Chicken Noodle Soup
Quick answer
- Total time
- 50 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Chicken noodle soup simmers chicken breast with onion, carrot, and celery in chicken stock, then finishes with egg noodles for a classic American home-cooked meal.
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Sauteing the vegetables in olive oil before adding the stock draws out their natural sweetness and infuses the broth with their flavor from the start. Poaching the chicken breast whole and shredding it along the grain produces long strands that mix naturally with the noodles on the spoon. Adding the noodles at the very end and cooking them only for the time listed on the package keeps them from turning soft and mushy. For leftovers, storing noodles separately and combining them when reheating preserves their texture.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Heat
Cut the onion, carrot, and celery into similar small pieces so they cook evenly.
Trim only thick membranes from the chicken breast, keeping it whole so it poaches gently and shreds into long strands later.
- 2Control
Warm 1 tablespoon olive oil in a pot over medium heat.
Add the vegetables and saute for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until the onion edges look slightly translucent and the carrot begins to soften.
- 3Control
Pour in 1200 ml chicken stock and scrape the bottom so the vegetable flavor dissolves into the broth.
Add the whole chicken breast and keep the soup at a gentle simmer for about 15 minutes.
- 4Control
Lift the gently simmered chicken from the pot and let it cool briefly.
Shred it along the grain into long pieces, return it to the pot, and bring the broth back to a simmer.
- 5Control
Add 180 g egg noodles and stir right away so they do not clump.
Cook over medium heat only for the package time, stopping when the noodles are tender but still springy.
- 6Finish
Turn off the heat and check the broth concentration and seasoning before serving.
Serve immediately while the noodles hold their texture, and for leftovers, lift out extra noodles and store them separately from the broth.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Sauteing onion, carrot, and celery in olive oil before adding stock draws out sweetness for the egg noodle broth.
- Finish cue
- Cook over medium heat only for the package time, stopping when the noodles are tender but still springy.
- Avoid this
- Add noodles near the end to prevent overcooking.
- Storage and reheating
- Store noodles separately for better texture the next day.
Cooking decision evidence
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50min, 7 ingredients
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45min, 8 ingredients
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