Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup

I'm not usually a big fan of soups. I find them unfilling and I'm rarely cold enough to warrant eaiting something with steam coming off of it. I'm also very picky and rarely like the ingredients in soups. I'm the kind that picks around all the vegetables until the meat and broth are gone. But I've always liked my mom's chicken noodle, and when I started cooking for my husband, a revamped it to thicken it up and make it even more satisfying.

I make this soup every time I make a Crock Pot chicken. I save the stock and about half of the chicken and make it the next day. I usually look forward to this soup more than whatever I've used the first half of the chicken for. It's amazingly easy and so delicious.

Ingredients:
Chicken stock from crock pot. (I always refrigerate this overnight, then discard the fat that separates on top)
Chicken meat (About half full chicken, using mostly the white meat)
1 Can Chicken Broth
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can cream of Mushroom Soup
1 Cup Water
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
1 TSP Garlic Salt
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Half package of egg noodles


Add all of the ingredients before the noodles into the Crock Pot and cook on low for 6 hours. Turn the Crock Pot to high and add noodles 30 minutes prior to serving.

This recipe makes about four servings of soup, which for us means leftovers. It comes out very hearty. Like I said, I'm quite picky, so I don't add vegetables, but they can be put in at the beginning  if you are adding them.

Shredded Chicken Tacos

My husband loves tacos. I do not. So for the entire year we have been married I have never made him tacos. But, luckily for him, I have been weirdly craving a chicken quesadilla. So when I asked him what I should make with the whole chicken I bought at QFC, and he said tacos, I conceded. I cooked the chicken in the Crockpot today and tonight I made him tacos, and a quesadilla for myself. He assured me the tacos were amazing, so here's what I did.

I used one of the breasts from the chicken for the tacos and the quesidalla, shredding it from the chicken into a pan. I added chicken taco seasoning and water and sauteed for about five minutes while I fried the taco shells. I always like to fold white corn soft tortillas in half and fry them in a pan of oil for about thirty seconds, turning them over half way in.

I also cut up lettuce, parsley, white onion, and tomato for the toppings. He added cheese and hot sauce.

The picture was definitely an afterthought. As he was about to eat them I said, "No, Wait! I need a picture for my blog!"



I will use the rest of the chicken and the stock for an amazing soup tomorrow. I'll post more about that later!