Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side ..


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Everyone should have a few good chicken soup recipes.  Creamy soup, brothy rice soup and a noodle variety are really all you need.  They'll take care of your sick days, your rainy chilly days, and your sad days. 

Chicken soup is aloe for a burn....
                               A kiss to make it better....
                               The Bandaid for your boo boo.

No shit!

So I'm gonna tell you how to make The Most Fo' Shizzle Chicken Noodle Soup EVAH.

Here's the stuff.


HERBS:
Rosemary
Sage
Thyme

Stock:
2 Shank Bones
1 Whole Chicken
4-5 Stalks of Celery (Broke Up) 
4-5 Whole Carrots (Broke Up)
1 Medium Onion (Halved)
2 Lemons (In Thirds)
Liberally Salt & Pepper your chicken.

1 Cheesecloth Packet of:
4-5 Rosemary Stalks
4-5 Thyme (Or Lemon Thyme)
1 Clump of Sage
1 Bay leaf

Water to Cover

Soup Stuff:
3-4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
4-5 Whole Carrots, Diced
Celery Heart
1 Medium Onion
1 Container Portable Mushroom Slices
1 Bag Whole Wheat Egg Noodles
2 TBS Dried Thyme
DILL  (Secret Ingredient!)


Second Herby Packet:
3 Small Rosemary Sprigs
5 Thyme sprigs
1 Sage Clump

Put your Chicken in the middle of your pot and add all the veggies, salt, pepper, and herbs.  Top it all off with water.  Just till it's covered.  Put her on the stove and let her siiiiiiimmmmer.  Low low low heat.  2 hours is not really out of the question.  Deee-licious.

After about 2 hours turn her off and fetch that chicken outta the pot.  Drop it in a strainer and let it and the broth cool a bit.  After an hour or so, go ahead and strain the broth out.  Toss the shanks and veggies and crap.  That's all DONE.    Put the broth in the a-fridge-abator to chill and separate the fat and sediment.

While that's chilling skin and chunk up your whole chicken.    I usually just junk the wings.  Not much meat on there.  While I am at it I chunk up 3-4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs.  Wash The Board!  The do all your veggies.  I like to dice everything except the mushrooms, but feel free to dice them too!

Pull your broth outta the fridge and scoop the fat offa the top.  Pour it back in the stock pot.  While it's re-heating toss the raw chicken chunks it, add the second herby packet.  When the chicken is cooked (10 minutes or so) toss in the carrots.  Then after 10, the mushrooms and cold chicken chunks.  Then after another 10, toss in the onion and celery.  You can probably turn off the heat now.

Boil another pot of water and do up the Whole Wheat Noodles.  Once they are done toss em in the pot o'soup.  Swish em around.

Now for your secret ingredient.  Finely chop up 1/4 cup dill.  Toss it in.  It's a Jew-y soup secret.
Add some dried Thyme if you like. I do.
Let it all marry together and serve pipping hot bowls with toasted pumpernickel bread.  Good grief is it ever good.