When I was younger and not feeling well, my Dad used to always make me this amazing homemade chicken noodle soup. It's the best soup ever. No restaurant can top it. It is made the same way my Babcia (which means grandmother in Polish, but I am actually referring to my great-grandmother here) would make it and the same way my Nana would make it. And now, it's the same way I make it. It's liquid comfort in a bowl that has healing powers reaching far beyond any drugstore cold reliever.
Now it's back to bed.
Lazy Chicken Soup
- 2 32 oz boxes of chicken stock
- 1 lb chicken meat, shredded (Trader Joe's has fantastic pre-cooked chicken breasts that work really well here)
- 5-6 carrots, peeled and cut into coins
- 1 package of mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
~ 1 tsp dried thyme
~ 1 tsp dried rosemary
~ 1 tsp dried basil
~ A couple pinches of garlic powder
- 1 bay leaf
~ 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
- Cooked pasta of choice (I think the more fun shape the better. Today I opted for farfalle, or bow-tie shaped pasta.)
Heat the oil in the pan and add the mushrooms, frying them until they become tender. Add the chicken stock (you can add additional water here if you'd like to make more, or you can leave it as is), dry herbs and carrots. Cover the pot and let it all cook on medium low-heat for about an hour, or until the carrots are soft and cooked through. Add the chicken and let it cook for an additional 30 minutes or so. To serve, add a scoop of pasta to the bowl and then ladle the soup on top. If you add the noodles to the soup, you'll end up with soggy mushy noodles floating in your soup the next day.
2 comments:
So sorry that you don't feel well. Hope the soup helped. Thanks for keeping up your blog - I look forward to it every day!! I don't even like chicken noodle soup - but this sounds so easy to make and looks so good I am going to make it later today.
We tried this recipe a couple nights ago - It was delicious and perfect for a chilly New England night! In fact, it's so tasty that I'm having some leftovers for breakfast right now!
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