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Mom's Homemade Chicken Soup with Orzo

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course dinner, Entree
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 8 cups chicken broth
  • 1 box pasta (orzo, egg noodles, or ditalini)
  • 2 stalks celery thickly chopped
  • 2 medium carrots thickly chopped
  • 1 medium onion thickly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons parsley optional
  • 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese optional

Instructions
 

  • Cook the chicken.
  • Put thickly chopped celery, carrots, and onions in broth and cook till just tender. Maybe add some parsley.
  • Cut up cooked chicken and put in soup broth.
  • Cook pasta separately.
  • Spoon out pasta and ladle soup with vegetables over pasta.
  • Sprinkle with cheese.
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