In partnership with Walmart

When I wake up to rainy, cold days I think, “It’s soup weather!” This has been a rainy week in California so I wanted to make a big pot of chicken noodle soup.

Our Walmart+ membership continues to be a time-saver for our family and simplifies all my grocery shopping with free same-day delivery from our store ($35 minimum. Restrictions apply.) Our local store is excellent: lots of organic produce, all our fridge and pantry staples, and plenty of variety to fill in any gaps in my meal planning. I like to browse the different grocery departments on the Walmart app to get ideas… stuff like plant-based hotdogs, split pea soup, and kale salad, to name a few from this week. And the grocery prices? Excellent as always, especially for such high quality.

Back to this soup! It’s the perfect dinner at home on a cold night. Everyone in my family loves it; it’s sooo comforting and yummy. The kids know the secret ingredient to my soup is love but I’ll let you in on the another ace up my sleeve: a jar of Better Than Bouillon. There’s no need for homemade stock with this stuff.

I got this and all my other chicken soup ingredients in my Walmart+ order:

Here’s my Best Chicken Soup recipe:

Yield: 10 servings

Prep and cook time: 10 min, 45-50 min

You will need:

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs

1 tbsp olive oil

32 oz water

2-3 tablespoons Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base

1 yellow onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

5 medium carrots, chopped

4 celery ribs, chopped

1 tsp fresh thyme

8 oz egg noodles

2 bay leaves

1 tbsp lemon juice

Salt/pepper to taste

1 tbsp flat leaf parsley

Instructions:

• In a 6-quart stockpot, heat the olive oil and cook the onions until soft (about 5 minutes.) Add your garlic and stir/cook for additional 1 minute.
• Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the Better than Bouillon and stir to dissolve.
• Add the chicken thighs, carrots, celery, thyme, and bay leaves. Reduce heat to simmer and cook covered for about 25-30 minutes.
• Once chicken is cooked, use tongs to pull it out and set aside to cool.
• Remove pot from heat and add the egg noodles. Cover with lid and let stand for about 20 minutes.
• Once chicken cools down, shred it and add to pot once the egg noodles have cooked. 
• Adjust taste with salt, pepper, lemon juice, or any additional Better than Bouillon.
• Garnish with parsley and serve!

A bowl of this, a blanket throw, and watching the baseball playoffs sounds like a perfect evening to me. A day simplified is a day that is more restful and for that I am grateful. Wishing you warm evenings throughout the rest of this chilly season!

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