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Herbed Chicken Soup Recipe

I love cooking from scratch and turning a recipe into my own personal "creation". This soup is one I developed gradually over the years...after some experimenting.

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Herbed Chicken Soup Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + cooling Cook: 2 hours

Yield: 16 Servings

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Ingredients

1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 3-1/2 pounds), cut up
2-1/2 quarts water
4 medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
5 chicken bouillon cubes
2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon each rubbed sage and poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon salt, optional
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 large bay leaf
1 package (12 ounces) frozen noodles or 2 cups cooked noodles

Directions

In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, place the first 13 ingredients. Cover and bring to a boil; skim fat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.
Remove chicken; allow to cool. Debone and cut into chunks. Skim fat from broth; bring to a boil. Return chicken to kettle. Add frozen noodles and cook for 20 minutes or until tender, or add cooked noodles and heat through. Remove bay leaf. Yield: 16 servings (4 quarts).

Nutritional Facts One cup (prepared with reduced-sodium bouillon and without added salt) equals 91 calories, 181 mg sodium, 31 mg cholesterol, 8 g carbohydrate, 11 g protein, 2 g fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 lean meat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Herbed Chicken Soup in Country Chicken Cookbook , p25

Refrigerate Chicken Soup without Noodles

When I make my favorite chicken noodle soup, I find it tastes better if I refrigerate the soup without the noodles. When it’s time to serve, I add the noodles to the amount of soup I’m going to use and cook them until tender. —Martha Dimitch, Nineveh, Indiana

Full-Bodied White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a full-bodied white wine such as Chardonnay or Viognier.

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Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2011 by PEH

Just what I was looking for to use bones and wings after deboning breasts. Grated carrots to disguise it from my boys. Worked! Put in cooked rice, instead of noodles.

Reviewed on Feb. 12, 2011 by cherrylady

Thank you for a REAL chicken soup recipe! I've been through countless recipes that call for a can of some soup and a bag of frozen vegetables. This is exactly what I've been looking for! I'm going to make it with rice instead of noodles. Thank you! Thank you!