Slow cooker chicken and noodles

My husband and all four boys love noodles and they love chicken, but a few of them don't necessarily love them mixed together.  I sometimes make these separately, to keep everyone happy, but sometimes, they just have to eat what is served or don't eat at all (which one chooses to do if we all him).  I think the noodles taste better if they are cooked in the broth with the chicken!  I use to make these without the cream of chicken soup, but my Grandma Wooden says she gets compliments when she adds the can of cream of chicken soup, so I tried it and she is right (I didn't doubt it for a minute), they are delicious this way, so this is now in my recipe!  Enjoy!

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
8 cups chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup (you can use fat free)
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
1 (12 ounce) package frozen egg noodles


Place chicken, chicken broth, onion and salt and pepper to taste into a slow cooker. Add celery if desired. Set temperature to low and cook for 6 to 8 hours.


When chicken is tender, turn the slow cooker on High setting and add the egg noodles on top of chicken.  Cook until noodles are done, it normally takes me about 90 minutes.

After noodles are done, use a wooden spoon to break chicken into pieces and mix them into the noodles.  Add the can of cream of chicken and stir into noodles.