| Making homemade soup can take a long time, but with | | | | Add any salt that is needed. Once it tastes the way |
| your magic crockpot, you can get a wonderful batch | | | | you want, add your noodles. You can use egg noodles, |
| of chicken noodle soup while you are taking care of | | | | linguine, curly noodles, or bowties. If you make |
| other tasks. While you are out and about, your soup | | | | homemade noodles, you can add them about 20 |
| will be happily simmering, creating a delectable bowl of | | | | minutes before you serve. |
| comfort. This is a meal you can easily make whether | | | | Simply Easy Chicken Noodle Soup |
| you are an accomplished chef or if you only cook | | | | If you prefer to keep it really simple, here is another |
| when absolutely necessary. Your chicken soup will turn | | | | method. This chicken noodle soup recipe is so easy a |
| out much better than any canned soup you can buy. | | | | teenager could make it. You can use leftover chicken |
| If You Use Only the Freshest Ingredients... | | | | or one of those rotisserie chickens from the |
| If you only use the freshest ingredients, the crockpot | | | | supermarket. |
| can still make your soup easier. Remove the skin from | | | | Put the chicken in the crockpot, bones, and all. Cover |
| your chicken. You can use a whole chicken, parts or | | | | with a large can of chicken broth. Simmer the soup on |
| boneless breasts or thighs... whichever you have | | | | high for three or four hours. This will add the chicken's |
| handy. Put the chicken in the crockpot with enough | | | | flavor to the commercial broth. Remove the chicken |
| water to cover it. You can add a stalk of celery, an | | | | and let it cool before deboning it. Cut up the meat |
| onion, a carrot, and some herbs if you wish. Let it | | | | before putting it back in the crockpot. |
| simmer on high for three to four hours. | | | | Add some vegetables. You can use fresh sliced |
| Once the chicken is cooked, remove it and let it cool | | | | carrots or other vegetables, or you can use frozen |
| off. Strain out the vegetables and herbs you may | | | | vegetables. To make it really easy, just put in some |
| have put in with the chicken and toss them. Remove | | | | whole baby carrots from the market. No peeling, slicing |
| the cooled meat from the bones and cut it into small | | | | or dicing! Let the soup cook for a couple more hours. |
| pieces before adding it back to the broth. Add some | | | | About half an hour to 45 minutes before you want to |
| freshly chopped vegetables of your choice: perhaps | | | | eat, add your favorite noodles. You can use any kind |
| some carrots, sweet potatoes, rutabagas, celery, or | | | | of noodles you like, from ruffly egg noodles to ramen. |
| other favorites. Add a little garlic and some herbs if | | | | Large ribbon noodles are fun. This is also a great way |
| you wish. | | | | to use up small amounts of noodles in your cupboard. |
| Leave the crockpot on high and let it simmer a couple | | | | Mix and match if you need to. Break up some |
| more hours before opening the lid. Taste the broth a | | | | spaghetti, put in a handful of macaroni. It is your soup, |
| little less than an hour before you want to serve dinner. | | | | do what you want! |