Monday, February 26, 2018

The Best Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe

I haven't done much baking or cooking since I lost my husband, but I found this recipe on the Taste of Home website and I was looking for a way to use up left over chicken.

The original recipe calls for using 2 1/2 lbs of bone-in chicken thighs.  But since I roasted a chicken the night before, I just used the left over chicken instead.  I will place ** in the recipe where the chicken thighs are used.

Taste of Home Chicken Noddle Soup Recipe

Ingredients
  
**2-1/2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs 
**1-1/4 teaspoons pepper, divided 
**1/2 teaspoon salt 
**1 tablespoon canola oil 
2 to 3 cups cooked, chopped chicken
1 large onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced  
10 cups chicken broth
4 celery ribs, chopped
4 medium carrots, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 
3 cups uncooked egg noodles about 8 ounces
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice 

Directions

** Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon pepper and salt. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches, skin side down; cook until dark golden brown, 3-4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan; remove and discard skin. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons.

 Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. (Add cook chopped chicken if not using the chicken thighs)  Return chicken to pan. Add celery, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 25-30 minutes.

**Transfer chicken to a plate.

Add noodles; let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20-22 minutes.

 **Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat into bite-size pieces. Return meat to stockpot. 

Stir in parsley and lemon juice. Adjust seasoning with salt and remaining 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Remove bay leaves. Yield: 10 servings (3-1/2 quarts). 

Comments:

My son and his girlfriend LOVED this soup!!  I plan on making this again.  It also makes your house smell really good!!! 

I lost my best friend.

I haven't been on here for a while, 

My husband had a series of operations the last several months.  He had stents put in an artery in his leg in October.  And after passing out twice in two weeks at work, a stress test revealed his main artery in his heart was 90% block.  On January 2, he had a left heart catherization done and a stent was placed.

January 20, 2018, he suffered a major heart attack and passed away.  I lost my best friend.