Oodles Of Noodles Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
water
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granule
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 carrots, sliced
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
2 (3 ounce) packages chicken-flavored ramen noodles

Preparation

Place whole chicken in a large stock pot and add enough water to cover chicken.
Add onion, garlic, chicken bouillon, bay leaves and pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about an hour, until chicken is tender and done.
Remove chicken, reserving stock.
Allow chicken to cool before de-boning the meat.
Meanwhile, strain onion, garlic and bay leaves from stock.
To broth, add carrots and celery.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until carrots are tender.
Stir in chicken.
Break up noodles and add noodles and seasoning packets to the soup.
Stir well.
Cover and simmer about 5 minutes until noodles are done.