Quick Chicken and Noodles Recipe
 
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Easily adaptable recipe makes one serving or enough for a crowd.
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Recipe type: Entree
Ingredients
  • olive oil
  • chopped onion or leek
  • minced garlic, to taste
  • chicken or vegan chicken broth
  • chopped carrots
  • chopped celery
  • frozen peas
  • frozen green beans
  • dried basil
  • egg noodles
  • cooked chicken or vegetarian chicken product
  • cornstarch
  • low-fat (not non-fat) sour cream
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a saucepan or Dutch oven.
  2. Add onion and garlic. Saute until tender.
  3. Add broth, allow about one cup of broth per serving.
  4. Bring to a boil. Add about ¼ cup chopped carrots per serving and about 1 Tbsp chopped celery per serving, or desired amount.
  5. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are almost tender, about 5minutes.
  6. Add noodles, about one cup of uncooked noodles per serving or desired amount and about ¼ tsp dried basil per serving. Add peas and green beans.
  7. Gently boil until noodles are almost tender.
  8. At this point, add chopped chicken, about ⅓ cup per serving. OR remove some of the noodle mixture to another saucepan. Add vegetarian chicken product for a vegetarian version.
  9. Warm through.
  10. Stir a little cornstarch into some cold water. Add to the bubbling pot and stir to thicken.
  11. Reduce heat to medium-low. Gently stir in desired amount of sour cream. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  12. Serve in soup or pasta bowls.
Recipe by Seed to Pantry at https://www.seedtopantry.com/2015/10/26/quick-chicken-and-noodles-recipe/