipe a try, thinking in the back of my mind that I would not like it because it reminded me of tuna noodle casserole. It was so much better!! I had 2.5 bowls!! Don’t judge me, my lunch wasn’t good so I was starving! I unfortunately didn’t have celery but thankfully that did not make a huge difference, it still tasted excellent. I bet it will be even better once I add celery. And just to make a note I did not change a single thing and it was perfect.
Thank you for the quick, easy recipe!
Oh Abbie, thank you!!!
I made this recipe tonight. You are right it did only take 20 minutes and that included washing and cutting the vegetables! It was delicious! I used the frozen noodles too. Yum! Thank you!
I bet the frozen noodles were the bomb!
This was a huge hit with my extremely picky son! Only thing I did different was add a little rosemary. This is a definite keeper if I can get him to eat it thank you 🙂
You’re welcome!
Turned out great! Thanks for an easy weeknight recipe.
You’re welcome!
I don’t have a rotisserie chicken – so was just going to cook some up and shred it to put in. How much would yield 1 1/2 cups – a pound maybe??
Yes. I think that’s about right. That’s what I would do.
Can you add green peas instead of carrots to this?
Or in addition to it. For sure!
How many people does this recipe feed?
It feeds 4-6 depending on your eaters. It fed my 5 kids and husband. Probably 4 adults.
This was delicious! Definetly comfort food 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it!
My husband is the same way! If there isn’t meat, then it isn’t a meal! One day he will learn to love vegetables…or so I hope. Looking forward to trying your skillet recipe. 🙂
Thank you!
oh wow this looks amazing!
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Thank you!
This was a staple in our house when I was growing up.
Ooh really? Thought I made it up.
I am sure you did make it up…I have made a version of this for years but yours sounds much better! Mine is just chicken, broth and egg nodles, I bet the woman that made throriginal comment is referring to that version also. I can’t wait to try your version…sounds magnificent! Keep up the great work!
You thought you made it up? that’s funny. Campbells has had this recipe out for decades, except it calls for a can of cream of chicken soup instead of canned broth plus flour.
There’s no way I copied their recipe because I have no idea what their recipe is.
Sounds delicious! Plus I love the fact that it doesn’t require dirtying up a bunch of pans!! Perfect for a busy weeknight dinner. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
XO – Sarah
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Thank yoU!
Looks great! I’ll try it with Italian egg noodles – been dying to try them out for a while
This chicken noodle skillet looks yummy. We are all pasta fans in our house. I absolutely love that this is a one pan dish. Fa recipe thanks. Sammie.
You’re welcome!