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Recipe Substitutions
Olive Oil: You can substitute olive oil with avocado oil or melted butter.
Chicken: You can make this using chicken tenders or chicken thighs if you prefer. You can also use pre cooked/shredded chicken or rotisserie chicken! If you love your crockpot, this Crockpot Chicken Stew is our favorite!
Herbs: You can use most herbs interchangeably here. If you don’t have thyme or parsley, use dried rosemary or dried basil. Any of them will be delicious! You can also use dried or fresh herbs. The recipe calls for dried herbs, but if you’d like to use fresh herbs double the amount.
Pasta: You can cook the pasta directly in the soup or cook the pasta separately and then adding it to your soup once the soup is completely cooked. Gluten free pasta will work just fine. Quinoa, rice, or cous cous will also be delicious! We also have Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup and Chicken Tortellini Soup recipes that are great for other chicken pasta soups!
Zoodles: If you’re looking for a low carb noodle option I like adding zucchini noodles to this soup.
Cauliflower Rice: Cauliflower rice is a great low carb addition to this soup instead of pasta or in addition to pasta!
Cooked Leftover Chicken: You can use this instant pot shredded chicken, slow cooker shredded chicken, or chicken from a rotisserie chicken or roasted chicken. Cut the cook time in half if you’re not using raw chicken. You could also try this Rotisserie Chicken Soup!
Spinach: You can add a couple of cups of chopped spinach when the soup is finished cooking. It’s a delicious addition!
Broth: Any broth will work in this. You can use bone broth, chicken stock, vegetable stock, etc.
Vegetarian: You could substitute beans for chicken in this recipe and it would be delicious. You’d also need to sub for vegetarian broth.
Creamy Chicken Soup: I have not tried making this chicken soup creamy. I worry that adding milk with lemon will make it curdle. Try at your own risk.
Parmesan Cheese: Add a parmesan cheese rind with the soup while it’s cooking – it adds so much flavor! Remove it at the end when it’s done cooking. You can also top with parmesan or feta.
Extra Veggies: I like to add cauliflower rice, frozen green beans or extra carrots to this recipe. You can also try this Chicken Vegetable Soup!
