Chicken Noodle Soup 2021
Another deeply comforting Chicken Noodle Soup recipe, for ultimate nourishment to help heal broken hearts and soothe aching souls. A solid base of wholesome flavors including onions, carrots, celery, canned green chiles + fresh red (hot and sweet) chili peppers and lots of minced garlic, some vegetable stock and bay leaves. Whole chicken breasts are immersed in this aromatic potion and simmered to create medicinal magic! The resulting chicken stock is pulsed to an orangish, silky smooth consistency and finished off with tender bite-sized chicken breasts, fresh dill + parsley and lemon juice. Therapeutic and so delicious. Slurp away!
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breasts *boneless, skinless
- 2 tbsp butter *unsalted
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion *chopped
- 7 cloves garlic *minced, pulsed in chopper
- 4 small celery stalks *sliced, or two large stalks
- 2 carrots *peeled and sliced
- 7 oz green chiles *canned-drained and rinsed
- 2 red chili peppers *hot and sweet, deseeded and minced, pulsed in chopper
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- ¾ tsp Kosher salt
- ¾ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 5 cups vegetable stock
- 5 cups water
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp fresh dill *chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley *chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon juice *freshly squeezed
- 12 oz noodles *I used Riccioli pasta
Instructions
- Rinse and pat dry chicken breasts. Set aside.
- In a large pot, heat butter + olive oil on medium heat. Add chopped onions and sauté for 6-7 minutes until soft and translucent. Add minced garlic + red chili peppers and continue to sauté for 3-4 minutes. Now add sliced celery, carrots, chopped green chiles and chicken bouillon cube, mix well and continue to cook on medium low heat for 6-7 minutes. Add Kosher salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes, mix well and cook for 6-7 minutes. Now add bay leaves and chicken breasts, mix to combine and cook until chicken breasts changes color, about 4-5 minutes. Now add vegetable stock and water, stir to combine and bring to a boil. Cover pot, turn heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
- In another large pot, boil water and cook pasta per package instructions (al dente). Drain pasta and set aside.
- Remove chicken breasts, let slightly cool, cut into bite-sized pieces (or shred chicken) and set aside. Remove and discard whole bay leaves and using immersion blender, pulse stock to a smooth consistency and color. Now add cooked pasta and chicken, stir to combine and bring to a boil again. Add freshly chopped dill, parsley and lemon juice and stir to combine.
- Soul-soothing and deeply comforting Chicken Noodle Soup 2021 is now ready to serve. Enjoy! Nosh Farma'aiye.