Chef John's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

By schmidtamy98

Ingredients

• +1 tablespoon butter
• +1/2 cup diced carrot
• +1/2 cup diced onion
• +1/2 cup diced celery
• +1 pinch salt
• +1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• +2 tablespoons melted chicken fat
• +2 quarts roasted chicken broth (see footnote for recipe link)
• +4 ounces uncooked wide egg noodles
• +2 cooked boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
• +1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
• +1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• +Add all ingredients to list
• Tip
• Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.

Details

Adapted from allrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Prep
20 m
Cook
20 m


1 Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat. Stir in carrot, onion, celery, salt, and fresh thyme. Stir in chicken fat; cook and stir until the onions turn soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes.

2 Stir in roasted chicken broth and bring to a boil.

3 Season to taste with salt, if necessary; stir in egg noodles and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

4 Stir in cooked chicken breast meat and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper to taste.