Favorite Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   put the chicken in a pot, cover with the water.

2. 2

   add one onion quartered, 2 carrots halved, 2 stalks of celery halved, 1 cup parsley, thyme, garlic and bay leaves.

3. 3

   boil, reduce heat and simmer, scraping off the foam at the top about 30 minutes inches.

4. 4

   simmer 1.5 hours, remove chicken. cool and remove the meat.

5. 5

   strain stock and cool (i like to cool it overnight) skim fat off the top.

6. 6

   chop the remaining 3 carrots, celery, parsnips and onion. add them to the stock and cook about an hour, adding the meat near the end to heat though.

7. 7

   cook egg noodles and pour soup over them in the bowl.

8. 8

   *i never keep the noodles in the soup- they can get mushy.

9. 9

   **if you like a stronger taste, add 1-2 tbs bullion to the stock.