Souper Saturday: Homemade Chicken Noodle

                      

This Saturday's souper recipe comes from the fabulous foodie blog thesouthernladycooks.com, make this delicious chicken noodle soup/stew for your family or as a quick pick me up for a friend or neighbor with the flu. Bake some crusty bread or cornbread muffins and you are serving some love in a bowl!

Ingredients:

3 large chicken breasts, chopped  (I use the boneless, skinless ones)

1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth

1 medium onion, chopped

2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup, undiluted

1 cup celery, chopped

1 cup carrots, chopped (Optional)

5 cups water

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon thyme

2 bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2  (16 ounce) bag of egg noodles

 How to:

Place all ingredients in a large soup pot except noodles.  Bring to a boil, turn down to simmer and cook until chicken and carrots are done. (I left the carrots out because I don’t like them in this soup but a lot of people do). Add noodles and simmer another 30 minutes.  Makes about 3 quarts of soup.  Enjoy!