Chicken Soup with Drop-In Noodles

Total Time

8 Hours 45 Minutes

Servings

5

Ingredients

  • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons mixed vegetable flakes
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
  • 3/4 teaspoon celery salt
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup frozen diced carrots
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
  • 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
  • salt to taste
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 tablespoon shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

  • Place chicken breasts in a large slow cooker and cover with cold water, 3/4 of the way full. Add vegetable flakes, bay leaf, parsley, tarragon, celery salt and onion. Cook on high at least 6 hours or on low for 8 hours. 1 hour prior to serving add carrots, chicken bouillon, chicken broth and start making drop-in noodles.
  • In a large stock pot bring 4 to 6 quarts of salted water to a boil. In a mixing bowl combine flour and cheese. In the centre of flour mixture make a well and drop in eggs and milk. Mix with a fork until dough crumbles and looks like peas (if too dry add milk; if too moist add flour). Drop pea size dough pieces into boiling water and cook for twenty minutes. Drain and rinse the noodles with cold water.
  • Once noodles are finished and vegetables in soup are tender ladle soup into serving bowls, drop in noodles and serve.