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Homestyle Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

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Thick, delicious and super filling – your family and friends will love this soup on a cold day. Great alone in a bowl, or dunking bread into it, or even served over a pile of mashed potatoes… You know, because one can never have too much starch! Don’t worry about the serving quantity – you’ll want these leftovers!

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds Whole Chicken Or Cut-up Fryer
  • 1 whole Yellow Onion
  • 4 whole Carrots
  • 4 stalks Celery
  • 1 Tablespoon Dried Sweet Basil
  • 1 Tablespoon Salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Pepper
  • 48 ounces, fluid Chicken Broth
  • 32 ounces, weight Reame's Frozen Egg Noodles (16 Ounce Packages)
  • 3 cans (10 Oz. Size) Cream Of Chicken Soup

Preparation

Cut up your chicken and put it all into a large pot. Slice the onion into large quarter sections. Trim and wash the carrots and celery and cut them into 4″ lengths. Add the vegetables to the pot of chicken, add enough water to cover everything, add the basil, salt and pepper – stir and turn on high to boil.

Once it begins to boil, turn it down onto medium so it can simmer for about an hour and a half to two hours. Check occasionally to make sure all of the ingredients are still covered with water, add more if some cooks away.

After 1.5 to 2 hours of simmering, remove all of the chicken and lay it out to cool on a cooling rack. Scoop out the veggies with a slotted spoon and set aside in a bowl.

Pour the remaining juices into a large bowl so you can separate the fat. Whatever method you prefer, I then pour it into a fat sieve, discarding the fat and adding the broth back to the large pot.

Don’t add water to the remaining broth, instead add the 48 ounces of chicken broth. This should be enough broth to cover the two packages of egg noodles. You’ll want to add the noodles and there should be enough liquid to cover them by about 2 inches. Feel free to add a little bit of water if you need some more.

Bring the noodles to a low boil, checking about 15 minutes and stirring so they don’t stick to the bottom. Add water occasionally if needed.

While the noodles are simmering, take the cooled veggies and cut them into whatever size you prefer. If they had stayed in the pot and boiled the whole time they’d be mush – so I boil the big pieces, then cut them up smaller and add them in at the end.

De-bone the chicken pulling the pieces into smallish chunks and set aside in a separate bowl. The noodles will double in size when they’re done. Keep checking them, it will take about 45 minutes to an hour. Test it by cutting them – if they are hard in the middle, they’re not done.

When the noodles are done, add in the 3 cans of cream of chicken soup – this will really thicken things up. Stir that in until well blended. Add in the small cut vegetables and chunked chicken and stir well to blend. Sample the soup and add any additional seasonings if needed to taste.

Now you’re ready to serve and your house will smell wonderfully homey!

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RedNatV (now I am a Mrs.) on 11.3.2010

I made this soup last Friday night with mashed potatoes and it was so yummy. We finally finished it up last night. Thank you for sharing a great recipe!

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cookthis on 10.4.2009

Oh my gosh this was good! I added onions to it also, but other than that I followed the recipe to a tee. My family ate all of it, even the leftovers! Definitely a keeper recipe!!

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Alexis on 1.1.2012

Very similar to a soup that has been passed down on my mom’s side. Definite comfort food. It doesn’t have any veggies in it but I’ve thought about adding some – will for sure after reading this. The only other difference is that instead of adding cream soup at the end, the recipe I have calls for thickening it with corn starch until at desired consistency. For those who can’t find the frozen egg noodles called for, making your own is super easy (flour, egg, water, and salt) and well worth it! I’ve seen several recipes on TK for them. I always do that since I can’t get the frozen ones where I live now. The texture is so much better!

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chels_dog on 10.19.2011

Yummy!! I used a rotisserie chicken and needed a lot more water (would have used broth but ran out) but it was delicious!

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Mama D on 2.20.2011

My picky 15 year old daughter told me to never make any chicken soup besides this one. That says a LOT for this recipe! It’s very easy, and tastes great. I, too, used egg noodles in place of the Reames noodles, because of the price difference. It was still wonderful. If you’re looking for Reames, you can search on their website to see if any retailer near you carries them.

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terrilw on 1.26.2011

I love this recipe. The only thing I do differently is the egg noodles. I can’t get the frozen Reame’s noodles here so i just use dried egg noodles and cook them a lot less. I wish I could get the Reames noodles because I bet they’re good. Are they regional?

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