Recipe Chicken Noodle Soup

[detroitdad]

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 lb. carrots
• 1/2 bunch celery
• 3 boneless chicken breasts
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 Tbsp dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 whole bay leaf
• Freshly cracked pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 box of now tie noodles
• 10 cups of water
• 9 bouillon cubes

Instructions

1. Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Add the onion, garlic, and olive oil to a large pot and sauté over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are soft and transparent.
2. While the onion and garlic are sautéing, wash and slice the carrots and celery. Add them to the pot and continue to sauté for a few minutes more.
3. Pull the skin and any excess fat from the chicken breasts. Add the breasts to the pot along with the bay leaf, basil, parsley, thyme, some freshly cracked pepper, and nine cups of water (already prepared with the bouillon cubes). Cover the pot, bring it to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for one hour. Make sure the pot continues to simmer for the whole hour. If the heat is turned down too low and it is not bubbling away, the chicken will not shred easily.
4. After an hour of simmering, remove the chicken from the pot. Using two forks, pull the meat from the bone and shred it slightly. Season the broth with salt. Begin with one teaspoon and add more to your liking. I used 1 teaspoons. The flavor of the broth will really pop once the salt is added.
5. Add the noodles to the pot, turn the heat up to high, and boil the noodles until tender (about 7 minutes). Return the shredded chicken to the pot. Taste and season again with salt if needed (I didn’t need to). Serve hot!

This was my first attempt at making home made chicken noodle soup. I thought it turned out really well. Not quite as good as Colleens, but close. She thought it was a tad to salt. I disagreed (we usually do when it comes to salt lol).

 

[Morning Glory]

Thanks for posting.