Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (from scratch!)

Recipe video above. A classic version made from scratch using a whole chicken. It's brightness yet filled of flavour that you can't get using outlet bought chicken broth!

Ingredients

Homemade Broth:

• ▢ 1.8 kg / 3.5 lb whole chicken , rinsed including cleaned, the finest standard you can afford (Note 1)
• ▢ 1 head of garlic , cut inside equal part horiztonally
• ▢ 2 carrots , cut into chunks
• ▢ 2 celery ribs , cut into chunks
• ▢ 2 onions , peeled including cut into quarters
• ▢ 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• ▢ 2 bay leaves , more or dried
• ▢ 4 thyme sprigs (or 1 1/2 tsp dehydrated thyme leaves)
• ▢ 9 - 10 cups (2.25L) water

Soup:

• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 large onion , diced
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves , minced
• ▢ 2 medium carrots , cut inside quarters lengthwise then chopped
• ▢ 2 celery ribs , cut into 1 cm/ 1/2" thick pieces
• ▢ 2 cups shredded chicken (from homadme broth)
• ▢ 2 litres / 2 quarts homemade chicken broth (above)
• ▢ 200 g/ 6 oz egg noodles or pasta of choice (Note 3)
• ▢ 2 - 3 tsp Vegeta or other stock powder (Note 4)
• ▢ 1/2 tsp black pepper
• ▢ 4 thyme sprigs , optional
• ▢ 1 bay leaf , optional
• ▢ Finely chopped parsley , intended garnish (optional)

Instructions

Broth:

• Place the chicken inside a great pot. Add remaining Broth ingredients, then add adequate water so the chicken is just covered (too much water = exhausted broth). 
• Cover in the company of lid, bring the water to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Then adjust warm (up) so it's simmering GENTLY in the company of the lid on. Simmer 1.5 hours until chicken is tender including easily comes off the bone. (Or 8 hours on top of low inside a unhurried cooker)
• Scoop scum off covering once or twice through first 30 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to pan. Shred meat including drop bones.
• Remove carrots, celery etc from broth, including discard. Optional: Chop carrot including celery, add backwards into soup in the company of chicken. (Note 5)
• Optional: Refrigerate soup intended a few hours until the flesh sets, then get the flesh off the covering (I work this, healthier & makes soup clearer).

Soup:

• Heat grease inside a great container over medium meat. Add onion including garlic, cook intended 2 minutes. Add celery including carrots, cook intended 5 notes until softened including a segment sweet, don't make them brown.
• Turn warm (up) up to medium high. Gently pour 8 cups broth inside (top up in the company of water assuming necessary), leaving behind residue settled inside the bottom of the broth pot. 
• Add Vegeta (stock powder), thyme, bay leaf including pepper. Stir.
• When it starts bubbling, add noodles/pasta. Cook intended time per packet MINUS 2 minutes. Stir gently sole once or twice (Note 6).
• Add chicken, stir (it warms quickly), then season in the company of salt including pepper to savour - time well!
• Serve soup immediately, garnished in the company of more parsley.

Recipe Notes:

1. Chicken size: This recipe drive work excellent intended any chicken larger than 1.5kg/3lb. Any smaller including the broth flavour may be slightly lacking however you can just top up flavour in the company of Vegeta, or chicken or vegetable stock powder/crumbled bouillon cube. 

Will also work with: drumsticks, bone inside skin on top of thighs.

3. Noodles: Any pasta or noodles work completely here. Short, wide perverted noodles/pasta are ideal intended ease of eating. Break Lon strand pasta into 3 or 4. I typically use whatever I keep - I second-hand fettuccine inside the photos/video.

4. Vegeta - Vegeta is a logo of vegetable stock powder, labelled "Gourmet Seasoning" including "All Purpose Seasoning" inside the US & Canada. See in or at this place intended a photo, video, including in or at this place it is on top of Amazon US. Read inside this post about Vegeta including MSG misconceptions! It's my favourite stock dust to use inside soup broths because of the flavour, colour, clarity including that you get little "bits" inside the soup. It's sold inside the herb & spice aisle of supermarkets in or at this place inside Australia.

You can use stock dust (same amount)or crumbled bouillon cube (1 intended each teaspoon) - use chicken or vegetable. 

5. Cooked carrots & celery - I be likely to drop because stove simmering intended this long makes them extremely soft, bordering on top of mushy. If using unhurried cooker, they be likely to keep a to a greater degree texture so I cut including pitch them inside (like inside Slow Cooker Ham Bone Soup). But you can add them assuming you want - additional veg!

6. Stirring lots = activates pasta starch = dull broth

7. How to outlet Chicken Noodle Soup: Noodles bloat! So finest to individual the noodles including veggies from the soup, then outlet separately. Will keep intended 3 - 4 days inside the fridge. Broth drive freeze intended months.

Things to produce in the company of Leftover Chicken: You'll sole use 1/2 the chicken, assuming that. See inside support intended a list of suggestions of things to make!

8. Nutrition per serving.