slow cooker chicken noodle soup

🥘 Ingredients

• • water
• • carrot
• • celery
• • onion
• • garlic clove
• • bay leaves
• • dried thyme
• • salt
• • fresh ground black pepper
• • roasting chickens
• • wide egg noodles

📝 Instructions

1. 1 in 4-1 / 2 to 6-quart slow-cooker bowl , combine water , carrots , celery , onion , garlic , bay leaves , thyme , 4 t salt , 1 / 2 t pepper
2. 2 place whole chicken on top of vegetables
3. 3 cover slow cooker with lid and cook as manufacturer directs on low setting 8 to 10 hours or on high 4-5 hours
4. 4 transfer chicken to cutting board
5. 5 discard bay leaves
6. 6 add noodles to slow-cooker
7. 7 cover with lid and cook 20 minutes
8. 8 while noodles cook , remove and discard skin , fat and bones from chicken
9. 9 shred meat
10. 10 skim fat from soup and discard
11. 11 return chicken to soup to serve