Chicken Noodle Soup with Carrot, Celery and Parsley

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Source: Serious Eats — Sohla El-Waylly, The Ultimate Chicken Noodle Soup.

Chicken noodle · American

A the ultimate chicken noodle soup recipe for 4 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep15 min
Cook4 h 5 min
Total4 h 20 min
DifficultyEasy
Per serving748 kcal
FreeHigh protein
Servings4Recipe makes 4
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven. Heat the oven to 290°C plus adjust the rack to the center position. Uniformly spread the chicken wings directly upon an unlined rimmed baking tray. Roast the wings till a deep gold, around 30 minutes. Remove wings from the oven and tip off the liquid any rendered chicken fat in a heatproof dish plus reserve. Tip around of water on to the (1/2 cup) baking tray plus scrape up any browned bits that may be stuck in order to the bottom. Move the wings along using the water plus dissolved browned bits in order to a 3-quart sauce pot. Cover using 1 1/2 quarts of water. Bring to the boil over a high flame, next let boil vigorously for 15 minutes. Reduce in order to a simmer, next cook lightly for 2 hours, adding water if you need to to maintain the 1 1/2-quart volume. Heat a sous vide cooker to 60°C while that is happening. Season chicken breasts well with salt. Put chicken in zipper-lock bags or vacuum bags plus add of the (2 tablespoons) set-aside chicken fat. Take out air off zipper-lock bags using this water displacement method, or use one vacuum sealer to close the vacuum bags. Tip in chicken and heat for 2 hours. (See note for instructions upon how to cook this chicken without using a sous vide setup.) Heat a 30 cm sauté pan over a high flame. Peel the onion and cut across into thick 2.5 cm slices. Char the onion slices in the hot pan till blackened on both sides. Tip in onions to stock and simmer an extra 1 hour. Pass through a fine sieve after chicken stock has simmered for one total of 3 hours. Discard chicken wings plus onion plus return stock to pot. Add salt and pepper till it tastes right. In a pot of salted boiling water, heat the pasta till al dente. Tip off the liquid and toss with the leftover set-aside chicken fat. Dice the chicken breasts into 1.3 cm pieces plus portion in the bottom of 4 serving bowls. Tip in the pasta plus dill to every bowl. Top using hot chicken stock. Finish using a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, till it tastes right. Eat at once.

Storage

Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.

Why this label?

High protein

71.5 g protein for 748 kcal = 9.6 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 38% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0 g per serving

0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy748 kcal
Protein71.5 g
Carbohydrate26.7 g
of which sugars3.2 g
of which free sugars0 g
Fat37.3 g
of which saturates10.4 g
Fibre1.9 g
Salt0.53 g

Protein per 100 kcal

9.6 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values