Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
This is my "Lazy Mom Chicken Noodle Soup"* You can certainly use bone-in and skin on chicken thigh meat or a whole chicken; cut up. Read my post to see why I used boneless, skinless chicken thigh meat.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1.25 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thigh meat* cubed
- 4 medium sized carrots peeled and chopped
- 4 ribs celery chopped
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced or finely diced
- 8 to 9 cups of water + more if needed
- 2 bay leaves fresh if you can get it; otherwise dry works too
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 sprigs fresh dill
- 1 sprig fresh basil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 lb. rotini pasta
- fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Using a large heavy bottomed pot, dump in the chicken, carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Pour in the water; you want enough water to cover everything and rise up even more. This will become your chicken soup broth (plus you are adding the pasta later so you want to make sure there's enough liquid).
- Add the bay leaves, thyme, dill and basil right on top, season with salt and pepper, give everything a good mix and then bring everything to a boil. Once boiling, turn the heat down to medium low and let simmer for about 35 to 40 minutes.
- After about 35 minutes, add the uncooked pasta and let cook for about 7 to 8 minutes. You can turn the heat up a little higher if you need to. Mix together, taste, season with more salt and pepper. When ready to serve, remove the bay leaves and thyme stems. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve!
Notes
Deeper Flavor Chicken Noodle Soup
If you have the time, I do highly recommend using a small whole chicken (cut up), or bone-in, skin on chicken (breast or thigh meat). The bones and skin add more flavor. I just made this soup in Dallas for my mom and niece and sautéed all the veg (carrots, celery and onion) in avocado oil (you can also use olive oil or even butter) and then added the garlic, mixed and sautéed. And then I added in the raw chicken, bay leaves and fresh herbs and enough water to cover the chicken (if you can) and cook (follow instructions above). Season with salt and pepper at the end.
Because my pot was so full, I cooked the pasta noodles separately and added in the cooked, al dente pasta into each bowl, topped with chicken and then soup and served this way. Enjoy!