The Lady's Chicken Noodle Soup

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Cozy Country Cooking

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

Stock:

1 (2 1/2 to 3-pound) fryer chicken, cut up
3 1/2 quarts water
1 onion, peeled and diced
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 bay leaves
3 chicken bouillon cubes
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Soup:

2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups sliced celery, with leafy green tops
2 1/2 cups uncooked egg noodles
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/3 cup cooking sherry
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1 cup grated Parmesan, optional
3/4 cup heavy cream, optional
Seasoning salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Crusty French bread, for serving

Directions

For the stock: add all ingredients to a soup pot. Cook until chicken is tender, about 35 to 45 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and set aside to cool. Remove and discard bay leaves and onion. You should have approximately 3 quarts of stock. When chicken is cool enough to touch, pick bones clean, discarding bones, skin, and cartilage. Set chicken aside.

For the soup: bring stock back to a boil, add carrots, and cook for 3 minutes. Add celery and continue to cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Add egg noodles and cook according to directions on package. When noodles are done, add chicken, mushrooms, parsley, sherry and rosemary. Add Parmesan and cream, if using. Cook for another 2 minutes. Adjust seasoning, if needed, by adding seasoning salt and pepper. Enjoy along with a nice hot crusty loaf of French bread.

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recipe The Lady's Chicken Noodle Soup
Tracy Universal City, TX 11-17-2009
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The Best Chicken Soup!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This soup is awesome! We loved it! Makes enough for leftovers, and they were gone the next day! Made it again in the same... week! Absolutely delicious! This will be a great recipe to pass down to my kids someday! I will make this over and over again! I did add the cream and fresh parmasan cheese. Also had about a 4-5 lb chicken and still turned out great! Thanks Paula!Read more
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omar cleveland, OH 11-09-2009
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And I can't even cook
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was delicious and was a real confidence booster for someone who struggles in the kitchen. I made it just as Paula... says and it was AMAZING!!!!Read more
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donnie chester, CA 11-07-2009
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OMG Soup was wonderful
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made one change I added a cup of Bourbon! Also a stick of Butter! Thanks Paula
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Kerri Gurnee, IL 11-04-2009
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Crazy Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this today, and it was absolutely delicious. I only made a few changes to it. First, I simmered a cut up a whole... chicken with some carrots, celery, and onions for about an hour on low heat, took the chicken out, separated it from the bones and then threw the bones back into the pot, letting it simmer for another hour and a half ( it's a method used in Matzo Ball soup to get a really rich broth). Afterwards I strained the broth to get all of the impurities, bones, and veggies out of it, and then cut up more veggies to use in the soup. I sauteed the mushrooms, onion, carrots, and celery in some butter to soften them up before i threw them in the broth. I used the same seasonings, just my execution was a little different. The sherry i used was Dry Sack, and it was really good. Do not skip out on the parmesan cheese and heavy cream! One of the most delicious soups I have ever had, and I definitely plan on making it again.Read more
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Joan Blountsville, AL 11-04-2009
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Best soup ever, made it now over a dozen times
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I put a little mozzerella cheese in mine too.. when I have it. Also, just a little more cream.. at least a cup. a richer... soup. Also, add more mushrooms because I love them. The taste is so, so good. I usually do not like soup recipes but this one is a family favorite and requested over and over.. I am making right now for my sister's family. JUST THE BEST CHICKEN SOUP EVER! Read more
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Kimberly Northampton, PA 11-01-2009
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The best chicken noodle soup I ever had!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the best chicken noodle soup ever! The parmesean cheese makes it absolutely excellent. Thank you Paula!