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

Greetings from the Kitchen!

Hi everyone!

Since this is my first post with Eating with Kyle, I thought that it would be a good idea to introduce myself before I start with what I expect to be my normal posts.

Well, first of all, my name is Kyle (duh) and I'm a 26 year old single guy living just outside of Hartford, CT. I share a house with 2 other awesome guys, and I'm pretty much the master of the kitchen amongst the three of us.

I've been cooking since 5th Grade and have been in love with it ever since. During High School, I took a Food Service class and loved it so much that I almost gave up on my true love of working with computers to go to Culinary School instead. I still wish that I had taken that leap though, or at least taken some classes at the local Community College. Alas, that was not to be...at least for now!

Now that I've moved out of my parents' respective houses I've redeveloped a love for cooking and try to make something new every week when I have time. Unfortunately, my job doesn't always allow me the time to make a good meal, but I try to as often as possible.

And now, on to the meat and potatoes of this blog: THE FOOD!