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Chicken noodle soup is sometimes called the ultimate comfort food. At home, it's usually made with leftover chicken, but making it fresh from scratch gives it an even better flavor. The following takes all of 30 minutes and you can use chicken breast or ground chicken, both are super tasty, and one of them will be on sale at the supermarket. Here's a super easy recipe:
Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
4 celery stalks and leaves, chopped
2 - 3 large carrots, scraped and sliced
8 cups of water
2 large cubes of chicken bouillon (or 4 small cubes)
1 teaspoon of dried garlic (or 4 - 5 fresh garlic cloves, minced)
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon coriander
a shake of parsley
1 bay leaf
5 ounces dried noodles - chooose one: flat egg; shells; or curly
5 ounces dried noodles - chooose one: flat egg; shells; or curly
Optional: Toss in 1/2 cup of frozen peas at the last minute of cooking.Directions:
1) {a} If using chicken breast, pouch them in white wine and (if needed water) for 10 - 12 minutes and after they are cooked, dice into cubes.
{b} If using ground chicken, brown it in a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan. Salt and pepper to taste. Toss the chicken of choice in a stock pot or large saucepan.
2) Add the water and chicken bouillon.
3) Toss in the sliced and diced vegetables: onions, celery, and carrots.
4) Next add all the spices. If you use ground chicken, toss the garlic in as you brown it - searing gives the garlic extra flavor, but if you pouch chicken breast, just toss the garlic in the stock pot along with the cubed cooked chicken breast.
5) Once the vegetables are in the pot, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.6) Finally add the dried noodles and simmer until they are al dente.
7) Toss in 1/2 cup of frozen peas at the last minute if you wish. The green looks lovely.
Chicken noodle soup is a later edition in my cooking repertoire, but after I ate canned soup of mostly broth without chunks of anything, I decided to stop buying canned chicken noodle soup and make my own.
This chunky chicken noodle with vegetable soup is a light one-pot dinner. Start with cheese and crackers, and add grainy bread and a salad. Heck, make Emeril's Bloody Marys (recipe👇) to drink, or sip a glass of wine while preparing the soup. Enjoy!
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