Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

It's raining here in Southern CA, and that means it's time for some delicious cold weather food. Tonight I made Chicken noodle soup, and corn bread. The corn bread was from a bag, I have to confess. However, the soup was 100% from scratch. Here's my super easy, and super delicious recipe. 

You'll Need: 

1 large chicken breast

4 sticks of celery

2-3 carrots

2 1/2 cans of Chicken broth

2 Chicken boulon cubes

2 Cups of water

2 Bay leaves

2 Tsp Oregano

2 Tsp Parsley

2 TBSP Garlic

Salt & pepper to taste

1 Package of egg noodles 

Okay, now you're ready to start. The first thing you will need to do is brown your chicken in a pan. Once the chicken is browned, cut into small chunks. Chicken DOES NOT need to be cooked all the way through, you will be putting it in the crock pot anyway! 

Next, dice up your carrots and celery. Then, place chicken and veggies into your crock pot. Add the chicken broth, boulon cubes, water, and all spices into crock pot. Cook on high setting for 1 hour. After that hour pour in your noodles and cook until al dente. * Note * I put the noodles in for the full hour and they were too soft. 

Now ENJOY YOUR SOUP, and stay warm out there! 

Kickin' Kung Pow Chicken

Chinese food, when cooked right, can be a delicious and affordable meal. This kung pow chicken is great served fresh, and just as yummy when reheated. 

What you'll need: 

2 Chicken breasts

1 Zuccini

1/2 of an Onion

3/4 a cup of Peanuts

1/2 Yellow/ 1/2Orange bell pepper

3 TBS Peanut oil

1 TBS Sesame oil

Panda express kung pow sauce (Find at any grocery store, and use as much as your preference)

2 TSP Chili oil (If you like it really spicy!) 

First, cut your chicken into chunks. Then take your oils and put a little of each into a pan on medium high heat

While you brown the chicken, go ahead and cut up your vegetables. The size you cut them into is totally preference. Once you have them chopped, and chicken is browned, place veggies/chicken/peanuts into the pan. 

Stir fry on medium high heat for about 5 minutes, then add your kung pow sauce, and stir fry for another 5 minutes...

Your Kung Pow chicken is finished, pour over rice and ENJOY!