Friday, April 2, 2010

Chicken Noodle Soup For Your Soul

Chicken Noodle Soup For Your Soul
Chicken Noodle Soup For Your Soul
Chicken Noodle Soup For Your SoulWhether it has medicinal value or not, nothing can be better than a bowl of warm chicken noodles soup to brighten up your winter day and bring back the pinks to your cheeks. Here's a recipe for chicken noodles soup that includes a lot of vegetables. It's easy to make and very nutritious. Just prepare this soup and keep it in the refrigerator. Heat this and drink whenever you want a stress buster.

Ingredients required for Chicken Noodles Soup

* Chopped onions - 2
* Carrots - 3 (cut into 0.25 inch circles)
* Celery ribs - 3 (sliced to ¼ inch pieces)
* Chicken -1
* Chicken broth - 2 qt
* Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp
* Parsley - 4 sprigs plus extra to garnish
* Fresh thyme - 3 sprigs
* Bay leaf - 1
* Egg noodles - 2 cups
* Salt and pepper to taste

Pour oil in a soup pan and heat it. Saute onions, celery and carrot in the oil over medium heat and stir till the vegetables get soft. Make about eight pieces of the chicken and stir in along with the vegetables. It's important not to remove fat pads from the tail area. Add chicken broth and enough water to fully immerse the ingredients. Let this mixture boil and keep skimming the froth that comes up. Now, add the seasonings - parsley, thyme and bay leaf.