Chicken Noodle Soup

 I learned this wonderful recipe from my Mother. She grew up on a cattle ranch in a tiny farming town in Idaho. Near the Grand Tetons! The amazing thing about her way of making this soup is the broth. You don't have to add any chicken bullion or other flavoring. Amazing! Home made noodles are a must! A couple of things I added to the recipe are roasting the chicken with olive oil, kosher salt and pepper prior to adding it to the soup and adding fresh parsley at the very end. Yummy. Those tips I learned from Ina Garten.

Home Made Noodles 

2 eggs 

1 tsp salt 

1/4 tsp pepper

3/4 cup half and half

Flour 

Mix eggs, salt, pepper and half and half. Add flour 1 cup at a time continue mixing. (I do this by hand not w/beaters or not in a mixer) Add enough flour to make a stiff dough. Roll dough out to less than 1/4-inch thick in a rectangle shape. Rub flour on both sides. Cut dough in thin strips making long and skinny noodles. Tip: I rub flour on both sides of the dough after I have it rolled out in a 

skinny noodles. (I roll my dough up like if you were making cinnamon rolls and then cut) Let noodles dry for 15-20 min. Add to soup at a rapid boil to 

avoid dough clumping up. 

Chicken Noodle Soup 

1 whole chicken (see below)

2 + quarts chicken stock (see below to make your own)   

2 cup celery, diced 

2 cups carrots, diced

1/4 cup fresh parsley

For moist, well seasoned chicken. Rinse and pat chicken dry. Throw insides away. Place on cookie sheet lined with foil. Rub each side of chicken with butter or olive oil inside and out. Generously sprinkle with kosher salt & pepper inside & out. (must use Kosher salt!) Roast 35-40 min on 400 until cooked through. Pull chicken off and dice. Place chicken carcass in crock pot and cover with water. Cook on low for at least 4 hrs. Poor stock/liquid into a pot by using a strainer to catch the chicken bones. Continue with directions below to make soup. Pull more chicken off bones and add to soup. Throw away carcass and any bones.

Bring chicken stock to a simmer in a large pot and add the celery, carrots. Bring to a rapid boil and add noodles. Simmer for about 10 minutes until noodles are cooked through. Add the chicken and parsley. And serve.