CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP RECIPES FOOD NETWORK RECIPES

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot.
• Sauté the celery, carrot and onion for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add thyme, poultry seasoning, chicken broth and bouilion.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add noodles and chicken and cook on low for 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Coat a large stock pot with olive oil. Add the onions, celery and carrots. Season with salt (to taste) and bring the pot to medium-high heat. Cook the vegetables until they start to soften and are very aromatic (10 minutes.). Add the garlic, crushed red pepper and thyme and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the chicken and fill the pot with enough water to cover the chicken, then add the bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for 30 minutes and skimming off any particles that accumulate on the surface.
• Squeeze the juice of the 2 lemon halves into the soup and drop in the lemon halves. Add the cinnamon and nutmeg and taste for seasoning. Adjust the flavors with salt and pepper, if needed. Simmer the soup for an additional hour.
• While the soup is simmering, bring another pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until "al dente," firm but not crunchy. Drain the pasta and transfer to a medium bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and toss. Reserve.
• After the soup has finished, switch the heat off and remove the chicken to a cutting board. (I would use a baking pan to catch the drippings.) Discard the lemon halves, thyme and bay leaves. Let the chicken cool, then remove and discard the bones. Pull the meat into bite-sized pieces and return them to the pot. Taste the soup for seasoning.
• Rinse the beans and add them to the pot. Adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• Spoon some of the reserved pasta into the bottom of each serving bowl and ladle the hot soup over the pasta. Garnish with the chopped cilantro and serve.