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Easy Chicken Noodle Soup

2-4 Servings

Ingredients:
1 Tb avocado or MCT oil
2 lb chicken breasts or thighs, sliced
1 onion, chipped
4 carrots, sliced
4 stalks celery, chopped
32 oz chicken stock
2 bay leaves
8 oz gluten-free pasta
salt and pepper to taste

Note: This recipe can be made either in a slow cooker or on the stove, whichever you prefer.

Slow Cooker Directions:
1. Place all ingredients up through and including bay leaves into crock pot.
2. Cover and set to low for 6 hours.
3. After 6 hours: Add pasta, increase heat to high, cover and cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until pasta is cooked.

Stove Top Directions:
1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken and onion and cook for 10 minutes.
2. Add all other ingredients up through and including bay leaves, cover and reduce heat to medium low.
3. Simmer for 20 minutes, then add pasta.  Cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until pasta is cooked.