Hey chicken soup fans. I made a simple, delicious, chicken soup for the soul, all done in the crockpot. Enjoy with or without noodles!
Ingredients
8 ounces carrots, sliced ¼ inch thick (about 3 large carrots)
6 ounces celery, sliced ¼ inch thick (about 5 large stalks)
1 medium onion, peeled and root end intact
2 large sprigs parsley, plus ¼ cup chopped leaves
2 large sprigs thyme
1 bay leaf
Kosher salt
1 rottisserie chicken, w/ fingers pull out chunks of white &dark meat, chop into bite size chunks
8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
6 ounces angel hair pasta or alphabet pasta (about 4 cups)
1 to 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 TB of butter
Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Toss the carrots and celery together in the slow cooker. Add the onion, sprigs parsley, thyme, bay leaf and 1 teaspoon salt.
Add the chicken broth. Cover, and cook on low for 8 hours.
With 30 minutes left into cooking, add rotisserie chicken pieces butter, and 1 tb of lemon juice
When done cooking, remove the parsley and thyme stems, Taste, and add more lemon juice and salt as needed. Stir in a good amount of pepper and the chopped parsley, and serve hot.
In a separate pot, cook pasta al dente and keep separate from soup.
To serve, add some pasta to bottom of bowl and ladle soup over pasta.
Recipe by A Day in the Bite at https://www.adayinthebite.com/chicken-soup-crockpot/