Chicken Noodle Soup

DINNER

Boy did the day not end the way I thought it would. I had plans to meet up with Jessie to go to a yoga session but Newton ended up coming home from work early due to a brewing cold/flu? "Body aches, headaches, fever all require lots of love," his words, not mine. I decided to take off work early as well and went to Costco to pick a rotisserie chicken to cook him some chicken noodle soup. While there I also picked up some blackberries and two jars of pepporchinis. I ♥ pepporchinis and blackberries! Not together, of course. With cooking the soup and trying to make Newt comfortable, time just ran short so we decided to nix yoga.

When I got home I realized that I forgot to stop and get egg noodles so I used left over wheat penne pasta instead, it worked out fine. The recipe really was all improvisation. I really didn't know how it would come out but I'm glad to report it was quite tasty. Here are some pictures.

Bad photos, sorry. My hands were too messy to deal with the settings


Yes, that is bacon you see. Only two slices to give it flavor since I didn't have any chicken broth either. I told you I was improvising ;)



RECIPE:


Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon butter
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 1/2 cup chopped celery
* 4 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth - or water
* 1 (14.5 ounce) can vegetable broth - or water
* 1/2 a rotisserie chicken - shredded
* 1 1/2 cups egg noodles or whatever you like
* 1 cup sliced carrots
* 1/2 an onion
* 1 parsley
* 2 cloves garlic
* 1 tsp of garlic powder
* 2 tsp of fried onion - optional
* salt and pepper to taste
* 2 tbsp of cornstarch
* 1/2 cup of water
* 1 tsp of peppercorns - optional

Directions

In a small bowl combine 1/2 c of COLD water and cornstarch and mix until there are no lumps. set aside

In a large pot over medium heat cook bacon until done and drain the oil but be sure to just a little to cook garlic. Saute garlic in bacon oil until just yellow, don't burn. Pour in chicken and vegetable broths or water and noodles/pasta. Bring to a boil and cook pasta until it's almost al dente. Add in carrots and celery and cook until tender. Add cornstarch mix one tablespoon at a time to see how thick you like it. Then add onion, parsley, shredded chicken, salt and pepper to taste.