Chicken Pot Pie Soup is creamy, comforting, and hearty. It has all the comforts of classic Chicken Pot Pie without the effort of making a crust and it’s a one-pot meal.

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We love creamy soups, from Clam Chowder to Potato Soup. If you love Soup Recipes, this Chicken Pot Pie Soup is a must-try.
Chicken Pot Pie Soup Video
Homemade chicken pot pie soup is the ultimate comfort food. It’s so much better than any canned or store-bought version and it’s healthier.
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Ingredients for Chicken Pot Pie Soup
The key to making great chicken pot pie soup, is to adequately season. Be sure to taste and season at the end.
- Aromatics – Onions, carrots, celery, and garlic are cooked in butter as a base for flavoring the soup.
- Mushrooms – sauteeing until golden adds a boost of flavor
- Flour – just 1/3 cup thickens the soup to make it creamy
- Chicken Stock – homemade bone broth will taste best, but storebought works.
- Potatoes – we used Yukon gold
- Chicken – light or dark meat works great
- Peas and Corn – we use frozen peas and corn since we stock them in our freezer, but canned corn will also work.
- Cream – heavy or regular whipping cream or even a light cream would work if you want a leaner soup.
- Parsley – we love it in the soup for flavor and garnish with it to add color and freshness.

How to Cook the Chicken
We love using leftover rotisserie to make Chicken pot pie soup. You can use cooked chicken breasts or a store-bought Rotisserie Chicken. If you want to cook your own chicken, our go-to recipes are:
- Oven Roasted Chicken – tender and juicy with a crisp, salty skin
- Instant Pot Whole Chicken – the fastest way to cook a chicken

How to Make Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Once you have all of your ingredients chopped and prepped, cooking this soup is easier than you think.
- Saute vegetables – melt butter and sautee onion, celery, and carrots and saute for 5 minutes until softened.
- Add mushrooms and garlic and saute 5 minutes.
- Add flour and saute 1 minute
- Add broth and potatoes – season with salt and pepper and simmer until potatoes are tender.
- Add Chicken, peas, corn, cream, and parsley – simmer 5 minutes.
- Season to taste and serve.
Kitchen Tip: A dutch oven is one of our favorite kitchen tools for making soup. This 5 1/2 Qt Dutch Oven is one of our most used tools. It conducts heat well and can go from the stove to the oven. A good pot can last a lifetime.
Serve With
Chicken pot pie soup is so hearty and loaded with tender chicken, potatoes, and veggies. It really is a meal in itself. We love to pair it with:

Common Questions
You can substitute chicken with shredded leftover turkey meat for a turkey pot pie, or use diced cooked ham.
You can use corn starch instead of flour. Combine 1/2 cup cold water with 2 Tbsp corn starch. Stir that slurry in with the cream in the last 5 minutes and let it simmer and thicken the soup.
You can add a slurry of corn starch in water (see gluten-free tip above), adding it to reach your desired thickness.
Make-Ahead
Chicken pot pie will keep well in the refrigerator for about 3-4 days, depending on the freshness of your chicken. The USDA recommends refrigerating cooked chicken for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop until hot.

I hope this Chicken Pot Pie Soup will become a new favorite for you. The best part is, you don’t have to spend time making a crust or wait for it to bake in the oven like you would a classic pot pie before you can enjoy it.
More Soup Recipes to try:
- Zuppa Toscana Soup – a restaurant copycat
- French Onion Soup – perfect balance of sweet and savory
- Chicken Noodle Soup – a family favorite
- Italian Wedding Soup – with tender meatballs
- Chicken Tortilla Soup – a one-pot wonder and so good
Chicken Pot Pie Soup Recipe

Ingredients
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 medium yellow onion, 1 cup chopped
- 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced into rings
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
- 8 oz white or brown mushrooms, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 3-4 tsp salt, (or to taste)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 lb Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/4” thick pieces.
- 5 cups cooked chicken, (shredded)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup corn, (frozen or canned)
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup parsley, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- Heat a dutch oven or soup pot over medium/high heat and melt in 6 Tbsp butter. Add chopped onion, chopped celery, and sliced carrots and sauté 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly golden.
- Add sliced mushrooms and garlic and sauté for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until softened.
- Add 1/3 cup flour and stir constantly for 1 minute until golden.
- Add 6 cups chicken stock, sliced potatoes, 3 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste), and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer, partially cover and cook 12-15 minutes or just until potatoes are tender.
- Add shredded chicken, frozen peas, and frozen corn, 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and 1/4 cup parsley. Bring back to a simmer and continue to cook for another 5 minutes or until peas and corn are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
It looks delicious, but we are gluten & dairy free. Corn starch is OK, but how about potato starch, or just letting the potatoes thicken the soup. As for the cream, I can’t think of a suitable substitute except for coconut cream. Not sure of the flavor it imparts, however. Any suggestions?
Hi Barbara, I have not tried making a gluten-free version of this recipe to advise. If you do an experiment, please update us on how it goes!
I made this today! My entire family loved it, even my picky eaters! I did add a pinch of celery salt to it. Thanks for the amazing recipes!
Great to hear that the recipe was a huge hit!
You might try adding some additional seasoning such as Italian seasoning & a bay leaf? A bay leaf in chicken soups you remove later adds flavor.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Hi Natasha! Can this be cooked in crock pot? If possible, what would you change to be able to do that?
Thanks!
Hi Shannon, I haven’t tested it through in the crockpot/ slow cooker, so I can’t offer specific advice on that.
This soup was so good! The only thing I did different was add a can of peas instead of frozen vegetables I don’t like those very well. But everything else was the bomb! Love love love
So glad to hear that, Linda!
Hi Natasha 😊
I will be making this soup for the second time today – We love it!
When I made it the last time, I shared with my Mom and she loved it too! She’s in Heaven now, so I can’t share with her here, but I know she has all the chicken pot pie soup she wants up there! ❤️
Hi Darlene! So glad you loved this recipe. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Hi Natasha,
Today I made this soup for the first time. It’s a keeper😋😋😋. But so are all of your recipes I made. 😁😁
Thanks you so much for this recipe.
You’re welcome! So glad to hear that.
Hi Natasha,
This is my first time cooking Chicken Pot Pie Soup and it is the best soup ever. It’s so delicious, my girls and I can’t stop eating it. The recipe is also easy to follow.
Thank you for sharing!!!
BTW any suggestion for vegan soup for my husband?
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Margorie! I haven’t tried a vegan version, but here’s what one of my readers wrote: “This soup is delicious and easy to make. To accommodate my vegan family members I took out a couple of portions before adding the chicken and cream. Thanks Natasha for inspiring me to cook” I hope this is helpful!
I’m in Japan and there isn’t anywhere I’ve found to get stock/broth and no meat of any kind with bones in it. What can I substitute for the liquid? Bouillon ?
Hi, you can stew your chicken and use the broth for the liquid base.
Becky, Thank you but I can’t find chicken with bones OR skin in any of the local grocery stores. If I use breasts, the meat gets really tough.
Can this soup be frozen. Wasn’t sure since it has whipping cream in it.
We usually don’t have left overs to freeze but the chicken pot pie recipe freezes great so I assume this will as well.
We love this soup recipe. It’s a family favorite. Like it as a pie too. The first time I made it as a pie, I read the recipe wrong and put too much broth in it so it was like the soup. It was still very good. Then I found your soup recipe and laughed since I had already made it that way by accident.
Oh no, it will be perfect on your next try! Thanks for sharing that with us.
This was honestly such an incredible and easy recipe.
I’m a sucker for soup but my bf always wants something hearty and filling.
I followed this recipe to a T and it came out phenomenal!! Especially on todays cold and rainy NYC day.
I airfried the chicken which I think added a really nice touch and served with a side of pillsbury crescents!
Will 100% make this again and again.
That’s wonderful, Shelby! Thank you for sharing, I’m so glad you loved this soup. It sure is perfect for rainy days. 🙂
A rich and delicious soup — the mushrooms make all the difference! I discovered I was out of flour at the last minute and I just had light cream, but it was still fantastic and it does make a ton! Thank you!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Amy!
Love this soup on a chilly New England day!!
I add some fresh thyme and a couple of bay leaves.
Yum! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Audrey!
This is the best chicken stew I’ve ever made!! This is going to be my go to recipe now! Didn’t use mushrooms, put a little basil in there, garlic powder (my fresh garlic was bad), and a little onion powder. Thank you so much for the awesome recipe!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Michelle!
Incredibly fabulous. I didn’t add the cream; didn’t think it was necessary…was rich enough. No more need be said!!!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Laney!
When I read that it served ten people, I thought ‘surely not, that must be an exaggeration. I’ll make two batches.’ Wow. It fully delivers on a huge soup that serves many! We shared it with friends tonight and everyone had full tummies and they had a full fridge! It was SO good!! And such a fun recipe. Seriously zero need to do a double batch. I didn’t add salt and pepper at the end and since I used a no salt chicken stock, I did regret that! Other than that, wow! Just delicious. I will gladly make this all throughout fall and winter.
I’m so glad it met all your expectations, Abigayle! Thak you for sharing your lovely feedback with me!
Delicious and full of nutritious ingredients. It will be perfect for the long winters where I live. I served my soup with fresh corn bread.
This recipe will definitely go into my ‘keeper’ soup recipe book.
Hi Linda! I’m so glad you loved this recipe. Thank you for the review. It’s a great one for those cooler days.
So good! Highly recommend. Was super easy especially getting everything chopped ahead of time.
Thanks for sharing, Jenny! I’m happy you loved it.
I have not tried making this yet as I just saw it today. Will definitely make it soon. Do you think it would freeze well?
Hi Lynne! We usually don’t have left overs to freeze but the chicken pot pie recipe freezes great so I assume this will as well.
Wonderful…but I leave out the chicken and use veggie broth for a pregnant non meat eater..she loved it!
Thanks for sharing, Sharon. I’m glad she loved it! 🙂