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Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

Fill up on veggies and flavor with this cozy, hearty, Chicken Noodle Soup recipe. Made with a variety of ingredients and seasonings, it's a well-rounded meal perfect for weeknights!
Course dinner, lunch, noodles, Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 10 cups
Calories 363kcal

Ingredients

  • 3.5 - 4 lb whole chicken
  • 2 tablespoon butter or olive oil
  • 1 large onion
  • 5 stalks of celery
  • 5 large carrots
  • 2 large parsnips
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 8 cups water
  • ¼ cup fresh dill chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
  • 2 teaspoon celery salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • extra salt + pepper to taste typically another ½ teaspoon or more of each - taste after simmered
  • 10 oz egg noodles
  • 1 cup frozen corn or 1 cup frozen peas

Instructions

  • Clean whole chicken and pat dry.
  • Prepare all veggies by dicing and slicing into bite sized pieces.
  • In a large stockpot, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add in onion, celery, carrots, and parsnips. Let cook 4-5 minutes until beginning to soften. Add garlic and cook an additional minute.
  • Add whole chicken to stockpot, then add broth and water. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium.
  • Let chicken and veggies cook for 45-60 minutes, or until chicken temperature reaches 165F throughout.
  • Once temperature is reached, take chicken out to cool. Turn stock heat down to low.
  • Add dill, parsley, celery salt, pepper, and lemon juice to stock. Stir. Let simmer on very low heat for 30 minutes.
  • Once chicken is cool enough to handle (15-20 minutes) pull off all meat off bones and into smaller pieces/chunks, and then add back into stock.
  • Once all the chicken is added to stock, bring back to a light boil.
  • Add noodles and peas/corn and cook for an additional 15 minutes on medium heat.
  • Serve!

Notes

*If fat gathers on the top of the soup, just skim off and discard. If fat gathers after it has cooled, just reheat or skim and take off based on preference.
*this soup freezes perfectly or will stay good in the refrigerator for 1 week.

Nutrition

Calories: 363kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 933mg | Potassium: 567mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 6439IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg