Cuban Style Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken noodle soup flavored with tomato and fresh lemon juice. Taste just like Abuela used to make!
Servings 8 people
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs (with bone and skin on)
- 2 cans of plain tomato sauce (8 ounce cans)
- 1 packet sazon goya (This is a seasoning packet that mainly adds color and a tiny bit of flavor boost. If you can't find it, just skip it)
- 1 tablespoon salt
- ½ onion finely chopped (about ½ cup)
- 3 large carrots (chopped)
- 1 large potato (cut into 1" squares)
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 5 cups water
- 1 and ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- Juice from ½ large lemon (about 2 tbsp)
- 8 ounces dried spaghetti noodles (half a box)
- Fresh chopped cilantro for ganish (totally optional!)
Instructions
- In a large pot, add your chicken, onion, potato, carrots, tomato sauce, salt, and sazon packet, chicken broth, and water.
- Stir everything together, cover your pot, and bring to a heavy boil.
- After you get to a full boil, reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 45 minutes (covered).
- After the 45 minutes, use tongs and remove the chicken from the pot. Throw away the skin (I can't think of any good use for it...sorry!) and using 2 forks, pull all the meat off of the bones and add the meat back to the pot.
- Squeeze in your lemon juice and add in the oregano.
- Break the spaghetti into small pieces and add to the pot.
- Bring everything back to a boil (medium-high heat) and cook for another 10 minutes or until the spaghetti is tender.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with an extra lemon wedge for a little extra flavor...not that it needs any more!! :)