Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

 Ingredients:

• 1 Whole Chicken
• 3 carrots, diced
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 10 cups chicken stock
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 4 teaspoons better than bouillon chicken sauce
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/2 bag wide egg noodles, uncooked

Directions:

1. Cook chicken slowly on a pellet grill; 250 degrees for 3-1/2 hours
2. Place all ingredients in slow cooker, except the pasta.
3. Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. 30 minutes before serving add pasta.
4. Season with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.

Recipe from the kitchen of Alicia Kasen.