Chicken Noodle Soup
Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
Recipe by: Candace
Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
1 Rotisserie Chicken (deboned and diced)
1 Medium Onion
4 C Chicken Broth
1 1/2 C Celery
1 1/2 C Carrots
1 Tbsp Fresh Thyme (chopped)
2 Tbsp Fresh Parsley (chopped)
1 Tsp Pepper
2 Tsp Salt
3 Garlic Cloves (minced)
2 Tbsp Oil
1 bag Egg Noodles
Instructions:
In a large soup pot heat up 2 Tbsp Oil over Medium heat.
Add the Onions, Celery, Carrots, and Minced Garlic.
Stir to evenly distribute the oil then let cook until the onions are mostly transparent.
Add the Fresh Thyme, Parsley, Salt, and Pepper.
Stir to evenly distribute and let cook for about a minute.
Add the chicken to the pot and stir to evenly distribute.
Add the chicken broth to the pot.
Bring the pot to a boil then down to a simmer.
Simmer for 30 minutes.
Options:
You could add the noodles to the pot at this point and cook them directly in the soup. I only suggest doing that if you plan on eating all of it that day. Otherwise, the noodles will suck up all the broth.
If you plan on eating it throughout the week do this instead: Cook the noodles separately and store them separately. When heating up, put the amount of soup you are going to eat into a pot and add some of the noodles you've precooked and stored.
Plan on storing in the freezer? Try freezing the soup without the noodles. When reheating you can cook the noodles at the same time.
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Most of us when we buy carrots and celery for a recipe end up with a bunch of carrots and celery left over. If your anything like I was, you would leave it in the fridge intending on finding something to use it for, but it ends up going bad before you get to use it.
DO THIS INSTEAD! Peel and chop all the celery and carrots up. Portion it out into Ziploc bags and freeze. This uses up everything and gives you about 3 Ziploc bags of carrot and celery mix so you can make chicken soup any time. Now the next time you want to make chicken noodle soup you don't have to buy another bag of celery and carrots!