Favorite Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Favorite Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup that will win you and your family over! It's like no other chicken noodle soup.
Ingredients
- 1 lb cooked chicken breasts shredded
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 5 stalks celery diced
- 5 carrots diced
- 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 oz wide egg noodles see post above for my favorite brand
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large pot over medium heat.
- Add onion and sauté for a couple minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic, carrots, and celery to the pot and stir frequently for about 8 more minutes, until veggies have softened.
- Pour in chicken broth, water, bay leaf, basil, parsley, thyme, and some fresh ground black pepper.
- Bring pot to a boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Increase heat to medium high in order to bring pot to a boil. Add egg noodles and salt and cook as directed on package instructions.
- Reduce heat to medium low, add cooked, shredded chicken and stir well.
- If needed, add additional salt.
- Serve or add soup to slow cooker and set to warm until ready to serve to help bring out the flavor even more!
Notes
Adapted from Budget Bytes