Tarragon Chicken Noodle Soup Food

THE ULTIMATE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches, skin side down; cook until dark golden brown, 3-4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan; remove and discard skin. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons., Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan. Add celery, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 25-30 minutes., Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove soup from heat. Add noodles; let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20-22 minutes., Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to stockpot. Stir in parsley and lemon juice. If desired, adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.

TARRAGON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the garlic oil in a frying pan or Dutch oven that has a lid and in which the chicken breasts will fit pretty snugly. Add the scallions, stir, then sprinkle in the freeze-dried tarragon, stir again and cook them in the garlic oil for a minute, stirring some more as they cook.
• Put the chicken fillets into the pan, curved side down, and cook for 5 minutes, watching the scallions don't burn. If they look like they're beginning to, scrape them from the pan and let them sit on the chicken pieces.
• Turn over the breasts, and add the vermouth (or white wine). Let the vermouth bubble up, then add the salt. Put the lid on, turn the heat down low and leave it to simmer gently for 10 minutes. Check the chicken is cooked through by making a small cut into the thickest part and ensuring the juices run clear - if not, simmer for a few minutes longer and check again.
• Remove the chicken breasts to warmed plates. Bring the remaining liquid to a boil, add the cream and stir well, then sprinkle in the fresh tarragon, stir again and give a good grind of white pepper.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts, and give a final scattering of tarragon to serve.

TARRAGON & LEMON CHICKEN SOUP WITH ORZO

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed pot with a lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, carrots, and a sprinkle of salt. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes, or until the onions are translucent, do not let brown.
• Add the 6 cups of water, tarragon sprigs, lemon peel, and chicken on the bone. Bring to a boil, then simmer for at least 40 minutes, skimming any foam or fat on the surfaces. Add a little water if the soup has reduced by more than 1 inch.
• Remove the chicken and place into a bowl, let cool slightly then shred the meat and discard the bones. Return the chicken meat to the soup, bring to boil, then add in the orzo. Boil for 7 minutes then stir in the lemon juice, taste for seasonings then turn off the heat.
• Ladle into bowls and serve with a sprinkling of fresh tarragon.

CHICKEN WITH RED WINE AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the noodles.
• Season chicken generously with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium high heat brown pieces of chicken in oil for 2 or 3 minutes on each side and remove to a plate.
• Return pan to stove and reduce heat to medium. Add butter to the pan and shallots, carrots and mushrooms. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until mushrooms darken and carrot bits are fork tender. Add sugar, tarragon and parsley and stir. Add wine and reduce liquid for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes to your sauce and stir to combine. Add chicken back to the pan and simmer chicken in sauce for 6 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
• Meanwhile, cook the noodles until just tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Toss the noodles with butter, tarragon, parsley, and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve chicken with buttered egg noodles tossed with fresh herbs.

CHICKEN TARRAGON SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Slice the leek and carefully rinse any dirt from the leek. Slice the celery.
• Add the olive oil to a large soup pot and add the onion, garlic, and leek. Cook until the onion is softened, about 4 minutes. Add the celery, chicken pieces, wine, tarragon and broth. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat to medium and add the heavy cream, and lemon juice. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, turning the chicken once or twice. Cook until the chicken is thoroughly cooked, about 30 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the pot and pick the meat off the bone. Return the meat to the soup, add the salt and pepper. Taste and add more salt to taste, if needed.

TARRAGON CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Fill a Dutch oven or stockpot about 3/4 full with water; mix chicken base, tarragon, basil, and black pepper into water and bring to a boil. Cook chicken in the boiling broth mixture until no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken from broth, leaving broth in Dutch oven to simmer. Dice chicken and add it back to the simmering broth.
• Mix rice, onion, carrot, celery, and garlic into simmering broth; cook until rice is tender and soup is thickened, 25 to 30 minutes. Add more water if needed.

FRENCH CHICKEN TARRAGON

Steps:

• Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper. Let stand for 30 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature.
• Heat the oven to 400°F. Put an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the butter and shallots and cook, stirring, until softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and chopped tarragon and cook for 1 minute (be careful not to let the garlic brown). Arrange the chicken thighs in the pot in one layer, add the broth and wine, and bring to a simmer.
• Put the lid on and place the pot on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350°F and continue baking for 45 minutes, or until the thighs are tender. Put the thighs on a platter, cover loosely, and keep warm.
• Strain the pan juices through a fine sieve into a saucepan and spoon off any rising fat. Place the pan over medium-high heat, add the crème fraîche and lemon zest, and simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• Spoon the sauce over the chicken, garnish with tarragon leaves, and serve.

TARRAGON CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In 4-qt soup pot add about an inch of water and the butter buds bring to a boil and reduce heat to maintain a low simmer, add each of the following in order allowing 1-2 minutes between ingredients; chopped onions, minced garlic, sliced celery including leaves, quartered carrot slices, zucchini slices, and quartered radishes. (The key to a good soup is to allow the flavors of each ingredient to develop before adding in the next ingredient.)
• When the veggies are tender add 8-10 cups of water and the 6 bullion cubes, slowly allowing the soup to return to a boil. Add poultry seasoning, and tarragon. Salt and Pepper to taste.
• Meanwhile, open package of Tofu Shirataki Fettucine and drain in colander, RINSE WELL, drain and place on cutting board, roughly chop into inch sized pieces, and add to soup.
• Allow soup to return to a full boil before adding the finely chopped chicken pieces. Bring to a boil for 1-2 minutes or until chicken is completely white.
• Turn off heat.
• Makes 9 12oz servings
• Eat with Salad and Grissini Breadstick!
• To make in slow cooker or crock pot, add all ingredients at once omitting butter buds and cook in desired time frame!
• Place left overs in serving sized portions inside a ziplock bag and put in freezer for easy lunch or dinners!!

CLASSIC CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large pot, saute onion, carrot and celery in olive oil and butter over medium heat. Cook until onion starts to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock and seasonings. Bring to boil and stir in chicken and noodles. Reduce heat to simmer and cook until noodles are tender. Taste, adjust seasonings, remove bay leaf and serve.

TURKEY-TARRAGON NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, 8-10 minutes. , Return to a boil; add noodles. Cook until noodles are tender, 5-6 minutes longer. Stir in turkey and tarragon; heat through. Discard bay leaf. If desired, top servings with additional tarragon.

TARRAGON CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Put oil and butter in a large pot over medium heat.
• Saute onion, celery until onion is transparent, 6-7 minutes.
• Add tarragon, oregano, garlic, and paprika, salt and pepper.
• Cook and stir 3-4 minutes.
• Slowly add flour. The flour will coat the veggies.
• Once combined, slowly stir in chicken broth, stirring well as you pour in.
• Bring to a boil and it will thicken.
• Add tomatoes and cream.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add chicken and simmer 10 minutes more (this last step can be done right before serving if you have made the soup ahead of time)

CREAMY CHICKEN TARRAGON WITH EGG NOODLES

Steps:

• Season both sides of the chicken with dry mustard, salt, and pepper. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven (or large skillet) over medium-high heat. Carefully lower the chicken into the pot and cook for about 3-5 minutes per side to sear (just until they begin to brown slightly). Transfer the still-raw chicken to a plate.
• Reduce the heat under the pot to medium. Add chopped onion and optional mushrooms. Cook, stirring constantly for about 1 minute. Add the wine to deglaze the pan, cooking for about 1 minute more.
• Add the cream and half of the tarragon. Return the chicken to the pot and adjust the heat so that the cream gently simmers. Cover and cook, turning chicken occasionally, until it's firm and cooked through, about 25-30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the egg noodles according to package directions. Drain and toss with butter, season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm.
• Remove chicken pieces from the pot, raise heat to medium-high and continue to simmer the sauce, uncovered, for a few minutes to thicken. Re-season with remaining tarragon and additional salt and pepper if needed.
• Remove about 1 cup of sauce and toss it with the egg noodles. Plate up the noodles, then place the chicken over the noodles and sprinkle with parsley.

CREAMY TARRAGON CHICKEN AND EGG NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large 12-inch skillet. Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Brown the chicken cubes on all sides. Remove the browned chicken from the pan and set aside.
• Add the butter, onion and carrots and sauté for a few minutes, until the onions start to soften. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and sauté for a few more minutes until all the vegetables begin to soften. Stir in the flour and cook for a minute or two. Add the sherry and bring it to a simmer until the mixture has thickened. Pour in the chicken stock and heavy cream, continue to simmer and stir until the sauce is completely smooth. Stir in the dry egg noodles.
• Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Return the browned chicken to the pan, add the peas and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes, until the noodles are cooked. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the Swiss cheese and tarragon. Let it sit for a few minutes. The sauce will thicken a little and it will cool to an edible temperature. Serve with a butter lettuce salad.

SKILLET TARRAGON CHICKEN WITH NOODLES

Steps:

• Pat the chicken breast pieces dry, and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil and butter in a large sauté pan over medium high heat.
• Saute the chicken breasts until golden on each side (about 2 minutes per side)
• Remove the chicken from the pan, and place on a plate, and set aside.
• Add the onions, mushrooms and garlic to the saute pan, and let cook for about 2 more minutes until softened.
• Add the flour, and stir for about 30 seconds. Add the tomato paste, and stir again to combine.
• Slowly pour in the Progresso Cooking Stock, salt, and tarragon, and stir well. Bring the stock to a boil, and then add the dried pasta. Mix to submerge the pasta, and lay the chicken breasts on top of the pasta.
• Reduce the heat to low, cover, and let simmer for about 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, and the pasta is al dente.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Place the Greek yogurt in a bowl or measuring cup, temper the yogurt by slowly adding a soup ladle full of the pan sauce to the yogurt, while stirring to combine.
• Add the warmed yogurt into the sauce, and stir well to combine the chicken and noodles with the sauce.
• Serve immediately.

TARRAGON CHICKEN AND NOODLES

Steps:

• 1. I use what ever chicken is on sale (usualy thighs) for this recipe. Place the chicken in a large pot with all the ingredients for the cooking liquid and cook on High for 35 min. Remove the chicken and set aside to cool and shred, reserving the liquid.
• 2. Melt 1 tbls of the butter in a skillet and saute the onion and garlic on Med until soft (about 5 min).
• 3. Combine 2 cups of the reserved liquid with the cornstarch and chicken bouillon. Set aside. Heat remaing liquid to a boil and cook the noodles as directed on the package. I like to use wide egg noodles.
• 4. While the noodles are cooking add shredded chicken, 2 cups of the reserved liquid and the frozen veggies to the onion and garlic in the skillet. Simmer on Med-High for 5 min.
• 5. Add the cornstach liquid to the chicken mixture and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, stirring continualy. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed.
• 6. When the noodles are done drain off the liquid. Add remaining Tbls of butter to the noodles and stir to coat.
• 7. At this point you can either combine it all together in the pot of noodles or plate the noodles and top with the chicken mixture.
• 8. Enjoy!

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP WITH FRESH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
• Place the stock, salt, and pepper in a large stockpot; bring to a simmer.
• Add chicken and tarragon; cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Add the pasta.