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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

Amounts will vary depending on how many you're feeding.  I'll give approximate amounts for a medium-large pot of soup to feed 5-6 with leftovers, but keep in mind that this recipe does NOT have to be exact, just throw in what you have…
Author: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Ingredients

  • 6 Tablespoons butter pastured butter is best
  • 1 organic onion chopped (if you don't have any onion, you could add dried onion or onion powder later)
  • A few cloves of garlic chopped (if you don't have fresh garlic, you can add dried garliclater)
  • 1 cup or 3-4 organic carrots, chopped
  • 1-2 stalks organic celery chopped
  • Pastured chicken cooked and cut into bit-sized pieces, about 2 cups or so. Here's where you can find safe, healthy meat if you don't have a good local source. You could use boneless, skinless breasts or any type of chicken you'd like (if you're pressed for time, try it this way!), but my favorite way is to start with a yummy roasted chicken dinner like this: How to bake a whole chicken. When you're done, pick through and get the leftover meat off the bone, and put it in the fridge to use in your soup later.
  • Chicken bone broth about 10 cups — from your chicken dinner mentioned above, or if you have some in your freezer, throw that in. Read more about how to make bone broth here: Nourishing Bone Broth for Rookies. (Or here's how to make pressure cooker broth OR if you just don't think you will make it or want some on hand for when you're really crunched for time, try this bone broth — it's 100% grass-fed with a bunch of gelatin, organic ingredients, and it's shelf stable! I love keeping their beef and chicken broth on-hand for quick recipes because they make it just like I do here, and without the nasty msg-like ingredients, additives, or preservatives that store-bought has.)
  • 2-4 cups of your favorite pasta cooked. You could use sprouted pasta, spelt pasta, quinoa pasta or rice pasta if you're gluten-free, or my favorite lately, Einkorn pasta — pasta is optional though, this soup is just as good without it!
  • Whatever herbs and seasonings you'd like but plenty of sea salt and pepper are most crucial (taste-test to get the amounts right). Also good are oregano, thyme, parsley, about 1 teaspoon each or more to your taste.
  • Splash or more of cream optional.

Instructions

  • Here's how to make homemade chicken noodle soup…
  • Chop your vegetables, assemble your other ingredients.  If you're using pasta, start cooking that.  In a large soup pot over medium heat, melt the butter and add the onions and garlic.  Cook and stir around a couple of minutes, then add the carrots and celery and cook a little more until the vegetables all start to get tender.  (What you have here is called a “Mirepoix“.)
  • Add bone broth, chicken, pasta, then herbs and seasonings.  Now you could add in the garlic or onion if you didn't have fresh.  Sometimes I'll add a splash or more of cream to give it another layer of delicious flavor.  Simmer on low another 20-30 minutes or longer to let your flavors mesh well, then serve, maybe with some delicious homemade crescent rolls, or another yummy homemade bread!