Country-Style Chicken Soup

Country-Style Chicken Soup

• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• dash dried leaf thyme
• 3 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
• 1 package frozen peas (10 oz.), about 1 1/2 cups
• 1 2-1/2 to 3 lb. whole fryer chicken
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup uncooked noodles

Preparation:

Place all ingredients in slow cooker except noodles, in order given. Cover and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours, or HIGH 4 to 6 hours. One hour before serving, remove chicken and cool slightly. Remove meat from bones and return meat to slow cooker. Add noodles. Turn to HIGH. Cover and cook 1 hour longer, or until noodles are tender.

* Diana Rattray

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