Chicken Soup with Pasta

Homemade Chicken Soup with Pasta is filled with delicious flavor and all the healing goodness your grandma said you need when you’re feeling under the weather!

This past weekend I was feeling blah.  Not sick, but just tired and dreary and I had no energy.  I was worried.  Was I coming down with the crud all the little kiddos had at school last week?  I have managed to stay healthy all school year, and that’s not easy in an elementary school.  I wasn’t ready to succumb to the latest bug that was being passed around with every school kid.  After being pretty unproductive all morning, I finally gave into the voice of my mother….“Make some chicken soup.”  ….So I did….and guess what?  I felt much better!  Thanks, Mom!

There is just something about homemade chicken soup that is so comforting.  Chicken soup is also packed full of nutrients that is just what your body needs.  Homemade chicken soup with pasta isn’t hard to make.  You just throw things in a pot and let it cook slowly.  I used a whole chicken and cooked it with carrots, onions and celery to make a healthy broth.  You could also use a prepared chicken broth or a store bought broth.  Store bought is handy, but try to make it homemade if you can.  It’s so much better and you get to control the sodium.

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Chicken Soup with Pasta

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Homemade Chicken Soup

Course: Soup

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 293 kcal

Author: Kathy

Ingredients

• 1 whole small onion diced
• 3 whole large carrots diced
• 2 whole stalks celery diced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 10 cups homemade chicken broth
• 2 leaves bay
• 1 cup cooked chicken chopped or shredded
• 1 cup small salad macaroni pasta uncooked
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot.
2. Add onions, carrots and celery. Saute on medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
3. Add garlic, stir for 30 seconds, just until fragrant.
4. Add broth and bay leaves. Simmer for 20-30 minutes
5. Add pasta. Simmer for 5 minutes..
6. Add chicken. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until chicken is heated through and pasta is cooked.
7. Add salt and pepper.
8. Remove bay leaves, serve.

Recipe Notes

If you use store bought broth, you will not need the full amount of salt. Add to taste.

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Soup with Pasta

Amount Per Serving

Calories 293

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Chicken soup is perfect for any day, but especially nourishing on those days when you need a little extra to fuel your body and soul back to health….just like my mom and grandma always taught me!

Other recipes you might want to try:

Oatmeal Dinner Rolls

Homemade Chicken Broth