Chicken and Noodles

By avaspapa

Ingredients

• 3 chicken legs
• 3 cups water
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp dried thyme, crushed
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp bl pepper
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 2 cups sliced carrots
• 1 cup slices celery
• 1 12 oz frozen noodles
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 cup milk
• 1 Tblsp all purpose flour

Preparation

Step 1

Skin chicken. Place chicken in 4-5 qrt. pot. Combine chicken, water, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Add onion, carrot and celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, cover for 20-30 minutes or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Discard bay leaves. Remove chicken legs and cut into pieces, set aside.

Bring broth mixture to a boil. Add noodles; cook for 5 minutes (15 minutes if using frozen noodles). If desired stir in frozen peas. In a screw top jar combine milk and flour; cover and shake until smooth. Stir into noodle mixture. Cook until thickened and bubbly. Stir in chopped chicken. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes more or until mixture is heated through.