Healthy Chicken Soup

Ingredients

Instructions

1. 1

   Make broth: simmer 1 whole chicken (4 lb) with 1 onion, 3 carrots, 3 celery, garlic, bay leaf, peppercorns, salt in 10 cups water for 1.5 hours.

2. 2

   Remove chicken, cool, shred. Strain broth (discard vegetables from the broth-making stage).

3. 3

   Return broth to pot. Add 3 chopped carrots, 3 chopped celery, 1 chopped onion. Simmer 15 min.

4. 4

   Add 2 cups egg noodles (or skip for lighter version). Cook 8 min.

5. 5

   Return shredded chicken. Add 2 teaspoons dried thyme, 1 teaspoon dried dill, 1.5 teaspoons salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper.

6. 6

   Finish with juice of 1 lemon, ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley. Serve with crusty bread. Excellent for colds.