Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
How do you make chicken noodle soup from scratch? A Chicken noodle soup recipe from scratch is surprisingly simple & healthy with tons of vegetables and benefits. Homemade chicken noodle soup is also great for the cold & flu! The salt to help your electrolytes, warmth, protein, nutrients from the vegetables and it is easy on your stomach with the egg noodles.
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $20
Ingredients
- 8 cups chicken broth can do 4 cups vegetable broth & 4 chicken as well
- 4 cups egg noodles sub chickpea or whole wheat noodles to make healthier
- 2 lb diced chicken thighs breast works as well but dark meat is normally better for this
- 4 carrots chopped
- 4 celery stalks chopped
- 1 white or yellow onion chopped
- 6 minced garlic cloves or 2 tsp pre-minced garlic
- 4 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp onion powder
- salt & pepper to taste
Optional
- 4 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp Italian seasoning or 1/2 tsp dried basil & 1/2 dried oregano
Instructions
- Dice and chop all ingredients. Add olive oil, onions, carrots, garlic and celery to large pot over medium heat for 5 minutes until vegetables soften.
- Pour in chicken stock and seasonings bringing to a medium boil.
- NOTE! Now is the time to make sure the broth tastes good before adding in raw chicken.
- Submerge chicken into soup so that broth fully covers them bringing to a simmer or slow boil. Cover and stir for 25 minutes until chicken is cooked.
- Cook noodles per instructions in a separate pot.
- Add cooked noodles to bowl and ladle soup over top.