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OK, I'm confused. I was fairly certain that I made the best chicken noodle soup, but according to this recipe over at AOL Food (via AllRecipes.com), I don't. It's The Best Chicken Noodle Soup Ever.
There's nothing that warms my heart and other organs in the winter than a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup, with big chunks of chicken and carrots and celery in a seasoned broth. In fact, I'm going to make chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight. Not sure if I'll make this one (don't have the whole chicken or some of the other ingredients), but it sounds like a really good basic recipe to keep in your collection.
Chicken Noodle Soup
1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
1 pound baby carrots
2 onions, chopped
2 cubes beef bouillon, crumbled
1 packet chicken noodle soup mix
2 (14.5 ounce) cans low-sodium chicken broth
1 pinch dried thyme
1 pinch poultry seasoning
1 pinch dried basil
5 black peppercorns
2 bay leaves
1 pinch dried parsley
1 (8 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
Place chicken in a large pot and cover with water. Place celery leaves in pot and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and place in a bowl until cool enough to handle.
Meanwhile, place celery, carrots, onion, bouillon, soup mix and chicken broth in pot and let simmer. Season with thyme, poultry seasoning, basil, peppercorns, bay leaves and parsley.
Bone chicken and cut up meat into bite-size pieces. Return meat to pot. Cook until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended, up to 90 minutes.
Stir pasta into pot and cook 10 to 15 minutes more, until noodles are al dente. Serve hot.
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12-06-2007 @1:41PM Deuz Augustine said... I am so sick today -- on my birthday no less -- and would actually murder someone to obtain this soup.
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12-06-2007 @2:06PM Coto said... mmm looks delicious! I will try it
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12-06-2007 @2:55PM Iscariote said... Beef boullion cubes? 1 packet of chicken soup mix?
Yeah, no thanks.
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12-06-2007 @3:55PM Patrick said... This is kind of a ridiculous recipe. Why do they bother boiling a chicken if they're going to add 2 cans of broth, 2 boullion cubes, AND a packet of soup mix anyway? I'll sometimes add 1 boullion cube for extra seasoning, but that's as far as I'm willing to go. If you have a whole chicken available to you, canned broth is just not necessary.
Definitely NOT the best chicken noodle soup ever.
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12-06-2007 @4:11PM Punisher2K said... You have to add water to the soup, why not just add broth? Water brings nothing to the party.
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12-06-2007 @4:40PM salsa said... Agreed with Patrick and Iscariote-- this is a non-recipe, like a mushroom soup recipe calling for a can of mushroom soup.
So Bob, not to worry-- your chicken soup is still the second best (after mine...;).
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12-07-2007 @9:11AM melissa.agnew said... I want to know if I can make chicken noodle soup with chicken pieces, bone in. The reason I'm asking is because I want to buy free range, but I know a whole chicken will be pricey. What do you think?
I like to rice in my soup, which I realize is not a noodle soup. ;)
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12-12-2007 @4:42PM kristin matheney said... First of all, you would not need beef bouillon or canned chix broth when boiling the whole chix.. hence the idea of making the stock yourself. Second, never cook pasta in the broth.. always cook it separate (al dente) and add as needed to each individual bowl of soup, otherwise it becomes mushy and throws off startch into the soup. I italian and jewish... i have learned a few things from my mother and grandma...
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12-11-2007 @2:36PM Linda said... i don't understand...why put BEEF bouillon cubes in a CHICKEN recipe for soup...it doesn't make any sense to me...but then...i am no gourmet chef.
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12-11-2007 @2:42PM Steve said... C'mon people...put YOUR chicken soup recipes on here, and if you really want to see who has the best recipe...besides my mom, just pour some into your B drive and send it to me to judge. :D
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1-17-2008 @6:03AM dond39 said... OK Steve, please send me your mom's recipe and let me give it a shot.
Don in Alabama
dond39@charter.net
12-11-2007 @2:43PM emma said... Uh, don't you mean sodium noodle soup?
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12-11-2007 @3:00PM hal said... IF YOU USE A KOSHER CHICKEN {it has more flavor because of it's diet and because it is salted] YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO ADD ALL THE BUILLON AND CANED CHICKEN BROTH TO GIVE THE SOUP FLAVOR. THE CHICKEN AND THE VEGGIES SHOULD GIVE THE SOUP ALL THE FLAVOR IT NEEDS.
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12-11-2007 @3:08PM C Walton said... What is the point of making homemade soup if you are going to add beef bullion cubes, chicken noodle soup mix and canned chicken broth
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12-11-2007 @3:37PM dan said... Cut breasts off a chix and boil the carcas down with onion rosemany, carrots, celery and parsly, thyme let cook till about mush then strain and use as a stock for your soup, No Beef. male your own egg noodles
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12-11-2007 @6:57PM anna said... First make the stock, boil the chicken in water to cover the bird with two cut up carrot, one med. onion with the skin on (makes for good color) and 2 stalks of celery. Simmer until chicken is cooked.
When cool enough to handle, remove chicken from bones and return the bones to the broth and cook them for another hours. Add salt and pepper to taste. This is a great broth.
Cook rice or noodles separately.
Add cut up carrots, onions and celery to the broth and cook until tender. Add the chicken and the rice or noodles to the broth. Now you have the best chicken soup, with out all the salt of canned broth, soup mix and boullion cubes.
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12-12-2007 @8:15AM Renee said... Everyone has made comments about adding chicken broth, boullion cubes, and chicken soup mix but no one has made any comments about the bow tie pasta. Sorry, but the best chicken noodle soup is made with home made noodles!
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12-11-2007 @4:05PM Kiki said... Hello? How can this be a good recipe when you use **chicken soup mix***??? This isn't homemade! What happened to our American culture? Why are we pretending this is the "real thing"??? This ain't real chicken soup, people. Stop eating at McDonald's so much because now you think a soup made with a packet of chicken soup mix can be called homemade! It's not!
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12-11-2007 @4:42PM STEVEN OLK said... YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING. That sounds like an attempt at recreating campbells on your own. Why not start and use only honest ingredients. Why do you need all that msg, and other garbage? I won't tell you my mother's recipe but suffice it to say it has a variety of veggies and HONEST stock ingredients. You are selling shortcuts , not chicken soup.
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12-11-2007 @5:07PM Vivi said... Thanks but no thanks!
This is definitely not a homemade chicken soup. No one needs the bouillon cubes and the chicken noodle soup mix.
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