Jewish Recipes for Chicken Noodle Soup

Jewish moms' chicken noodle soup has traditionally been dolled out as a comfort food, as a cure for the common cold and as a mid-day meal. The versatility of this dish comes from not only its simple ingredients, but from its great mouth feel and its scientifically documented impact on the body. If you love chicken noodle soup and would like to learn how to make a great pot for yourself, then the following tips are for you.

Chicken Noodle Soup and a Cure for the Common Cold

The common cold can be contracted any time of the year. However, you are most susceptible to this virus when your immune system is overworked or weakened by weather changes, stress or other illnesses. Jewish moms the world over have traditionally prescribed chicken noodle soup to people that have colds because they knew that the ingredients provided a boost to the person's immune system and helped to alleviate some of the symptoms associated with having a cold.

The truth is that chicken noodle soup can help you to overcome a cold. The broth helps to hydrate your body, the salt helps to kill off bacteria in your mouth and throat, the protein from the chicken helps your body to make repairs and the vitamins in the veggies help your immune system to recharge. If you are trying to make a pot of chicken noodle soup to combat a cold then make one that is a little more salty than you normally would make it, add in fresh carrots for vitamin C and boiled chicken for protein.

Chicken Noodle Soup as a Hearty Meal

If you are interested in making a hearty meal out of a pot of chicken noodle soup then you need to adjust the recipe slightly. Normally, chicken noodle soup is made with thin egg noodles. However, if you want to make a hearty chicken noodle soup then you will want to select a thicker noodle. Thick cut homemade noodles work well for a hearty chicken noodle soup. Other adjustments that you can make to your Jewish recipes for chicken noodle soup are to use larger chunks of veggies and to add in starchier vegetables like potatoes.

Create a Healthy Pot of Chicken Noodle Soup

If you are concerned about your health then chicken noodle soup is actually a great dish. It is low in calories, low in fat and high in protein. The only real health concerns related to these recipes usually rest in the amount of sodium in the soup. Fortunately you can adjust the amount of salt in your recipe to your taste without impacting the taste of your soup too much. There are even great low sodium chicken stocks that you can buy at your local grocer that you can use for your soup's base.