Homemade Chicken Soup Makes It All Better

The only thing that I love about being sick with a cold is that it gives me a reason to make Chicken Soup. So, when I came down with a cold this week, it gave me the perfect excuse to make my favorite Chicken Noodle Soup recipe!

I actually found the recipe this one is based off of a couple of years ago when I had a pretty nasty cold. That recipe was good, but I combined a number of suggestions to make it better. The following is my version of the recipe and makes enough leftovers for a few days:

Feel Better Chicken Noodle Soup

• 1Tbsp Butter
• 1/2 Medium Yellow Onion
• 3 Stalks of Celery
• 2 Carrots
• 2 tsp Minced Garlic
• 2 - 32oz Boxes of Chicken Stock
• 1 - 14oz Can of Vegetable Stock
• 1 Tbsp Dried Thyme Leaves
• 1 Tbsp Dried Oregano
• 2 tsp Dried Basil
• 1 Pinch of Red Pepper Flakes
• 3 drops of Hot Sauce
• 1 - Rotisserie Chicken
• 2 handfuls of Medium Egg Noodles
• Salt & Pepper to Taste

Directions:

1. Clean the meat off of your rotisserie chicken. I prefer to use a Bourbon flavored chicken from my local Stop & Shop. Make sure that you make the pieces of chicken bite-sized.
2. Melt the butter in your soup pot and sweat the garlic, onion, carrots and celery.
3. Add the stock, herbs, and hot sauce to the pot and stir.
4. Add about 2/3 of the chicken and the egg noodles and stir again.
5. Heat the soup to boiling, then lower the temp to Med-Low and simmer for 20 minutes
6. Enjoy!

Note: I usually use the left over chicken that I didn't add to the soup for a number of different recipes during the week. Stuff like Chicken Salad or Chicken Fried Rice/Stir Fry.

That's all for today! Happy Eating!
--Kyle