Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 2- to 3-pound broiler-fryer chicken*
• Salt
• Dash pepper
• 1½ cups fine noodles
• 1 tablespoon chopped onion
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper
• 1 bay leaf

Directions

1. Wash chicken but do not cut up.
2. Cover chicken with water.
3. Add ½ teaspoon salt per pound of chicken and the pepper.
4. Heat to boiling.
5. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 1½ hours or until chicken is tender.
6. Remove chicken from broth; remove meat from bones and cut into small pieces.
7. Skim fat from broth.
8. Measure broth into medium saucepan (you should have about 5 cups).
9. Add chicken meat and remaining ingredients.
10. Heat to boiling.
11. Reduce heat and simmer until noodles are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
12. Remove bay leaf before serving.

*If you prefer to use a stewing chicken, cut up and simmer 2½ to 3½ hours.