Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup

Name: Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds bone-in, chicken breasts and/or thighs, trimmed; , Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 8 cups, chicken broth; 1 , onion, chopped; 1 , carrot, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces; 1 , celery rib, cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 sprigs, fresh thyme; 1 , bay leaf; 5 ounces, spaghetti, broken into 1-inch pieces (1½ cups); 1 tablespoon, minced fresh parsley

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

Our aim: an old-fashioned chicken noodle soup that’s rich, soothing, and easy enough to make on a sick day.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We were after a comforting, deeply flavored old-fashioned chicken noodle soup that was easy enough to make when you're feeling under the weather. Browning bone-in chicken pieces before simmering them in store-bought chicken broth creates an...

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