Nancy's Chicken Noodle Soup

Ann's friend Nancy O'Brien shared her recipe for homemade chicken noodle soup. Simple and inexpensive meal. She buys a rotisserie chicken (a large one from Costco), makes a meal or two, and throws the carcass with some remaining meat on it into a pot to make broth for the soup. She uses Costco's Country Pasta egg noodles (come in huge bag); the noodles take 25 minutes to cook but taste almost like homemade egg noodles when done. The spice is Bouquet Garni from Penzeys (traditionally this would be a cheesecloth bag of fresh herbs). If the broth cooks down too much and more fluid is needed, you can add a can of low sodium chicken broth (Swanson's Natural is the best) or water with some Penzeys Chicken flavor enhancer (like a bouillon, keep in fridge). We liked the soup a lot and realize we should never throw away a chicken carcass again without making some homemade chicken broth to use or freeze. This would be a good use for any chicken or turkey bones (such as leftover carcass after Beer Can Chicken or Spatchcocked Chicken. Ann's note: The amounts given below are guestimates.

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes
by craftlady28

Ingredients

1 heaping teaspoon Penzeys Bouquet Garni

4 handfuls Country Pasta Egg Noodles

1 carcass rotisserie chicken with some meat reserved but mostly removed from bones

1 pinch salt to taste

1 tsp pepper to taste

1 small to medium onion chopped

1-2 stalks celery (good use for inside stalks)

1-1/2 cups carrots cut into pieces

1 cup peas optional


Directions

Put chicken (or turkey) carcass in sauce pan or dutch oven. Cover with water. Throw in the onion, celery, and a few carrot pieces (reserve most for the soup) - this is the mirepoix that flavors the broth and is discarded later. Add one heaping tsp of Bouquet Garni spice, and some salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then simmer for one hour. Strain the broth through a fine sieve. Remove any remaining meat on the bones to add to soup. Return broth to pan. Add more broth (see above note) if needed for cooking noodles. Add carrots and cook for few minutes (5-10) before adding egg noodles. Boil for 25 minutes. Add peas part way through if desired. Add leftover cooked chicken. Taste to check if salt and/or pepper is needed.

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