Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is a tried and true comfort dinner with carrots, celery, onions, chicken, and homemade noodles. In this soup recipe, I’ve included an easy recipe for homemade noodles that makes it even better!
HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
After Halloween, I usually never want to eat again. At least that’s what I tell myself and then at 4 pm I’m like hmm, I could go for a Twix. What is wrong with me?
Of course this pattern isn’t new. Ever since I was a little girl I would eat my candy as I went trick or tricking until I had a stomachache and my mom would fix me chicken noodle soup at the end of the night.
Can I tell you that homemade chicken noodle soup has always been super intimidating to me?
My mother-in-law has always killed it this department, whipping it up like it was taking the dishes out of the dishwasher…just something you do.
But for some reason I could never get it right. The broth/chicken ratio. The noodles. I tend to do this with cooking. For instance, cooking rice was super intimidating to me 10 years ago. Something so simple yet I always under or overcooked it.
Turkeys are still overwhelming to me. Doesn’t help that my oven is tiny and I can’t really fit anything in it, even the smallest turkey. That will be my next thing to conquer.
Today, it’s this soup. I don’t know why I complicated it so much. It’s veggies, broth, and some seasonings – not rocket science.
I always felt like an ingredient was missing but now I’m completely satisfied with this chicken recipe.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
INSTRUCTIONS
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For the noodles: In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Add the beaten egg, milk, and butter. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let rest in a covered bowl for 10 minutes.
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On a floured surface, roll out to 1/8 or 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired lengths and shapes.
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Separate and allow to air dry before cooking.
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For the soup: In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Cook onion, celery, and carrots in butter until just tender, 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Pour in chicken broth and stir in noodles, basil, oregano, (optional) poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Add the chicken and cook until heated through. Serve.
HOMEMADE NOODLES
The thing that takes this over the top are the homemade noodles. You can totally use store bought egg noodles. I don’t love them but if that’s all you have – it will work.
If you’re lucky enough to have those Grandma egg noodles in your stores, they are good too.
But seriously, I’m not one to make my own sandwich bread or anything like that but you guys…these homemade noodles are so easy. No yeast. You can totally do it.
I like my soup heavy on the noodles.
After you roll them out and cut them you separate them and let them dry out. You can make any shape you want. Make it fun!
Remember they will get a little larger when you cook them so don’t make them too long or thick.
There you have it! Easy Chicken Noodle Soup. If you’re looking for a spicy twist try this Southwestern Tortilla Soup!
WHAT IS IN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
The ingredients in this soup are simple: chicken, carrots, celery, onions, noodles, broth, and herbs.
- CHICKEN: You can use rotisserie chicken or cook your own from chicken breasts or thighs.
- BROTH: The chicken broth is the base of this soup. I like to use Better than Bouillon Base because of it’s rich flavor. You could make your own homemade chicken broth if you want.
- VEGETABLES: Carrots, celery, and onion are the classic veggies in chicken noodle soup. Feel free to add your own.
- NOODLES: Homemade egg noodles do not take that long and take this soup to the next level! If you’re running short on time, store bought egg noodles will work.
CAN I MAKE THE NOODLES AHEAD OF TIME?
Yes. You can dry out the noodles up to a day ahead. You also don’t have to dry them out if you don’t have time.
OTHER SOUP RECIPES
- Healthy Vegetable Chicken Soup
- Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup
- Cauliflower Soup
- Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
- Easy Tomato Soup
- Creamy Chicken Potato soup
- Lasagna Soup
- Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- Chicken Tortellini Soup
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
This Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup is a tried and true comfort food with carrots, celery, onions, chicken, and homemade noodles. You can make this soup in under 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- Egg Noodles:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg , beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tablespoon butter , softened
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 9 cups reduced sodium chicken broth (see note)
- 2 cups uncooked egg noodles (store bought or homemade recipe above)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- (optional) dash of poultry seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken breasts
Instructions
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For the noodles: In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Add the beaten egg, milk, and butter. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let rest in a covered bowl for 10 minutes.
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On a floured surface, roll out to 1/8 or 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired lengths and shapes.
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Separate and allow to air dry before cooking. For best results, let them air dry for a couple of hours but I've been in a rush and only let them dry 30 minutes and they were fine.
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For the soup: In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Cook onion, celery, and carrots in butter until just tender, 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Pour in chicken broth and stir in noodles, basil, oregano, (optional) poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 15-20 minutes. Stir in the chicken and cook until heated through. Serve.
Recipe Notes
I really like the Better Than Bouillon Chicken brand for my chicken broth. It's a paste that you add water to.
Source: Chicken Noodle soup from Allrecipes. Egg noodles from Allrecipes
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I’ve read many of your blogs and love your personal touch and writing style. I can relate to your heart warming story about mother’s soup always helps us feel better. 🥰😋🎃
AW thank you!
We love this meal. I really enjoy making the noodles and letting them dry, they are such a tasty addition. Everyone at our house says thank you for posting these recipes. We appreciate you!
Aw Bonnie. Thank you!
To Shay, I believe that’s the point of a blog! Good luck getting through life with your cynicism.
Great recipe! My noodles turned out amazingly!
Just curious.. why do you bloggers feel you have to tell a whole drawn out story for every recipe?
Great question: us cooks love to share our personal lives and love to write. These little tidbits also provide useful info such as things that work/don’t work substitutions, etc. so they are always worth a look. If you’re having a crabby day (which I am sometimes guilty of), you can always avoid the backlog of text and get straight to the recipe. Great question and have a nice day!
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I love the homemade noodles. They definitely complete the soup. The only difference I did was use low sodium broth. But added more herbs. I loved it. So flavorful. Never thought to add herbs to chicken noodle soup. Can you use white wheat flour?
Sure! They will be a little tougher though
How do I turn this into chicken and noodles? Just use less broth?
Yep! That’s what I would do.
Can this recipe be frozen?
Let me start off with MY FAMILY LOVES THIS RECIPE!!! It is by far, one of the all time favorites among a pretty diverse crowd of picky eaters (at times). LOL So I know the recipe like the back of my hand BUT I normally double it but I have never counted exactly how much is in a serving. So heres the story, my oldest son who is 9, was just diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, insulin dependent. That means that for every carb that he eats, he has to have an insulin injection. BUSY WORK!! We have been able to find a good rhythm when it comes to his everyday meals but we are now getting into the fall meals that we love which arent common since we live in Arizona. Some recipes I come across, have the nutritional info on it which makes it easy but alot of them dont so we need to put our brains to work and do the math and figure it out on our own. LONG story short, I would like to know how much is in one serving of your fantastic soup so I can give my son HIS favorite soup.
Thank you! So it’s hard to say exactly since every brand of ingredient has a different carb count. I would definitely look at all of these Keto recipes which are low in carbs and have nutritional info listed.
https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/category/keto-recipes/
I did enter the ingredients into MyFitnessPal and it said it is 28 carbs per serving for this.
My family loves this soup!!! The homemade noodles are delicious!!
Thank you!
After rolling out dough you state thickness but what
are the lengths you cut of the noodles 3 inches? 6 inches?? Hard to tell by photo! Thanks so much!
Hi do you still boil this for 20 minutes after you put in the fresh homemade noodles? Or is that the length of time for store bought noodles?
Yes, that’s for homemade. Store bought might take only 8-10 minutes.
How do you store the noodles if you are using them the next day?
You could dry them out until the next day! THat would be great or store them in the fridge.
The noodles are time consuming for me. I have a short cut that is just as good if not better.: small bowl, crack 4 eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Add flour by spoonfuls and mix till a paste like consistency. about 4-6 large tablespoons. More flour will make a firmer noodle and less will make a softer one. Just have to experiment as too how you like. Fill spoon with the flour egg mixture and with a knife, just scrape off strips and drop into soup which is simmering. Done. let simmer for few minutes.I call them dumplings but really just the same as a noodle.
I’ve been making it this way for many years! My husband loves the texture of the chewy little dumplings.
Hi there! Do you have any idea how long you would cook the pasta if you were making this in the crock pot? Thanks!
I don’t. I would say about 45 minutes? I haven’t tried it though.
I am a very finicky eater and I was not too keen on the idea of chicken noodle soup when my boyfriend suggested it for Saturday dinner! I found this recipe when I googled homemade chicken noodle soup. We did not have the ingredients for the noodles, so we used noodles from a bag. Recipe was super simple and boy oh boy this soup is so delicious! Easy and tasty, doesn’t get much better than that! Thank you for posting this recipe!
You’re welcome! Someday try the noodles. They are next level.
This turned out really nice! I’d never made homemade chicken noodle soup before (much less with actual homemade noodles), but my husband’s mom always used to make it and he loved it. The end product was delicious, and the noodles were pretty fun to make! The only thing I switched up was using thyme and bay leaves to season the broth instead of the suggested basil and oregano. Thank you for the recipe!
Thyme is always good!
Homemade chicken noodle soup so sweet-full, this pasta is usually supplied to us with delicious 100% buckwheat pasta with antioxidative effects such as blood pressure, pressure rise. Therefore, it is one of the healthy foods that are attracting attention from the world’s top athletes.
Thank you!
I never understood why people enjoyed homemade chicken noodle soup until I found this recipe. It’s incredibly easy to follow and turns out perfect every single time. I’ve made it with everything from rotisserie chicken to boneless thighs to leftover turkey and always thought it was the best tasting soup yet. Thank you for such a great recipe and what has become an almost weekly staple in our house this winter.
That makes me so happy to hear Nicole.
I have used your noodle recipe FOREVER! Tonight I had a little fun with them… After cutting the dough into noodles, I twisted the noodles and let them dry for about 45 minutes before adding them to my soup. My husband thought it was so fun to have twirled noodles for a change. Oh and I always make a big dumpling just for him! Love this recipe.
Gonna have to try these noodles never used butter or milk
Made this soup and noodles this weekend. It came out great. The only issues I had with it were totally my fault. First, I didn’t roll the noodles flat enough so they puffed up a little when cooked, but they were good anyway. Second, I used the Better than Bouillon (definitely recommend) but then I added a wee too much salt to the chicken and broth.
Still delicious and I’m looking forward to making it again…and again.
Made soup, very good
Its a really cold day here in Chillicothe Illinois looking for SOMETHING to make for dinner. Chicken chowder just sounds great! Something to keep us warm si im gonna try tjis recipe.