QUICK CHICKEN AND NOODLES RECIPE

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Easily adaptable recipe makes one serving or enough for a crowd.

Provided by Renee Pottle

Categories     Entree

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 13

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

Steps:

  • Heat oil in a saucepan or Dutch oven.
  • Add onion and garlic. Saute until tender.
  • Add broth, allow about one cup of broth per serving.
  • Bring to a boil. Add about ¼ cup chopped carrots per serving and about 1 Tbsp chopped celery per serving, or desired amount.
  • Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are almost tender, about 5minutes.
  • 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.
  • Gently boil until noodles are almost tender.
  • 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.
  • Warm through.
  • Stir a little cornstarch into some cold water. Add to the bubbling pot and stir to thicken.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low. Gently stir in desired amount of sour cream. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve in soup or pasta bowls.

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