Ingredients

Homemade Chicken Broth:

• 1 rotisserie chicken
• 8 quarts water
• 4 celery sticks
• 3 carrots
• 1/2 large onion
• 8-10 peppercorns
• 1/2 – 3/4 tbsp chicken base
• fresh rosemary
• fresh thyme
• 3 fresh bay leaves

Soup:

• onion
• celery
• carrots
• egg noodles
• 1/8 tsp red chili flakes
• cooked chicken
• 1/2 tbs chicken base
• lime
• 1/8 tsp rosemary, chopped
• chopped sage

Method

Making the homemade chicken broth:

1. remove the legs and wings from the chicken
2. remove the skin and take most of the meat off the bones of the legs and wings, butting the bones into a sauce pan and set the meat aside on a plate
3. once the legs, wings, and skin are off, remove the breast meat and set it aside on the plate, then put the carcass into the sauce pan
4. chop the carrots and the celery, and cut the onions into thirds
5. add the carrots celery, and onion, along with water, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns, and chicken base into the pot
6. cover the pan and bring the broth to a boil, bring it down to a simmer, then cook for 2 hours

Preparing the soup

1. strain the broth into a bowl, only keeping the liquid
2. pour the broth into a heated pot on the stove
3. add another 1/2 tsp of chicken base into the pot and stir
4. dice some onion, slice the carrots and celery, chop the rosemary and sage, and dice the cooked chicken
5. put in the onion, carrots, celery, rosemary, sage, chicken, and noodles
6. stirs and taste, adding more chicken base if need
7. add the red chili flakes
8. stir and cook the soup for 30 more minutes, or until the noodles are done
9. serve the soup in a bowl and enjoy!