Wal Mart Chicken Soup

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Go to wal-mart (or your local grocery store) and buy one of those cheap oven roasted chickens (any flavor will work, but lemon-pepper is the best in my book...) enjoy a meal with the chicken, then toss it in the fridge. the next day, you have the perfect chicken soup chicken in the fridge! i like it because it is dirt cheap and provides me 2 meals. plus the soup is better than anything in a can!!

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Steps

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Fill up your stock pot with 6-8 cups of water and bring to a boil.

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Add chicken , bouillon , bay leaves , garlic , salt and pepper.

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Boil chicken for about an hour , cover pot if you like more broth.

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While the chicked boils , chop your onion / carrots / celery.

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Strain broth and chicken into a large bowl - this keeps any gristle and skin out that may have fallen off during the boil.

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Set aside your strainer with the chicken , and pour your broth back into the stockpot.

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Continue to simmer the broth and add celery first , it takes the longest.

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While the celery simmers , take a pair of forks and remove the meat from the chicken.

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Be sure to keep all gristle and skin out of the meat.

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About 20 minutes later , add the carrots , onion , chicken meat , and your noodles.

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Simmer for 30 more minutes.

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Remove the soup from the heat , and let stand for 10-15 minutes', enjoy ! be sure to save your leftovers because they're even better than the fresh stuff ! when re-heating add 1-2 tbsp water .

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Ingredients

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oven-roasted deli chicken, water, chicken bouillon cubes, bay leaves, garlic, salt, pepper, carrots, celery, onion, noodles