Penne Chicken Soup
August 28, 2015
Enjoy this comforting bowl of Penne Chicken Soup. It’s like grandmas but better.
School started for us this past Monday with one going into Kindergarten and the other one attending early preschool classes. The kids come home bursting with excitement and then it slowly dwindles down after dinner. The cries start right after this once they realize that they are more exhausted than what they let on.
Now as parents we all just wait for the first sniffles, cold symptoms and other sicknesses that lurk around all kids at school. This is where this Penne Chicken Soup will come in handy. Think classic Chicken Noodle Soup except with a twist on the noodles.
In fact I think the kids enjoyed this soup more because of the different noodles used for this recipe. Both kids and my husband enjoyed this dish and were asking for seconds. It’s always a good sign when you are serving soup over pizza and everyone wants more of the dish.
This Penne Chicken Soup is perfect as a freezer meal and is best served with warm cornbread or toasted rustic bread.
*Tip – Add more water to mixture before you freeze if you notice that the liquid is running low.
ENJOY ~ Meagan
Penne Chicken Soup
Ingredients
- 7 cups water, divided
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1 1/2 cups chopped baby carrots
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 rotisserie chicken, chopped
- 2 1/2 cups penne pasta
Instructions
Add 6 cups of water and chicken stock to a large pot and bring to a boil. Add salt and bouillon cube and stir until dissolved. Stir in the celery, baby carrots and Italian seasoning and cook on high for 20 minutes. Add chicken and cook on simmer for 1 hour.
Bring the pot back up to a boil and stir in penne pasta and one cup of water. Cook until tender and then add to bowl before serving.
Leave a Reply
These were EXACTLY out thoughts as well when we saw your photos Meagan! This is soup is PERFECT if you catch a cold. Hearty, filling, wonderful flavors. Excellent work.
Thank you for sharing it. Yummed!
Greetings from Athens,
Panos and Mirella
Great points throughout. Penne Chicken Soup especially caught my attention. If readers here need professional photos for their profiles, AI Photo Spark (https://www.aiphotospark.com) offers an easy solution — upload a selfie, pick a style, done.
Delicious! This is such a healing soup- love the penne 🙂
I am not looking forward to school starting tomorrow for our girls. What a perfect soup to come home to, comforting and delicious!
Love the looks of this soup!! I hope everything is going well with you all and school is off to a great start!
mmmm soup is the ultimate in comfort-this recipe is perfect for the impending fall weather!
Fall is ALMOST here and I’m so excited to officially be in soup season!
I do like such simple and comforting meal! Bright carrot rounds make a lovely touch! 🙂
This soup is delicious. I added some shredded ginger and some Lipton cuppa soups to a large batch of this. Tastes fantastic !!!! Thank you for sharing this!
Have you thought about adding a cuppa these balls in your soup?
Chicken penne soup requires simple but high-quality ingredients. Good chicken is the basis of everything, its taste sets the tone. Fresh vegetables are a must: carrots, celery, onions – they make the broth rich. And penne pasta adds satiety and texture. Don’t forget about spices: bay leaf, pepper, a little garlic for flavor. All this can be easily found at the hannaford , and the soup turns out cozy and warming. An ideal option for a family dinner!
I love how your Penne Chicken Soup combines comfort with a healthy twist! It’s such a great example of using accessible ingredients to create something nourishing. As someone who appreciates the balance of flavor and health in meals, I see parallels with my own work at Monkey Mart, where simplicity meets creativity in food management. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe!
Children are processing millions of routines and social cues, like playing The Freak Circus and learning new rules, so it’s perfectly understandable that they come home energized until dinner is served. You’re doing a great job helping them navigate those evening tantrums. Congratulations on those early bedtimes and a smoother transition next week!