Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 cups water
• 4 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 4 stalks celery, cut into 1/4 inch slices
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 1 (3 1/2 lb) roasting chickens (about 3 1/2 pounds)
• 3 cups egg noodles, uncooked

Recipe

• 1 in 4 1/2- to 6-quart slow-cooker bowl, combine water, carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, thyme, 4 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. place whole chicken on top of vegetables. cover slow cooker with lid and cook as manufacturer directs on low setting 8 to 10 hours or on high setting 4 to 5 hours.
• 2 transfer chicken to cutting board. discard bay leaves. add noodles to slow-cooker bowl; cover with lid and cook (on low or high) 20 minutes.
• 3 while noodles cook, remove and discard skin, fat, and bones from chicken; shred meat.
• 4 skim fat from soup and discard. return chicken to soup to serve.