I'll backtrack a bit and post what few things I have done since last post. I came down with a cold around the beginning of March, and that meant one thing. Chicken and noodles together in a soup. I stumbled around, oozing virii and droopy-eyed, into the kitchen. Chicken, check. Carrots, yup. Broth-in-a-can, yes. Garlic, celery, and thyme, sweeeet. Now, the noodles. Uhm, we had spaghetti, shells, macaroni, and angel hair pasta. no, No, NO!!! When I'm sick and feel like crap, I get all cranky and fidgety, and I tend to get what I want. So I bundled up and went to the store, sanitizing and scarved up (I realize my grumpy indignation shouldn't make other people sick lol), despite Michael's request to take it easy and rest. NO, I will not rest until I get....
my egg noodles. Sweet success.
For a sizeable pot of Cold-Cure Chicken Noodle Soup:
2-3 carrots, peeled and cut into coin-shapies
2-3 celery ribs, cut up
chopped garlic (I love it, so just throw as much in as you want)
6-8 cups chicken broth (the noodles suck up a lot, so its good to have extra on hand)
1/2 - 1 tbsp thyme
1-2 cups egg noodles (I eye it, you don't wanna see lots of noodles at first. They suck up broth as they cook)
Cooked and shredded chicken (I'll say about 1-1 1/2 breastises)
salt and pepper
olive oil/vegetable oil
Start by sauteeing carrots and celery (onions too if you want!) in your cooking oil, then add your garlic in towards the end so it doesn't burn. Pour in your broth, thyme, and s&p and let it come to a boil, then dump in the noodles. Let those cook until tender (5-10 minutes). Now, you can pre-buy your chicken or make your own, I usually boil and season chicken breasts if I'm gonna shred them. It makes it easier to shred. Anyhoo, start shredding your chicken and add as much as you want. Again, make sure you have more broth showing than other shit, cause it will go away as it cooks. I ended up having to add more constantly cause I'm awesome. Once the chicken is warm and everything's all, you know, soupy, then get crackers and omanomnom.
Do this, and you too can have blurry, color-lacking but ooooh my god SO GOOD and comforting Chicken Noodle Soup!
