Old Fashioned Chicken Soup

  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 2 hr
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Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 onion, chopped

3 carrots, sliced

2 stalks celery, sliced

6 cups water

1 chicken, quartered

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1 cup small egg noodles

Salt

Pepper

Directions

  1. Heat oil in large heavy pot. Cook onion and celery until translucent. Season chicken pieces liberally with salt and pepper. Place chicken skin side down in pot and brown, about 5 minutes. Add carrots and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove chicken from soup and let cool. Remove meat from bones and shred, discard skin. Return meat to pot and stir in parsley and noodles. Cook for another 20 minutes.

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Kristin Schmitt

Great recipe! I like to add parsnips, dill and 1/2 chicken broth, 1/2 water for more flavor. I think the reviews where the onions and celery burn when browning the chicken should try turning down the heat. I don’t think you need to brown the skin to a crisp because you’ll remove it later anyway.

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