Chicken Noodle Soup - Edible Santa Barbara and Wine Country

Ingredients

• 1 leftover chicken carcass (broken up into a couple pieces)
• 1 onion (quartered, or leeks)
• 1-2 cloves garlic (quartered)
• 1 carrot (cut into several pieces)
• 1 stalk celery (cut into several pieces)
• A couple parsley sprigs (and/or thyme and/or bay leaf)
• Peppercorns (or ground pepper)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 shallot (or small onion, finely chopped)
• 2 stalks celery (finely chopped)
• 2 carrots (sliced)
• A couple sprigs of thyme (stems removed)
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• Chicken stock
• 4-6 ounces wide egg noodles
• Reserved leftover chicken meat (removed from the bones)
• 1 handful parsley (chopped)
• 1 clove garlic (finely chopped (optional))