This chicken and pasta soup is comforting, simple to make and delicious. Serve it with avocado and lime wedges on the side.
I have been sick all week with a bad cold and cough. Whenever I am sick I miss my mom’s chicken noodle soup, but since she is not here to make it for me, I had to make it for myself. What’s better than a warm bowl of chicken soup when it’s cold outside and you don’t feel good? Nothing, 🙂 This sopa de pollo y pasta was absolutely delicious.
Ingredients You'll Need
The printable recipe with exact amounts and cooking directions is below.
Chicken: You can use drumsticks or chicken breast.
Stock: Chicken broth or stock.
Vegetables: Potato, carrots, peas, onion and garlic.
Pasta: Spaguetti or angel hair.
Spices: Cumin, Achiote or color
Herbs: Cilantro or parsley.
This chicken and pasta soup is the best for when you have a cold, or if you want something easy to eat during the week. It's perfect for lunch , dinner or appetizer.
Cook Notes
Store leftovers in the fridge in a sealed container up to 3 days. Add more chicken broth before reheating if the soup looks dry.
I like to serve my chicken noodle soup with avocado and lime juice for extra bright flavor.
How to Make Chicken Noodle Soup
Place the chicken in a medium pot and add the chicken stock. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the pasta and cilantro.
Cook for about 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is completely tender. Remove the chicken from the pot and take the meat off the bone. Discard the bones and set the meat aside.
Add the pasta and cilantro to the soup. Cook for about 8 minutes more. Return the chicken to the pot and serve hot with lime and avocado on the side
Homemade Chicken Soup Recipes to Try
Chicken and Pasta Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 chicken drumsticks bone in and skin off
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 1 medium potato peeled and diced
- ½ cup diced carrots
- ½ cup peas
- ½ cup spaguetti or angel hair pasta broken in small pieces
- ¼ cup finely chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon Achiote or color
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- Lime and avocado for serving
Instructions
- Place the chicken in a medium pot and add the chicken stock. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the pasta and cilantro.
- Cook for about 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is completely tender. Remove the chicken from the pot and take the meat off the bone. Discard the bones and set the meat aside.
- Add the pasta and cilantro to the soup. Cook for about 8 minutes more. Return the chicken to the pot and serve hot with lime and avocado on the side.
Helena
I made this soup tonight and it came out Amazing although made my own variation with scallions(very Colombian), small potatoes, big egg noodles, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, parsley, fresh garlic, cilantro, avocado, fresh onions, and no broth because it destroys my stomach hence why I put so many herbs in it myself and of course with lots of good quality salt & pepper!
Mark
Delicious! Added about a cup of chopped spinach I had frozen, and a couple packets of Goya Sazon w achiote in place of the achiote. tablespoon of cumin, cuz we love cumin & added a tablespoon of oregano.
Mark
I also used Zucchini pasta . My wife (from Santa Marta) loved it
Anonymous
yum yum
Alan Bowman
Greetings from Spain and Feliz Año Nuevo
This is much like Sopa Picadillo that we have here, which uses fideo (angel hair pasta,) a chopped hard-boiled egg and either pieces of cooked chicken or pieces of jamon iberico (Iberian ham). The starch may be replaced (according to taste) by pieces of boiled potato or large croutons. It is my first choice as a starter when eating out as is arroz con leche as a dessert.
Chelsie
Fantastic as always!!! Your recipes never fail me! I married into a Colombian family and you sure help make me look good! 🙂 Thanks so much for doing what you do!!!
carmen
just love this website. thanks for the wonderful colombian recipes.
Jeanette
This looks beautiful, with the achiote and cilantro, how special. Thank you for the recipe.
Amelia
This look great but what if I dont have achiote or coloring? Will it still come out just as good? I have the sazon goya with azafran and without? will that work? Its the only think I have that has color. My husband is sick and I would love to make him this 🙂 Thank YOU
Erica
Amelia- Use the sazon goya with azafran.
Andrea
I am from Colombia and I am ashamed to tell you that I don't know how to cook, but I am willing to learn. That's one of my new year's resolutions. I will be visiting your blog often. Everything looks muy rico, especially the hot dogs,,, OMG. Ya me dio hambre.
Taste Traveller
This looks delicious! I hope you feel better soon! 🙂
vinolia
the soup looks warm filling and delicious; hope you get well soon!!!
monicajane
hope you're feeling better...that soup should have certainly helped...
your photos are always so gorgeous...I aspire to such beauty
Noni
Thank you so much for this recipe! I made this soup for dinner tonight to the delight of my husband and daughter. Everyone had two bowls....Thanks again and I hope you are feeling much better today.
Erica
Noni- Thank you so much for the feedback!
Ivy
Hope you are feeling much better now. Chicken soup is the best medicine for colds and love the way you have prepared it.