Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
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Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
Description
The Classic Chicken Noodle Soup starts with sautéing onions, garlic, celery, salt, and pepper in butter to build a flavor base. Adding chicken broth, chicken breasts, carrots, and fresh thyme creates a simmered broth. After cooking, the chicken is shredded and returned to the pot along with egg noodles cooked just shy of package instructions, ensuring tender but not mushy pasta.
The resulting soup has a clear but flavorful broth combining gentle sweetness from the vegetables, herbaceous notes from the thyme, and tender pieces of chicken with soft egg noodles. The texture is varied with crisp-tender vegetables and delicate noodles, making it a nourishing soup suitable for a light meal or starter.
This soup works well served hot on its own or with crusty bread for dipping. Its moderate seasoning and simple ingredients allow it to suit different palates and occasions.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 1/2 yellow onion , chopped
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 talks celery , sliced thinly
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper coarse ground
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 chicken breast boneless skinless
- 2 carrot sliced
- 1 teaspoon thyme fresh
- 8 ounces egg noodles , cooked 1 minute shy of directions
Instructions
- Add the butter to a large dutch oven on medium heat and cook the onions, garlic, celery, salt and pepper for 3-4 minutes or until translucent before adding in the broth, chicken, carrots, and thyme and bringing to a boil, then reducing to a simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken and shred with two forks before returning to the soup with the cooked pasta and serve.
Notes
- Click on the cooking times in the instructions to start kitchen timers for efficient preparation.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 216 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 216kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 67mg | 22% |
| Sodium | 811mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 457mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 2725IU | 55% |
| Vitamin C | 11.2mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 32mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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