Grandma'S Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

15 c. water
4 chicken breasts with bones (fat removed), cut in smaller pieces
2 large carrots
1 potato
2 onions
3 stalks celery
1/2 green pepper
2 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp. thyme
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
angel hair pasta or pastina

Preparation

In a large pot, bring water to a boil.
Add chicken, onions, green pepper, salt, thyme and bay leaf.
Lower temperature slightly if boiling too rapidly.
After 20 minutes, add potato, carrots and celery.
Cook, partly covered, until chicken and vegetables are cooked.
Strain the broth.
In the broth, cook pasta.
Cut up vegetables and chicken, if desired, and add to pasta and broth.