Chicken Soup with Homemade Egg Noodles

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Gather the ingredients and spices for chicken soup with homemade noodles.

2. Step 2:

   

   Start with the dough: crack two eggs into a roomy bowl.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add a little salt to taste, pour in one tablespoon of vegetable oil, and mix well.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add the pre-sifted flour to the bowl in batches.

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix all the ingredients in the bowl together well.

6. Step 6:

   

   Keep kneading the dough in the bowl by hand.

7. Step 7:

   

   Dust the counter with a little flour, turn out the dough, and knead it thoroughly by hand for about fifteen minutes, then put it in a plastic bag for thirty minutes.

8. Step 8:

   

   Pour three liters of water into a pot and add a kilogram of chicken, cut into pieces.

9. Step 9:

   

   Finely chop one onion.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add the chopped onion to a skillet with a little vegetable oil and sauté lightly, stirring.

11. Step 11:

    

    Grate one carrot on the coarse holes.

12. Step 12:

    

    Add the grated carrot to the skillet with the onion and sauté for about two minutes, stirring.

13. Step 13:

    

    Once the broth in the pot comes to a boil, skim off the foam with a spoon.

14. Step 14:

    

    For flavor and aroma, add a piece of unpeeled onion to the broth, along with some carrot, peppercorns, and a few herb stems, to taste.

15. Step 15:

    

    Divide the rested dough into three pieces, knead each well, and on a floured counter roll them out into very thin sheets.

16. Step 16:

    

    Fold each sheet over on itself several times.

17. Step 17:

    

    Cut the folded dough into thin strips with a sharp knife.

18. Step 18:

    

    After thirty minutes, remove the aromatics you added earlier from the pot.

19. Step 19:

    

    Add the sautéed onion and carrot from the skillet to the pot, season with salt to taste, cover, turn up the heat, and bring to a boil.

20. Step 20:

    

    Add the egg noodles to the boiling broth, stir, and continue cooking the soup for about two to three minutes.

21. Step 21:

    

    Add bay leaf, dried herbs, and the pepper blend to the pot, to taste.

22. Step 22:

    

    Stir everything in the pot, cover, and let the soup rest a little.

23. Step 23:

    

    Ladle the soup into bowls and add halved boiled quail eggs to taste. Let's cook together—simple, homemade, and delicious, using everyday ingredients. Enjoy, everyone!