Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

This homemade chicken noodle soup is made with fresh vegetables and egg noodles. I've been making this recipe the exact same way for my family, for the last 15 years and it warms you to the soul. The magic happens from making your own chicken broth and includes classic chicken noodle soup ingredients like carrots, celery and onion.
Ingredients
- 8-10 c water
- 1 whole chicken
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 celery sticks, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 3 celery sticks, diced
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 4 tsp chicken better than bouillon base
- 10 oz egg noodles
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried parlsey
Instructions
- 1
Add all of the "broth" ingredients to a...: Add all of the "broth" ingredients to a large soup pot, bring everything to a boil and then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 2 hours
- 2
Carefully remove the chicken and set it aside...: Carefully remove the chicken and set it aside on a cutting board
- 3
Strain everything from the soup pot by pouring...: Strain everything from the soup pot by pouring it into a colander fitted over a large bowl
- 4
Discard the used vegetables you strained
- 5
Add the chicken broth back into your soup...: Add the chicken broth back into your soup pot (give it a rinse first to get any residuals off the sides) and turn the heat to high to reach boiling
- 6
To the new pot add the fresh new...: To the new pot add the fresh new set of carrots, celery, onion, better than bouillon chicken base, salt and pepper
- 7
Bring the heat down to low, cover and...: Bring the heat down to low, cover and cook until the vegetables are almost fork tender
- 8
Sprinkle in the dried parsley
- 9
Shred the chicken and add it to the...: Shred the chicken and add it to the pot (depending on the size of your chicken you may not need all of it and can save some for another meal)
- 10
Add the egg noodles, these usually need no...: Add the egg noodles, these usually need no more than 5 minutes to cook but follow the package instructions on your bag
- 11
Serve and enjoy
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