Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

A hearty chicken soup with potatoes and thin fideo noodles--perfect for a cold winter day.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 large can chicken broth
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes or to taste
• 2 cups water
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 pack straight fideo noodles
• Garlic salt and pepper to taste
• Onion powder to taste
• 3 large baking potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
• 4-5 bay leaves

Directions:

Melt butter, add chicken and cook. Once chicken is cooked, add garlic and caramelize. Warm broth in a stock pot. Once garlic and chicken are caramelized, pour into stock pot and simmer 1/2 hour. Add boullion cubes, crushed, and combined with water. Once simmered, add fideo and let simmer. Add potatoes to a glass baking pan sprayed with cooking spray then season potatoes to taste. Add some broth from soup and a couple of bay leaves. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes or until cooked through. Add potatoes to soup and serve.

Number of Servings: 5-6