{"id":35967,"date":"2016-09-14T14:22:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T20:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=35967"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T20:22:21","slug":"very-good-creamy-chicken-noodle-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/very-good-creamy-chicken-noodle-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Good Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35973\" title=\"very-good-creamy-chicken-noodle-soup\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"very-good-creamy-chicken-noodle-soup\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is my base recipe<\/strong> for making homemade chicken noodle soup. Obviously, different vegetables can be used or omitted. You can use homemade or prepared chicken broth instead of the water\/chicken base combination. You could leave out <i>(and I sometimes do)<\/i> the milk and flour. And you might want to taste as you go along, to monitor how flavorful the mix is before adding new things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are no photos today, since I am sick and wishing someone could make this for me. Plus, a dear daughter-in-law asked for the recipe and I wanted to get it ready for her quickly. The recipe is available in printable pdf form here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Very-Good-Creamy-Chicken-Noodle-Soup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Very Good Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">First, the ingredients <em>(I have underlined the key words to make shopping or preparation easier)<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s3\">3 pounds <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">chicken thighs<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> bones, skin, and all<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1\/3 cup <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">butter<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 cups sliced or medium diced <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">carrot<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 medium yellow <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">onion<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (probably about 1 cup)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 cloves <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">garlic<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, crushed or finely diced<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">3 teaspoons of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">salt<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (adjust if necessary according to type of broth used)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1\/8 teaspoon black ground <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">pepper<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1.5 teaspoon <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">dried oregano<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 teaspoon <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">dried thyme<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">12 cups <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">water<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, <i>(or see notes about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">broth<\/span> in introduction)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">the amount of <\/span><span class=\"s3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">chicken base<\/span> or bullion<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> of your choice that normally makes broth from that much water<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 &#8211; 3 cups of easily cooked or already cooked <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">green vegetables<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (I usually use something milder, like peas or green beans)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2.5 cups uncooked <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">macaroni<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (I usually use elbow macaroni)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 cups <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">corn<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 cup <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">milk<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1\/2 cup <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">flour<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">whole <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">eggs<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (optional, dropped in to poach in last few minutes)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cook the onion and garlic in the butter until tender. Remember that garlic cooks much faster than onion, so don\u2019t put it in until the onion is getting closer to being done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Add the carrots, seasonings, water, chicken base, (or broth) and chicken. Bring to a boil, then simmer until the carrots are almost done and the chicken is cooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Take out the chicken, let it cool some, then de-bone. Cut up the chicken meat, then set aside to add back in later. Throw away the bones and skin, unless your husband wants to keep them to gnaw on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mix in the green vegetables, corn, and macaroni. You may want to do this in stages, depending on whether or not any of the vegetables are pre-cooked <i>(I usually use frozen vegetables, which are blanched, therefore don\u2019t take as long as fresh ones)<\/i> and how thick the macaroni is. Simmer it all until these items are cooked to desired degree. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Add the chicken meat back in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shake the milk together with the flour. Gradually stir that mix into the soup and heat through until slightly thickened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Crack eggs right into the broth and don\u2019t stir again until they have had time to poach-cook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Serve, trying to get one egg in each bowl!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my base recipe for making homemade chicken noodle soup. Obviously, different vegetables can be used or omitted. You can use homemade or prepared chicken broth instead of the water\/chicken base combination. You could leave out (and I sometimes do) the milk and flour. And you might want to taste as you go along, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}