I developed this trick so you could cook the noodles to al dente, then pull them out of the soup to stop their cooking. In most chicken noodle soup recipes the noodles end up over cooking as the soup sits and even continue to soak up the broth as leftovers are stored in the fridge. u003cbr/u003eThis method allows the noodles to be cooked separately and to the perfect doneness u003cemu003ewithout u003c/emu003eusing a second pot.