Homemade Lapsha Soup

Name: Homemade Lapsha Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 2 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, trimmed; 8 cups water; 1 yellow onion, halved; 2 carrots, thinly sliced; 2 bay leaves; 2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 4 oz egg noodles; 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped

A comforting chicken noodle soup made with rich broth, tender shredded chicken, and egg noodles. Fresh dill adds a fragrant finish to this traditional recipe.

70 minEasyServes 4310 cal/serving

RussianSoupStovetopHigh ProteinDairy-FreeNut-FreeSoy-FreeShellfish-FreeSesame-FreePork-FreeAlcohol-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

2 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, trimmed
8 cups water
1 yellow onion, halved
2 carrots, thinly sliced
2 bay leaves
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
4 oz egg noodles
1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped

Instructions

1

Combine 2 lbs trimmed bone-in chicken thighs, 8 cups water, 1 halved yellow onion, and 2 bay leaves in a large pot over high heat.
2

Bring to a boil, then skim off any surface foam that forms.
3

Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 35 minutes until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
4

Transfer bone-in chicken thighs to a cutting board and discard yellow onion and bay leaves.
5

Shred chicken meat from bones, discarding skin and bones, then return meat to the pot.
6

Stir in 2 thinly sliced carrots, 2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp black pepper, simmering for 8 minutes until carrots soften.
7

Add 4 oz egg noodles and cook for 5 minutes until tender.
8

Remove pot from heat, stir in 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, and serve immediately.

Questions

Can I make Homemade Lapsha Soup gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in this entry is 4 oz egg noodles. Swap the pasta for a gluten-free one, cooked a minute short of its package time. Everything else proceeds as written.

How long does Homemade Lapsha Soup keep?

Refrigerate it up to four days, or freeze it in portions for up to three months. Reheat gently on the stovetop with a splash of water or stock to loosen it.

Can I halve or double Homemade Lapsha Soup?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.