Chicken Noodle Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 cups cold water
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 5 celery ribs, cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 4 bay leaves, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 lbs chicken legs with thigh, with skin
• 12 ounces frozen noodles
• 3 carrots, cleaned and shredded
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large kettle or cooking pot stir in the onions, celery, bay leaves, and pepper to the water.
• 2 add the chicken with the skin and bring to a full boil.
• 3 reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.
• 4 remove the chicken and skin from the broth and set aside to cool.
• 5 strain the broth to remove the celery, onions, and bay leaves.
• 6 return the broth to the pot. add the frozen noodles to the broth, bring to a low boil, and cook for 20 minutes.
• 7 while the noodles are cooking remove the skin, bones, and gristle from the chicken and cut into bite size pieces.
• 8 when the noodles are done cooking add the chicken pieces and the carrots to the broth, return to a low boil, and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• 9 add salt and pepper to taste.