Description
Chicken Pot Pie Soup is a creamy, comforting one-pot meal that captures classic pot pie flavors without the crust. This easy recipe combines tender diced chicken, potatoes, carrots, and peas in a silky milk-and-cream base thickened with a simple roux. Hearty, nourishing, and freezer-friendly, it’s perfect for weeknight dinners, cozy weekends, and feeding a crowd with minimal fuss. Perfect for meal prep, batch cooking, and making ahead.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced
- 3 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
Instructions
- In a large pot, melt butter with olive oil over medium heat.
- Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes.
- Stir in garlic and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Sprinkle flour over the mixture and stir for 1 minute to form a roux.
- Slowly whisk in chicken broth until smooth.
- Add chicken, potatoes, carrots, salt, pepper, thyme, and parsley.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes until potatoes are tender.
- Stir in milk, heavy cream, and peas.
- Simmer for 5 more minutes until thick and creamy. Serve warm.
Notes
- Leftover rotisserie chicken can be used to speed up prep.
- To reduce fat, use half-and-half instead of heavy cream or 2% milk.
- This soup freezes well for up to 3 months.
- If you like a thicker soup, simmer longer or whisk in a bit more flour slurry.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 560 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg
Keywords: Chicken Pot Pie Soup, Creamy soup, Pot pie flavors, Chicken soup, Comfort food, One-pot meal, Family dinner, Hearty recipe