Mennonite Noodle Soup

Name: Mennonite Noodle Soup
Ingredients: 1 (3 -4 lb) roasting chickens; 2 quarts chicken broth (premade or store bought will do); 2 bay leaves; 1 pinch pepper; 1/2 cinnamon stick; 3 whole star anise (if you can't find star anise seed in it's whole form, then use anise seed, take a spice ball and fil); 3 tablespoons butter; fine egg noodles, the really thin skinny kind

8 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 (3 -4 lb) roasting chickens
2 quarts chicken broth (premade or store bought will do)
2 bay leaves
1 pinch pepper
1/2 cinnamon stick
3 whole star anise (if you can't find star anise seed in it's whole form, then use anise seed, take a spice ball and fil)
3 tablespoons butter
fine egg noodles, the really thin skinny kind

Directions

1

Skin the chicken so it is not so fatty.
2

Put chicken and broth in a big pot.
3

Add anise, bay leaves, pepper and cinnamon stick.
4

Simmer for 2- 2 1/2 hours, skimming off foam occasionally.
5

Add butter and simmer for about 1/2 hour.
6

Remove the chicken and pull meat off carcass, place in a separate bowl.
7

Skim off any remaining fat from broth.
8

Cook your noodles in clean water and place in another separate bowl.
9

To serve, fill your own bowl with noodles and meat desired, pour hot broth over top.