Take chicken and place in a big pot (once it's cut up) and cover with water, salt, pepper and cut up sage. Cook until chicken is almost off bones, adding liquid in smallish amounts as needed. Remove chicken from pot and allow to cool (so that when you remove it from the bones you don't burn your fingers--this is VERY important--I can not stress this enough!). In the pot with the chicken stock put chopped onion, celery, carrot and fresh garlic. How much of these things is up to you--I like a lot so I use a lot including the garlic. Cook over medium heat until the carrots just start to become tender. At this point add fresh sage, thyme and a sprig of rosemary. Continue cooking. While all of this is going on you should have managed to get that chicken off the bone. Discard bones, grissel and skin. Return chicken back to the pot and cook until all veg is fork tender but NOT mush. About six to eight minutes before everything is done add your egg noodles. Cook until just tender. Remove from heat and add a quarter stick of butter. Taste. Add salt and pepper (if needed). And that's my chicken soup.
Yes, I can make chicken soup. Very good chicken soup. I don't usually like chicken and rarely ever eat--until now. But being broke and unemployed will make you look at the 'chickens' in your life in a whole new light. Turns out there's a lot of things I can do with chicken that I actually like! And now that my EBT card has finally arrived (foodstamps) I will find out how many other 'creative' ways I can cook that bird. And to think I use to have one as a pet.
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