Steps to Prepare Leftover Chicken Breast Recipes With Pasta

Chef John's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Name: Steps to Prepare Leftover Chicken Breast Recipes With Pasta
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings

This is a great recipe for using up leftover cooked chicken.

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Recipe Summary Chef John's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

This soul-warming soup is deliciously simple -- just chicken and noodles. What makes it so good is the homemade roasted chicken stock.

Ingredients | Leftover Chicken Breast Recipes With Pasta

1 tablespoon butter

½ cup diced carrot

½ cup diced onion

½ cup diced celery

1 pinch salt

¼ teaspoon fresh thyme leaves

2 tablespoons melted chicken fat

2 quarts roasted chicken broth (see footnote for recipe link)

4 ounces uncooked wide egg noodles

2 cooked boneless chicken breast halves, cubed

1 pinch cayenne pepper (Optional)

1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat. Stir in carrot, onion, celery, salt, and fresh thyme. Stir in chicken fat; cook and stir until the onions turn soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes.

Stir in roasted chicken broth and bring to a boil.

Season to taste with salt, if necessary; stir in egg noodles and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

Stir in cooked chicken breast meat and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper to taste.

This recipe calls for Chef John's Roasted Chicken Broth.

Info | Leftover Chicken Breast Recipes With Pasta

prep: 20 mins cook: 20 mins total: 40 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 servings

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