Place chicken in water, add celery, carrots and onion.  Salt and pepper to create a good broth.

Boil for 2-3 hours.  Remove all from broth.  Set aside to cool.  Once chicken is cooled  remove skin  and break or cut meat into small pieces.  Mash vegetables slightly if you like.  Boil 1-2 bags of wide flat noodles in broth 20-30 min.  Return chicken and vegetables to broth.  Add more salt and pepper if needed.  When using 2 bags of noodles I ended up with enough soup to feed 8 people several bowls and still had 2 gal. of soup left over.  So adjust this recipe to suit your needs and wants.  Everyone here is crazy about it.