Souper Chicken Noodle

By HeatherS

With plenty of noodles, kale, sweet potatoes and chicken in every bite, this soup is satisfying and healing for your taste buds, your body and your soul. If you don't have any stock on hand, a no-salt-added broth will work, too.

Ingredients

• 2 onions chopped
• 2 ribs celery chopped
• 2 carrots chopped
• 2 sweet potatoes (about 1-1/4 lb/565 g total), peeled and chopped
• 2 slices fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 6 bone-in chicken thighs (about 2 lb/900 g total)
• 3 1/2 cups Easy Chicken Stock recipe
• 3 cups water
• 3 cups sliced stemmed kale
• 2 cups curly egg noodles
• 1/2 cup frozen peas

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 500mins
Adapted from canadianliving.com

Preparation

Step 1

In slow cooker, combine onions, celery, carrots, sweet potatoes, ginger, salt and pepper. Arrange chicken over vegetables. Pour in stock and water.

Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.

Transfer chicken to bowl. Stir kale, noodles and peas into soup. Cover and cook on high until noodles are tender, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, remove and discard skin, bones and fat from chicken. Shred or chop chicken and return to soup.