Dinner

Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) is for Dinner.

Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) takes 90 minutes to cook.

Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) are:

1 whole chicken, 4-5 lbs

1 tablespoon canola oil

2 quarts chicken broth

4 large carrots, roughly chopped

4 stalks celery, roughly chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

2 bay leaves

3 sprigs fresh thyme

2 sprigs parsley

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1.5 cups snap peas

(Optional add 3 Cups cooked whole wheat pasta- changes nutritional info)

Here is how you make Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional):

Start by roasting a whole chicken, rubbed completely with canola oil, for 1 hour 45 minutes at 400 degrees F. Let the chicken cool enough so that you can handle it, then peel off all skin, discard it, and cut the chicken meat into bite sized pieces.In a large stock pot, combine the chicken bones with 2 quarts of good quality chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the bones from the broth with a slotted spoon. Discard them.Now, to that pot of stock, add carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, salt, black pepper, and fresh thyme. Let this simmer for 30 minutes, until the veggies are soft. Add all of the chicken meat to the pot and stir to combine. Simmer for an additional and final 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves and thyme. Stir in snap peas. (Add optional pasta). Serve. Serving Size: 5 servingsNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLONDIES66.

The nutritional information for Healthy Homemade Chicken Soup (Noodle Optional) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 168.0

• Total Fat: 6.0 g
• Cholesterol: 54.4 mg
• Sodium: 2,588.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
• Protein: 17.3 g