Best 18 Comforting Chicken Recipes

COMFORTING CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Bake biscuits according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion and celery in butter until crisp-tender. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Add chicken and pimientos; heat through. Serve with biscuits.

CASSIE'S COMFORTING CHICKEN & NOODLES

Steps:

• 1. Salt & pepper chicken breasts.
• 2. Place in the bottom of Crock Pot.
• 3. Spoon soup over the chicken.
• 4. Cut butter into several pats and place pieces evenly over soup.
• 5. Whisk the bouillon with the broth.
• 6. Pour over soup.
• 7. Place lid on the Crock Pot and turn to low. Cook for 6 hours.
• 8. Remove chicken and tear into pieces.
• 9. Add back to pot.
• 10. Now add noodles; if adding veggies add now. Cook for another 2 hours or until noodles are desired tenderness. I stir a few times during last 2 hours. (You may want to add more broth to thin out at the end of cooking, as the homemade noodles thicken the broth, which we like. )
• 11. Sprinkle with parsley and mix in if using at the end of cooking.
• 12. Salt & pepper, if needed, and serve. Yum!

COMFORTING CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water and bouillon to a boil. Add noodles; cook, uncovered, until tender, about 10 minutes. Do not drain. Add soup and chicken; heat through. , Remove from the heat; stir in the sour cream. Sprinkle with minced parsley.

COMFORTING CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sprinkle onion soup mix in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread rice over soup mix and place chicken on top of rice. Combine chicken broth, cream of mushroom soup, and cream of celery soup in a bowl. Pour soup mixture over chicken and rice; cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

COMFORTING CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Pour 10 cups of water into a large soup pot over high heat with the leek, halved carrot, 3-inch piece of ginger, and peppercorns.
• Bring to a boil, turn heat to medium-low, and place chicken breasts into the broth
• Cover the pot with a lid and simmer the mixture until the chicken is cooked through and tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• While broth is simmering, whisk flour and salt together in a bowl; beat in the eggs, butter, and enough milk to make a stiff but workable dough.
• Knead the dough in the bowl until smooth and slightly springy, about 5 minutes; transfer to a bowl, cover with a cloth, and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
• Roll the noodle dough out on a floured surface to desired thickness (1/4- to 1/8-inch thick); cut into strips.
• Remove chicken breasts, transfer them to a plate, and allow to cool. When cool, remove the bones and shred the meat with a fork.
• Strain and retain the broth; discard spent leek, halved carrot, ginger chunk, and peppercorns.
• Place strained broth into a large soup pot, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in bouillon cubes, 3 tablespoons of chopped ginger, 3/4 cup sliced carrots, and celery until the bouillon has dissolved. Simmer until the carrots are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Gently stir in the noodles, a few at a time. Return broth to a simmer and cook until the noodles are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water until smooth; stir half the mixture into the soup and simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes. If thicker soup is desired, stir in remaining cornstarch mixture. Mix in the chicken to serve.

COMFORTING CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. In the same pan, brown chicken pieces on all sides. Return onion to pan; add potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and the vegetables are tender. , Stir in the cream, parsley, salt and pepper. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until slightly thickened.

COMFORTING CHICKEN, CRANBERRY, AND MUSHROOM RISOTTO

Steps:

• Melt half the butter in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat; add mushrooms and season with salt. Cook and stir mushrooms until softened and beginning to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour 2 tablespoons white wine over the mushrooms; cook and stir until the wine reduces in volume, about 2 minutes more.
• Stir kale with the mushrooms, season with salt, and place a lid on the pot; cook until the kale has wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir chicken and cranberries with the kale mixture; season with salt and pepper. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and return the pot to medium-high heat.
• Melt remaining butter in the pot; add leeks and season with salt. Saute leeks until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir rice and thyme with the leeks to coat the rice in butter; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Pour 2 cups chicken broth into the pot; cook, stirring occasionally, until the broth has mostly absorbed into the rice and a spoon dragged through the rice leaves a trail, about 8 minutes; repeat process twice more with remaining broth.
• Stir water and chicken drippings together in a bowl. Stir 2 cups of the mixture into the pot; cook, stirring occasionally, until the broth has mostly absorbed into the rice and a spoon dragged through the rice leaves a trail, about 8 minutes; repeat process twice more with remaining mixture, cooking until the mixture is creamy and the rice is plump and remains firm to the bite. Remove and discard thyme sprig. Season rice mixture with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir about 2/3 of the kale mixture into the rice mixture; spread into a large baking dish and top with remaining kale mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until heated through, about 15 minutes.

JAN'S COMFORTING, YUMMY BUT NAUGHTY CHICKEN WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook rice according to directions and brown the ground beef.
• Put all ingredients into crockpot.
• cook on high for 2-3 hours.
• Enjoy.

MOM'S COMFORTING CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add potatoes and carrots; cook until softened, about 8 minutes. Add peas; cook until tender, about 2 minutes. Drain.
• Heat butter in a heavy skillet until melted. Add chicken and garlic; cook and stir until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and green onion; cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir chicken stock, heavy cream, mustard powder, salt, and pepper into the skillet. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Fold in potatoes, carrots, and peas; cook until warmed through, about 2 minutes. Remove stew from heat and garnish with cilantro.

COMFORTING CHICKEN 'N' NOODLES

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. In a saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter. Stir in flour and 1-1/2 teaspoons salt until smooth. Gradually add milk and broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in wine or additional broth if desired. , In a bowl, combine the noodles, 1 cup white sauce, 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon salt. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish; set aside. , In a skillet, saute mushrooms and garlic in remaining butter until tender. Stir in pepper and remaining salt. Spoon over noodle mixture. Top with chicken. Pour the remaining white sauce over chicken. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan. Garnish with paprika., Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.

COMFORTING CHICKEN & SHELL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a dutch oven, combine chicken, water, chicken stock, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf, salt & pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; simmer until chicken is tender.
• 2. Remove the bay leaf. Now, remove the chicken and cool - debone and cut into small cubes, set aside. Now, add potatoes, bouillon, season salt and poultry seasoning to the broth. Simmer for another 15 minutes. Add the milk, macaroni and chicken and return to simmer.
• 3. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and continuously stir until mixture begins to brown.
• 4. Add the butter mixture to the pot and blend well. Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. Season to taste. Can sprinkle with nutmeg and some extra fresh parsley if desire. When reheating you may want to add a bit more milk or stock to thin it out a bit, as it thickens as it cools. Enjoy this delicious comfort soup...

FLAVORFUL AND COMFORTING CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan and add 2-3 TBS of the butter. In a large bowl, toss the bell pepper, onion, celery, garlic, carrots, and potato with Emeril's Creole Seasoning then toss them into the hot butter and saute for 10 minutes.
• Add the remaining vegetables, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Add the wine and the parsley and let all the liquid evaporate on low heat.
• Remove the vegetables and set aside.
• Usine the same pan, over med. heat Add the remaining butter and when that is melted whisk in the flour, stirring constantly until all is incorporated.
• Slowly add the chicken broth, continue to stir, and then add the cream. This mixture will get thick and creamy.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the chicken and sauteed vegetables, stir well and remove from the heat.
• Spray or butter a casserole dish large enough for the pie, sprinkle with a little flour, and lay the bottom crust, add the chicken mixture, and cover with the top crust.
• Pinch the edges all around to seal and cut some slits on top to use as steam escape vents.
• Bake for approximately one hour, or until the crust is deep golden.

COMFORTING CHICKEN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine can soups, milk and rice. Mix until well blended and place in 9x13 greased baking dish.
• Place chicken on top of soup mixture.
• Spoon a little bit of soup mixture over the chicken so that there is a small coat on top and then sprinkle onion soup packet on top of chicken.
• Cover with foil and seal tightly. Bake 325 for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

COMFORTING CHICKEN AND NOODLES CROCKPOT RECIPE

Steps:

• Salt and pepper chicken breasts and place in the bottom of crockpot. Spoon soup over the chicken. Cut butter into several pats and place pieces evenly over soup. Whisk bullion and broth together and pour over soup. Place lid on pot and turn to low. Cook for 6 hours. Remove chicken and tear into pieces. Add back to pot. Now add noodles and veggies, if desired. Cook for another 2 hours or until noodles are desired tenderness. Stir a few times during the last 2 hours. You may want to add more broth to thin out at the end of cooking, as the noodles thicken the broth.

EASY AND COMFORTING CHICKEN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk cream of chicken soup, milk, rice, and seasoned salt together in a bowl. Pour into prepared baking dish; add chicken pieces. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, stir, and continue baking until rice is nearly tender, about 60 minutes. Mix peas and carrots into dish and continue baking until rice begins to brown and chicken is cooked through, 15 to 30 minutes more.

QUICKER COMFORTING CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook chicken, onion and carrots in butter until chicken is lightly browned. Add potatoes. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Add the cream, parsley, salt and pepper. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.

COMFORTING CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a soup kettle, combine the first seven ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until chicken is tender. , Remove chicken from broth. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; dice and set aside. Strain broth and skim fat; discard onion, celery and bay leaf. Set aside 6 cups broth for sauce. , In a large bowl, combine stuffing cubes, parsley and sage. Saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Add to stuffing mixture and mix well; set aside. , In a large saucepan, melt butter. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add reserved broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount into eggs; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. , In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish, layer half of the chicken, stuffing and sauce. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until a knife comes out clean.

COMFORTING CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a 9" pie plate with nonstick spray.
• 2. Boil chicken breasts in water, adding bouillon granules to water.
• 3. Chop chicken into 1" cubes and add 1/4 c. of the water to the chicken in a large bowl.
• 4. To the chicken, add soup vegetables and seasonings; Stir
• 5. Pour mixture into prepared pie plate.
• 6. In a medium bowl, mix biscuit mix with milk and egg; Whisk until smooth.
• 7. Pour topping mixture over chicken mixture.
• 8. Bake in the 400 degree preheated oven for 25 minutes, or just until top is set and golden. Serve warm!