Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup in a Jar

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Mix

1/2 cup County Gravy mix (below)  

2 tablespoons THRIVE Chicken Bouillon Granules

2 tablespoons THRIVE Freeze Dried Chopped Onion 

2 tablespoons THRIVE Freeze Dried Celery

2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes 

1 cup THRIVE Freeze Dried Chicken

2 1/2 to 3 cups uncooked wide egg noodles

Pour gravy mix into wide-mouth quart jar. In small bowl, stir together bouillon granules, onion, celery and parsley. Pour into jar to make second layer. Add Chicken. Add noodles. Insert oxygen absorber and close lid.  You can use a Foodsaver jar attachment to seal jar. 

Directions for preparing: 

Empty contents of jar into a 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven. Add 4 cups water; heat to boiling on high. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes or until noodles and chicken are tender, stirring every few minutes.

Country Gravy Mix

1 cup flour

2/3 cup THRIVE Powdered Milk

1/3 cup THRIVE Powdered Shortening

3 T cornstarch

3 T coffee creamer

1 ½ t salt

1 ½ t pepper

To use as gravy:  use ½ cup gravy and mix with ½ cup water together and set aside.

Bring 1 ½ cups of water to boil stir in gravy-water mixture then whisk until desired constancy is reached.