Nana'S Homemade Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole cut-up chicken
1 (8 oz.) can whole peeled tomatoes
2 large onions, sliced in half
3 to 4 stalks celery with leaves
3 to 4 large carrots
salt and pepper
noodles (orzo, acini de pepe, ditalini, etc.)

Preparation

Add chicken to 12-quart pot filled with water.
Boil chicken for 2 minutes.
Lower heat to simmer and skim off foam from chicken.
Add other ingredients.
Simmer several hours until broth becomes dark and vegetables are tender.
Drain broth from chicken and vegetables.
Carrots and chicken can be cut into small pieces and put back in broth.
To remove fat from broth, refrigerate 1/2 hour.
Skim off fat from top.
When ready to serve, cook noodles and add to broth or make Tortellini Escarole (recipe follows).