Chicken Noodle Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 carrot
• 1 celery rib
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 cooked chicken breast, cubed (about 1 cup meat)
• 1 cup wide egg noodles
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook the curly noodles in plenty of salted boiling water for 5 minutes. drain and set aside.
• 2 meanwhile, dice the onion, mince the garlic, peel and dice the carrot, and dice the celery.
• 3 heat the olive oil over medium heat.
• 4 add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery, thyme, and bay leaf, with a good pinch of salt. cook, stiring often, for 6 minutes.
• 5 add the chicken stock, and bring to a boil.
• 6 reduce the heat to a simmer, add the drained noodles and the chicken, and simmer for 2 - 3 minutes.
• 7 i like this with lots of freshly ground black pepper on top.