The Ultimate Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 to 4 lb.) chicken
1 stalk celery with leaves
1 carrot
1 onion, quartered
8 whole peppercorns
6 whole cloves
1 Tbsp. seasoned salt
1 (12 oz.) pkg. wide egg noodles
2 chicken bouillon cubes
4 cans cream of chicken soup
parsley flakes
red pepper flakes (optional)
1 Tbsp. minced onion
black pepper

Preparation

In a 6-quart pot, simmer chicken, celery, carrot, onion, peppercorns, cloves and salt in 4 quarts of water until chicken falls apart.
When cooked, remove chicken from pot; let cool, then skin, bone and tear into pieces.
Set aside.
Strain broth and return to pot.
Add chicken bouillon cubes, stirring to mix well. Stir in cream of chicken soup; stir to dissolve lumps.
Bring to a boil.
Add noodles and cook 6 minutes.
Stir in chicken pieces. Add parsley flakes, red pepper flakes, minced onion, black pepper and additional salt, if desired.