Hearty and healthy, this Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is full of delicious vegetables, including carrots, celery, and leeks, as well as hearty and tasty shredded chicken, all cooked in a flavorful chicken broth.

As I am writing this, I am sitting in my pajamas, sipping a very large cup of witches brew, and struggling with a very unpleasant cold. I haven’t been sick in quite some time, but this cold took hold of our household and it has been a doozy. We are all sniffly, have sore throats, and are so tired but we must push on because we have a little 5-month-old that is wide awake and ready to play.

During the fall, a staple meal in our house is our Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup – but especially when we’re sick, it’s essential. It’s such a delicious and cozy comfort meal and it always helps us feel better, even if we are sitting here sniffly-nosed and exhausted.

What vegetables are in this homestyle chicken noodle soup?

In this homestyle chicken noodle soup recipe, I use leeks, carrots, celery, onion, ginger, garlic, and parsley – but I would honestly throw in any vegetable that we have on hand. During the summer we had an abundance of tomatoes from our garden and I’d often throw them in our soups because they add a delicious acidic flavour. Or, in the winter if we have squash around, we will add chunks of squash. You can really add whichever vegetables you like!

What Kind Of Noodles Can You Use?

You can use any type of noodle you prefer. For this recipe, we tend to use No Yolks broad spiral noodles.

What Type Of Chicken Is In This Recipe?

We removed the bones from skin-on and bone-in chicken thighs and used those to enhance the flavour and add nutrients to the broth. The rest of the chicken thighs including the skin, we used for different recipes.

We like to buy bone-in chicken thighs because 1. they are cheaper than skinless/boneless, and 2. because we use the bones to make our homemade chicken broth. For this recipe, we used homemade broth that we already had on hand and just added extra flavour by incorporating more bones. With the costs of food being so high right now, we try to choose cuts of meat that are the most budget-friendly, and then we look for ways to extend their use.

The bones in chicken thighs are easy to cut out and are excellent to use as the basis for your broth. The skin of these chicken thighs we usually remove and set aside to make crispy chicken skins, which make for a delicious snack.

For the actual chicken meat in this recipe, we used boneless/skinless chicken breast. This is great for use in soups like this because chicken breast shreds very nicely once it’s been cooked, and personally we prefer shredded chicken over chunks of chicken in our homestyle chicken noodle soup.

What Ingredients Are In This Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup?

• Garlic
• Ginger
• Onion
• Leek
• Celery
• Carrots
• Parsley
• Chicken Thigh Bones
• Chicken Breasts
• Chicken Broth
• Noodles
• Oregano
• Italian Seasoning
• Sage
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil
• Optional: Chili Oil

A Note About This Recipe:

In this recipe, I use Chicken thigh bones for added flavor but I set aside the chicken thighs and then use chicken breast for the shredded chicken in this recipe. The reason I did this was because I had another meal planned that would be using the chicken thighs. If you have chicken thighs on hand and are using the bones and aren’t using the thighs for another recipe, go ahead and use them for the chicken component of this recipe, although they won’t shred quite as well as breast!

Other Recipes To Check Out:

• One Skillet Chicken Cacciatore
• One-Pot Tikka Masala Curry Recipe
• Cinnamon Crumble Muffins Recipe