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Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients
- 3 large carrots, peeled and cut diagonally
- 3 stalks of celery, cut into pieces
- 1 large spanish onion, roughly chopped
- 3-4 cloves of garlic smashed
- olive oil
- knob of butter
- basil
- oregano
- salt and pepper
- chicken bouillon or better than bouillon
- rotisserie chicken, shredded
- fresh parsley chopped
- 1 lemon
- egg noodles I prefer to use the wide ones
Instructions
- Begin by prepping veggies – chop onion, celery, carrot, and garlic.
- In a large stock pot add olive oil and a knob of butter. Add vegetables and sauté till softened.
- Add seasonings – salt, pepper, oregano, basil, and chicken bouillon. Continuing sautéing until everything is incorporated and vegetables are semi cooked.
- Add water (enough to match the bouillon added). Bring to a boil
- While waiting for the water to come to a rolling boil, shred chicken and cut parsley.
- Once water is boiling, add noodles and cook as per package instructions.
- Halfway through the noodle cooking time, add the shredded chicken.
- Add fresh parsley and a squeeze of lemon once everything is all cooked and incorporated. Serve with a little pecorino cheese on top of the soup for some additional flavor.
Video
Chicken Soup is a Universal Healer
As I am writing this, the world is in the midst of a pandemic for about two years now. By now, everyone in the world has either had covid, knew someone who had covid, or sadly has lost someone to covid. I have been one of the few who has not actually had covid, however my boyfriend did. And while thankfully, he did not suffer terribly, he still was as sick as a dog. So, being the great girlfriend I am, I locked him in a bedroom to quarantine and made a bunch of soups for his sick self.
Now, much like every recipe in the world, everyone has their own version of chicken noodle soup. This may not be how your grandmother made your childhood chicken noodle soup. This may not taste like your favorite diners soup of the day. But this chicken noodle soup IS equally as easy as it is delicious. Pretty cheap too, even during these crazy inflation times. If you omit the noodles, chicken soup makes great for freezing.
A Note to You
While I will never know when you, the reader, will be accessing this recipe, I hope that it will find you in good health and spirits. We live in quite an unprecedented world and the new normal changes constantly. With that said, I hope this recipe makes your belly full and your hearts warm because that and that alone will make the world a happier place, even if it is just momentarily.
lots of love, a.
