Home Canned : Chicken Noodle Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 lbs ready to cook chicken, cut up
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped carrot

Recipe

• 1 cover chicken with 3 quarts of water. add thyme and oregano. bring to boiling. simmer covered 1 hour. remove chicken from the broth. cool. remove meat from the bones, dice. strain broth, skim off fat. return to kettle. add the chicken, celery,onion,carrots, 1 tablespoon salt. and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. bring to a boil. reduce heat and cook covered 10 minutes. stir occasionally.
• 2 pour hot soup into hot jars, leaving 1 inch head space. adjust lids. process in pressure cooker at 10 pounds, 75 minutes pints or 90 minutes for quarts.
• 3 before serving:.
• 4 for each pint add 1 cup of water. boil uncovered at least 10 minutes. before serving:.
• 5 add 1/2 cup cook noodles.