How to Make Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 2  chicken breast halves boneless cubed cooked
• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 0.5 cup carrots diced
• 0.5 cup celery diced
• 2 quarts roasted chicken broth for recipe link (see footnote )
• 2 tablespoons cooking fat melted
• 0.3 teaspoon thyme leaves fresh
• 1 pinch salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 0.5 cup onion diced
• 1 pinch salt 
• 4 ounces wide egg noodles uncooked

Equipment

• pot

Directions

1. Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat. Stir in carrot, onion, celery, salt, and fresh thyme. Stir in chicken fat; cook and stir until the onions turn soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes.
2. Stir in roasted chicken broth and bring to a boil.
3. Season to taste with salt, if necessary; stir in egg noodles and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
4. Stir in cooked chicken breast meat and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper to taste.