This Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe Is A Game Changer
What’s so great about making chicken noodle soup from scratch when you could just open a can and call it dinner? Well, aside from the fact that your family will love the way it tastes (who doesn’t love chicken noodle soup?), you can feel good that you’re feeding them a home cooked meal full of the good stuff (and no weird chemicals or preservatives). Chicken broth, veggies, some dried herbs, a store-bought rotisserie chicken and egg noodles are all it takes to feed your family a meal full of flavor, nutrition and love. Yeah, let’s do this!
Chicken Noodle Soup Made From Scratch In Under 30 Minutes
Even as professional food bloggers, there are many nights we struggle with dinner. After all, we could all use a kitchen vacation! Far too often, the kids’ hunger arrives before a real meal plan does. In those situations, rather than panic or serve PB&J for dinner (although that happens too!) we often turn to this easy chicken noodle soup recipe. It comes together so quickly and you don’t need any fancy or special ingredients. And it uses one of our very favorite short cuts—a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
What’s In Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup?
Healthy and easy, chicken soup is a delicious and wholesome way to get good food into the bellies of your loved ones! Of course, it’s great to have homemade chicken stock and freshly cooked chicken on hand, but sometimes boxed stock and a store-bought rotisserie chicken is the best we can do, and you know what? That’s okay! No one will be the wiser and your sanity will be spared.
Here are all the ingredients you’ll need to make chicken noodle soup:
Butter or oil
Onion
Celery
Carrots
Garlic
Bay leaves
Rotisserie chicken from the store (or cooked, shredded chicken that you’ve cooked yourself. Our poached chicken recipe is great for this, if you’re a meal prepper!)
Egg noodle
Parsley
How To Make Quick And Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
Start your soup engines! In a large (6 quart) soup pot or dutch oven, heat the butter or olive oil over medium heat. Cook the onion, celery and carrots until the onions are translucent, about five minutes. Add garlic and cook for one more minute.
Heat the stock! Add the chicken stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the temperature and cook until the vegetables are nearly tender, about ten minutes longer.
Add the chicken, egg noodles, parsley, salt and pepper. Cook the noodles at medium-high heat at a simmer until they are tender and the chicken has been warmed through, about another ten minutes. You’ll want to place a lid on the pot to keep the liquid from evaporating.
If you’re feeling like a fancy extra touch, you could add a squeeze of lemon juice, fresh dill, or fresh parsley sprinkled on each bowl of soup.
Chicken noodle soup is fabulous on its own, but a side of Herby Rhodes Rolls never hurt anyone.
Tools You’ll Need
More Quick & Easy Chicken Recipes:
All of the chicken soup recipes: Green Chicken Enchilada Soup, Chicken and Rice Soup, Chicken Meatball and Vegetable Soup, White Bean Chicken Soup
Chicken Divan for a classic chicken and broccoli recipe.
Easy Harissa Chicken is a great way to prepare chicken thighs.
Easy Chicken Tacos and Easy Chicken Ramen Soup are some of our other favorites.
And for planning ahead, our Greek Chicken Freezer Meal is one we love having on hand.
Have You Made This Easy Chicken Noodle Soup Yet?
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