Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup With Homemade Noodles
The ultimate comfort food, this is the best homemade chicken noodle soup recipe made from scratch. Made with homemade chicken stock and noodles, and packed full of vegetables for a truly nourishing meal.
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken noodle soup, sourdough noodles
Prep Time 2 hourshours20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours50 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 252kcal
Author Lisa Bass
Ingredients
For The Noodles:
1/2cupsourdough starterdiscard or fed
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
2largeeggs
3/4teaspoonsalt
For The Soup:
1tablespoonbutter
2ribscelerydiced
4mediumcarrots diced
2clovesgarlicminced
1medium oniondiced
8cupschicken broth
1teaspoonsaltto taste
½teaspoonblack pepper
1/4teaspoondried rosemary
1/4teaspoondried sage
3cupsleftover chicken or 3 breasts, cooked and chopped
Instructions
How To Make Homemade Noodles (optional)
Place the ingredients in a stand mixer with a dough hook. Mix on low/medium until the dough is smooth and stretchy, about 10 minutes. You can also do this by hand.
Or add flour to a clean surface, make a well. Add eggs and sourdough starter to the well and whisk together the wet ingredients. Incorporate the rest of the flour and knead by hand for 10 minutes or so.
Allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes. Long ferment or use it right away.
If you would like to long ferment the dough, you can leave it on the counter for 2-6 hours and then pop it into the fridge covered for 24 hours. Or place it straight (covered) into the fridge covered for up to 3 days.
Roll the dough out on a floured cutting board and slice. I find this really easy to do with a pizza cutter. Or alternatively, you can use a pasta cutter.
Chicken Noodle Soup
Create homemade chicken broth. This can be done days in advance if desired. Or choose your favorite store-bought brand of stock.
Add butter, diced onion, diced celery and carrots to a large stock pot over medium heat. Sauté for 3 to 5 minutes or until the onion starts to turn translucent.
Add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds or so. Careful not to burn the garlic, it's easy to do.
Add the chicken broth and herbs. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and cook for about 20 minutes or until the carrots are about cooked through.
Add the cooked and shredded chicken meat and noodles (whether it be homemade or store-bought). Bring back to a simmer and cook just until noodles are done.
Taste the soup (careful not to burn yourself) and add more salt, pepper, and seasonings, if desired. This will depend on personal preference and whether or not your broth was salted or not
Ladle the hot soup into bowls and serve with a slice of crusty sourdough bread or my favorite dinner rolls.
Notes
Fresh noodles do not take as long as dried (usually around 3-5 minutes to al dente depending on thickness).