Getting ready to be eaten in a bowl that I colored! :)On Wednesday Evan woke up feeling extremely sick. His head hurt, his throat was sore, and he didn't sound good at all. Luckily, I didn't get called into work so I was able to take care of him and get him whatever he needed. I had been waiting for a good time to fix my homemade chicken noodle soup and this seemed to be it. The thing about this meal is that a couple of years ago, I called my mom to ask her how to make chicken noodle soup and she told me roughly how to do it over the phone. It is definitely simple, but every time I make it it turns out slightly different since i'm not using an actual recipe. This time as I made it I tried to pay more attention so I could write it down, so this is it. Also, as a side note, although it is SO SIMPLE every time I make it I can't believe how tasty it is! And Evan loves it too. (Although this time he couldn't really taste it :)). Another nice thing about this recipe is that you can adjust it very easily to make more or less. For the amounts I used this time, I'd say it could feed around 4 people.
Ingredients that go into the soup:
Chicken (2 breasts cut into pieces or 1 can chicken breast meat or 1 rotisserie chicken) | Optional: |
Potatoes | Celery |
Carrots | Any other vegetable you feel inspired to add |
Egg Noodles | Marjoram |
Salt | Parsley |
Pepper | Bay Leaves |
Water | |
Chicken Boullion Cubes |
Recipe if using canned or rotiserrie chicken (notes at the bottom for using chicken breasts)
1. To start off, I put 8 cups of water into my pot and bring it to a boil.
2. While the water is coming to a boil, I wash 4 medium size potatoes and between 1/4 -1/2 of a 32oz bag of baby carrots. (I know that isn't very exact or helpful but I forgot to count! I like a lot of carrots in my soup so I would suggest just adding how much you like) To make this soup even easier, I have started using unpeeled potatoes in the soup. I just make sure to wash the outside of the potatoes extra good. I cut the potatoes into meidumish cubes and then I slice the baby carrots.
3. Around this time the water is boiling and I add 9 chicken bouillion cubes to the water. Technically it is one bouillion cube to one cup of water, but I want to make sure my soup is always very flavorful!
4. After the bouillion cubes have dissolved, add the carrots and potatoes. Also, add some salt and pepper and if you want, a dash of I'd marjoram, parsley and chopped bay leaves. Set the timer to around 10 minutes. When it goes off, test a couple of the vegetables to see if they are close to being done.
5. When the vegetables are about done (needing just a couple minutes more) add the canned chicken or rotisserie chicken - shred the chicken a little bit - and the egg noodles (a couple of handfuls seems to be perfect). Let boil for about 3 minutes more and your good to go!
Here is the canned chicken I used. It was my first time using it ( I got the idea from Evan's mom) and it is easy and yummy!
Here are the egg noodles, or at least the package, that I would highly recommend using. They are located close to the other noodles in the grocery store.
And I made some cheese bread to compliment the meal. However, because i'd never used our broiler before I didn't realize how it cooked. Oops!
Surprisingly still yummy though :)
Evan cut his crust off just like an elementary school boy! ha ha.
*HOW TO ADJUST IF YOU ARE USING REGULAR CHICKEN BREASTS*
Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Add the bouillion to the water and heat until it is dissoved. Add the chicken to the water and SIMMER the chicken until cooked. The key to non-chewy boiled chicken is to SIMMER the chicken, not BOIL. Then, once the chicken is cooked, remove the chicken from the water and add the vegetables. Continue previous directions and then add chicken at the same spot as above. This way your chicken doesn't get over cooked and is still good!
Also, if you are like me and just don't like boiled chicken, brown the chicken in a skillet with vegetable oil while boiling the vegetables etc. and then add the chicken in the same spot as above.
Good luck! And be prepared for a great meal!
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