My mom has been making this chicken noodle soup for as long as I can remember and it is super tasty. Much better than the canned variety, I can assure you! And it is so simple and easy. I posted a pic on Instagram and Facebook recently and several asked for the recipe, so here you go.
Now, keep in mind that my mom never measures anything. She just makes things for years and knows how to do it in her head. So finding out the exact measurements for any of these recipes is a little tricky.
To make this pot of soup, she boiled one large bone-in chicken breast in water. Save the broth and debone the breast, shredding the meat.
She adds sliced carrots and celery to the broth and lets that simmer awhile, softening up the vegetables. She also adds another small can of chicken broth. This is all dependent on how big a pot of soup you want to make, so just do what you think will work.
She adds in the shredded chicken after the veggies have cooked a bit and then adds the noodles to the pot toward the end and they cook fast. These are plain noodles, I think and she gets the Kroger brand. I don’t think these are extra wide noodles. So take a look at the dried noodles and pick what you want. Add salt and pepper to taste.
That’s it! That’s all she does to make this delicious homemade chicken noodle soup. Our family loves it and she has been making this for years. With a grilled cheese sandwich, it’s a yummy lunch!
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I can vouch how good it is because that is exactly how I make my soup, although I keep the noodles in a separate bowl and add them as I serve the soup, keeps them from getting soggy if there are leftovers. I can’t eat canned soup, grew up on homemade and there is nothing better than dinner of homemade soup and homemade bread.
Yummy!! I know it’s delicious, because your mama made it!
B
I don’t measure either (except in baking!), because that’s pretty much how I learned to cook from my grandmother. I made my chicken noodle soup similar, but use onions and a bit more seasoning. I also grill or bake the chicken (with seasoning) for more flavor. I just can’t handle boiled chicken! LOL!!
I love chicken noodle soup–but only homemade. This is pretty much how I make mine too. My children and grandchildren will eat this when they won’t eat other foods. I put in a little minced onion and plenty of vegetables. Especially good on these cold winter days.
Mine is similar- I never measure either. I always cook noodles or dumplings separately so there’s plenty of broth, and I always use onions and lots of chopped fresh parsley and celery tops for flavor and added nutrition. Being as we are Italian, we always finish with grated Parm on top!
I do that, too. It’s amazing the flavour lift the chopped parsley adds. I also cook my chicken with carrots and celery and onion and salt/pepper first to make a very flavourful broth which I then (or not:) ) sieve and add more carrots and celery for the actual soup. Hope that makes sense. I use the sieving in my compost so nothings really lost.
That looks so good Rhoday, I want to jump through the screen and have a bowl (and I’m a vegetarian!) 🙂
Oh my! That looks so good. Thanks for the instructions.
There is nothing better than homemade soup and a yummy grill cheese sandwich. And, can so relate to having to “figure” out a family recipe as my Granny and my MIL’s recipes tend to have “a little of this and a little of that” in the directions.
It looks so good! I love chicken noodle soup. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Me too.. I add one can cream of chicken and butter of course ..lol
Yum! Another recipe for the collection! I love chicken noodle soup – the best are always made without exact measurements. Thanks for sharing!!
xo. Leslie
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This soup looks perfect for the cold, slushy weather we’re having here in NH! Thanks!