Chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles

[eridani]

Haven't made it yet, but if I make it for 4 instead of 2 and freeze half of it, does freezing turn homemade noodles into mush?

[Arkansas Granny]

1. My DIL freezes my homemade chicken noodle soup all the time and I've

never heard her mention that the noodles turn to mush. I haven't eaten any of it after it's been frozen and thawed so I can't say if the texture changes or not.

[eridani]

2. OK, I'll give it a shot and report how it turns out n/t

[Warpy]

3. Just thaw it in the fridge

and then heat it. What turns the noodles to mush is trying to thaw it in the saucepan over heat.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. That makes sense. What about thawing/heating in the microwave?

As I said, I haven't tried this myself, but I believe my DIL just pops it in the microwave straight from the freezer.

[mtnester]

5. My husband was always amazed that when I make thick noodles

that you have to cook the crap out of them...he was puzzled as to why the fresh, soft thick noodles had to cook so much longer than the super dry thicker noodles (understand, I make what my grandma called pot pie noodles...super thick and eggy, counter dried only)

He loves the thicker noodles though...so do I.

[eridani]

6. The slow thaw did the trick

Frozen for a couple of weeks, the reheat turned out just fine. Thanks for the helpful hints.