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The Lady’s Chicken Noodle Soup

By Paula Deen

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Difficulty: Medium

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 4 bay leaves
  • 3 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1 peeled and diced onion
  • 1 teaspoon Paula Deen Lemon Pepper Seasoning
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 (2 1/2 to 3 lb) cut up whole chicken
  • 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 3 1/2 quarts water
  • 2 cups sliced carrots
  • 2 cups sliced with leafy green tops celery
  • 2 1/2 cups uncooked egg noodles
  • 3 tablespoons chopped, plus more fresh parsley
  • 1 cup grated (optional) Parmesan cheese
  • 3/4 cup (optional) heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup cooking sherry
  • 1 cup sliced rinsed and drained mushrooms
  • 2 teaspoons choppe fresh rosemary
  • to taste Paula Deen Seasoned Salt
  • freshly ground to taste black pepper
  • for serving crusty French bread

Directions

For the stock: add bay leaves, bouillon, onion, carrot, celery, lemon pepper seasoning, garlic, chicken, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and water to a soup pot. Cook until chicken is tender, about 35 to 45 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and set aside to cool. Remove and discard bay leaves. You should have approximately 3 quarts of stock. When chicken is cool enough to touch, pick bones clean, discarding bones, skin, and cartilage. Set chicken aside.

For the soup: Add egg noodles and cook according to directions on package. When noodles are done, add chicken, mushrooms, parsley, sherry and rosemary. Add Parmesan and cream, if using. Cook for another 2 minutes. Adjust seasoning, if needed, by adding seasoning salt and pepper. Enjoy along with a nice hot crusty loaf of French bread.

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September 01, 2020
This soup is the best I've ever had! I get such rave reviews with this recipe, and my kids love it - which is good because they are picky. I've made it creamy and not creamy and they are both good but we all prefer the creamy version. Today I'm making it with rice instead of noodles and unfortunately no sherry since I ran out and I'm not going to the store. Also I never have heavy cream so I used full fat milk and melted butter (I just google 'substitute for heavy cream') it is always perfect.

April 28, 2019
The best chicken soup you can make! Everyone asks specifically for this recipe for chicken soup. Paula Deen’s that is.

Shirley Brehm

February 18, 2019
2/18/2019 The is the BEST chicken soup I have ever had! A little time consuming but, the end result is sooo worth it! This soup DOES NOT have the consistency of a canned soup! Great flavor!

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March 02, 2024
Paula, I used a recipe many years ago for Chicken Noodle soup where you sauteed mushrooms in Lemon Juice and added it to the soup. There were 2 celery stalks, 2 carrots and so on. I cannot find that particular recipe. It was the best. Could you help out a country girl. LOL. Thanks

The Deen Team

March 18, 2024

I am not sure of any recipes that match that description unfortunately.

DLana Anderson

February 06, 2020
Can you freeze this soup with the cream added?

Can you freeze this soup with the cream added?


The Deen Team

February 07, 2020

We would recommend freezing it without adding the cream and cheese. If you know you'll have leftovers, set it aside before adding the cream and cheese to the portion you plan to eat.