Recipe: Appetizing Old Fashioned Chicken Soup

Old Fashioned Chicken Soup. Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup is the ultimate comfort food. My son was recovering form a cold this weekend so I made him this soup. Maybe it's rooster noodle soup, eh?

No need for ready-to-serve chicken broth when it is so simple to make your own. Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup is classic American comfort food. Really, does it get any better? you can cook Old Fashioned Chicken Soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Chicken Soup

1. It's 1 of whole chicken: cut up.
2. You need of Water, enough to cover chicken.
3. Prepare 1 oz. of fresh basil cleaned and chopped, or 1 Tbsp. dried.
4. Prepare 1 Tbsp of dried parsley.
5. Prepare 1 Tbsp of granulated garlic, or 3 cloves finely minced garlic.
6. You need 1/2 tsp. of ground ginger.
7. You need 64 oz. of chicken stock.
8. You need 4 of chicken boullion cubes.
9. It's 1 of white onion, diced.
10. You need 5-7 stalks of celery,cleaned and chopped.
11. It's 5 of carrots, cleaned and chopped.
12. Prepare 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
13. You need 8 of ox noodles.
14. Prepare to taste of salt and pepper.

Flavorful stock, fresh-cooked chicken, traditional vegetables, and egg noodles lend starchy body to the broth of this favorite soup that's ready in just over an hour. Season chicken pieces liberally with salt and pepper. Add carrots and cover with water. Remove chicken from soup and let cool.

Old Fashioned Chicken Soup step by step

1. Cut chicken into pieces and rinse. Place in a heavy soup pan..
2. Cover with water and boil for 1 hour or until the meat falls from the bones. Skim the top as needed.
3. Remove chicken and bones from pan reserving liquid. Separate meat from the skin and bones..
4. Chop carrots and celery and saute with 1 tblspn olive oil..
5. Chop all spices and add to the stock pot with the boullion cubes..
6. Return chicken to the pot with spices and carrots and celery. Add enough stock to raise level of soup to about an inch below top of pan and simmer 2 hours. Adding stock as needed..
7. Add noodles to the soup and boil until tender. (I used farfalle this time, but you can add your favorite kind.).
8. Serve with fresh bread and butter..

Remove meat from bones and shred, discard skin. All Reviews for Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings. FINALLY a good chicken & dumplings recipe! I was let down by the shortcut recipes that use canned soups and biscuits. The best chicken noodle soup you've ever tasted starts with a simple recipe and a deep, rich, perfectly seasoned broth.