Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2003

The soup is excellent. The "Chicken Soup Base" is a must, or it would be too bland. (It took me a while to find it at Bi-Lo.) I am not sure why to put the celery and carrots in two batches and one is whole and the other chopped. Next time I will try to combine a few steps. Also, I might reduce the soup base some because I don't like artificial flavoring in general.

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Reviewed: May 3, 2003

This was exactly what I was looking for. Easy, basic and yummy. I let my chicken simmer overnight in the crockpot, it just fell off the bones. I didn't have any lemongrass, but it was still awesome, and you could easily play around with seasonings. Thanks for a great recipe.

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2003

Sooo, good and worth the work! Make the full recipe and freeze the rest. It is actually better after freezing. Also for those who think they could just leave in the first round of celery and carrots, DON'T. Better than bouillon (brand name) is better than bouillon cubes and less sodium.

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Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2003

This is the very first time I have made a chicken soup from scratch. I have two ailing grandmas and I brought them each a big bowl. I got rave reviews so I am passing on MY rave review for Awesome Chicken Noodle Soup. Thank you for a great healing soup!

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JAK3G

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Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2003

This is a good basic soup. I must admit that I didn't use lemon grass (I don't even know what that is), so my soup was pretty bland and since I have never made chicken soup before I wasn't sure what spices I could add to help it at all besides pepper. I would try it again if I can find some other spices to add to it. I also used chicken breast instead of a whole chicken.

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2003

Whenever I bake a chicken, the next day I make this soup with the leftovers. I love chicken soup, but I hated all the "stuff" found in my fathers chicken soup (bits of onion, overwhelming amounts of celery, spices galore). This recipie has the flavor of my fathers soup but lacks all of those little bits I could not stand. I scale it down to 4 servings. The change I made pertains to the 4 serving recipie. I use 1/2 of a lemons juice instead of lemon grass, which is not available near me. I also use spaghetti broken in thirds instead of egg noodles. This soup is so tasty. The broth is a lovely golden color. This soup is worth the time invested. Thank you Alan, for submitting this recipie.

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2003

I thought my chicken soup recipe was the best until I made this one.

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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2003

Good start, but I put in tons more noodles and soup base and extra spices. Yum!

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Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2002

Great Soup on a cold winters day! The only changes I made was I added some chicken breast (which I precooked), instead of the lemon grass I added some lemon juice at the end, I also add some fresh ginger which realy kicks it up.

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Joel

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2002

The whole neighborhood loved it. I added 1/2 cup white wine to de-glaze the chicken pan. I slighly braised chicken breasts (that's all I used) before cutting and adding to final mixture. GREAT!

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Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2002

This soup was awesome! My family absolutely loved this (even the picky ones). It's a bit time consuming but certainly worth it. Actually, I did the broth one night and stored it in the refrigerator. The next evening I skimmed off the fat (much easier when the broth is cold) and finished off the recipe. I added 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic to the broth. Also, my family doesn't eat broth (don't ask me why) so I doubled the noodles which soaked up all the yummy broth. It actually turned out as chicken noodles rather than soup. They still loved it, though.

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2002

Great soup! My husband and daughter loved it. It is a hearty soup. It's great!!! Worth the time to make it.

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2002

A good, basic chicken soup recipe. We enjoyed it for dinner, and I froze the rest (without noodles) for dinner another night. Another reviewer mentioned the noodles seeming to be too much. That may be bacause the soup was allowed to stand too long before serving. Noodles or rice in soup will continue to absorb liquid and grow in size if allowed to stand too long.

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2002

I made a pot of this for a sick friend and made the "mistake" of giving a bowl of it to my husband before taking it to her. He liked it so much, I had to do it all over again the next day. Teenagers loved it, too...they even ate the veggies! Used Muellers fine egg noodles and the soup base that comes in paste form.

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2002

A good but basic chicken soup

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2002

YUUUMMMMMMY!! Just like my Mom used to make. My husband & Children loved this! Try cooking the noodles before adding them to the soup, as they consume a lot of the broth. For the chicken base, I like to use "Wyler's chicken (garlic & herb) Shakers" it isn't as salty as other types. Good recipe! Thank you Alan!

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Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2002

This recipe is delicious, but takes MEGA time! The directions are also a bit confusing and I was not sure what "Chicken Base" was. So I finally found something that is called "Better than Bouillon" that is basically a bouillon cube type product which is almost a liquid, it is kind of like paste. It was not clear if you are supposed to use 1/4 cup of that in its pure form or 1/4 of the prepared broth. After tasting it was clear it calls for 1/4 cup of the pure bouillon paste which is essentially chicken flavored salt. I also used "no yolk" egg noodles and you can't even tell the difference and there is a lot less cholesterol. Good stuff my family loved this!

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Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2002

Just like my mother used to make. Absolutely delicious. Makes alot. I used 350g. bag of noodles and the soup was too thick. I'd use the recommended amount next time.

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