Chef Johns Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

This homemade chicken noodle soup is soul-warming and deliciously simple — just chicken and noodles. What makes it so good is the homemade roasted chicken stock.



Chef Johns Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon butter

  • ½ cup diced carrot

  • ½ cup diced onion

  • ½ cup diced celery

  • ¼ teaspoon fresh thyme leaves

  • 1 pinch salt

  • 2 tablespoons melted chicken fat

  • 2 quarts roasted chicken broth (see footnote for recipe link)

  • 4 ounces uncooked wide egg noodles

  • 2 cooked boneless chicken breast halves, cubed

  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper (Optional)

  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions
    1. Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat. Stir in carrot, onion, celery, thyme, and salt. Add chicken fat; cook and stir until onions turn soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes.
    2. Stir in roasted chicken broth and bring to a boil. Season with salt, if necessary.
    3. Stir in egg noodles; cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

    4. Add cooked chicken breast meat; simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper.

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