Chicken Noodle Soup
A Filling Meaty Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
Carrots, celery, and onion form the vegetable base of this tasty chicken noodle soup recipe and a variety of herbs and spices such as parsley, mustard seed, cayenne, and garlic add flavor. The mustard seed and cayenne pepper add a heat, which is great if you are looking for a warming soup recipe. This is a great soup to enjoy on a cold wintry day.
Both chicken breasts and chicken thighs are used in this great chicken noodle soup recipe and linguine is used for the noodles. There is a lot of flavor in chicken thighs, although some chicken soup recipes only call for chicken breasts. The dark meat on a chicken is the tastiest. Linguine, which is often spelt incorrectly as linguini, is a flat pasta, which is a bit like fettuccine. The word linguine is Italian for "small flat tongues."
This recipe is made in a slow cooker so it takes several hours to cook. Your home will smell wonderful while this tasty chicken soup recipe is cooking and you will love the way the chicken becomes so tender. Homemade chicken soup is easy to make, especially in the slow cooker.
This recipe is part of our "Heart Healthy Diet Recipe" series.
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients -
1 ½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 ½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
4 ribs celery, chopped
12 baby carrots, chopped
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon black pepper
¾ cup onion, finely chopped
4 cans low sodium chicken broth, 14 ½ oz each
9 oz fresh linguine
2 garlic cloves, halved lengthwise
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
1 ½ teaspoons mustard seed
Preparation:
Combine the celery, onion, carrot, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and parsley in a 5 quart crockpot.
Put the garlic and mustard seed on double-folded cheesecloth and bring up the corners, tying them with kitchen twine, to make a bag.
Put this bag in the crockpot.
Add the broth and chicken pieces.
Cover the crockpot and cook on low for about 5 ½ hours, or until the chicken juices run clear.
Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces, return it to the soup, and heat everything through.
Discard the cheesecloth bag and serve.
(Serves 8)
Meaty Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
Nutritional Info:
Calories (kcal): 288
% Calories from Fat: 12.7%
% Calories from Carbohydrates: 40.9%
% Calories from Protein: 46.4%
Per Serving Nutritional Information:
Total Fat (g): 4g 6%
Saturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 3g 14%
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Cholesterol (mg): 59mg 20%
Total Carbohydrate (g): 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber (g): 2g 7%
Protein (g): 33g 65%
Sodium (mg): 405mg 17%
Potassium (mg): 502mg 14%
Calcium (mg): 46mg 5%
Iron (mg): 3mg 17%
Zinc (mg): 2mg 13%
Vitamin C (mg): 5mg 9%
Vitamin A (i.u.): 2359IU 47%
Vitamin A (r.e.): 242RE 24%
Vitamin B6 (mg): .5mg 27%
Vitamin B12 (mcg): .6mcg 10%
Thiamin B1 (mg): .4mg 27%
Riboflavin B2 (mg): .3mg 19%
Folacin (mcg): 31mcg 8%
Niacin (mg): 15mg 75%
