Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
(from cokerlj’s recipe box)
This is really good.
Source: Pinterest, Crystal Coker Dailey
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice blend*
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion (from about 1 small onion)
- 1 cup diced carrots (from 2 medium)
- 1 cup diced celery (from 2 - 3 stalks)
- 7 tablespoons butter (I used more)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 cans chicken broth
- 1/4 teaspoon of each dried thyme, marjoram, sage and rosemary
- Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken tenders
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
Directions
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Dice and prep all of the vegetables listed.
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Prepare rice according to directions listed on package. Just let it sit aside while you work on the rest of the soup.
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In a large pot, melt about 1/2 stick butter over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and saute until slightly tender (about 10-15 minutes) adding in garlic during last couple minutes of sautéing.
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Add chicken broth, thyme, marjoram, sage, rosemary and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
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Bring to a slow simmer, allowing to simmer while you cut up the chicken tenders into small 1/2 inch pieces.
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Increase heat to medium-high, add chicken and bring mixture to a boil. Cover pot with lid and allow mixture to simmer slowly 12 – 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
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In a separate non-stick skillet, melt 1 stick butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook 1 1/2 minutes, whisking constantly. Then, while whisking vigorously, slowly pour milk into butter/flour mixture. Cook mixture, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add milk mixture to soup mixture in pot and cook about 5 minutes longer, or until soup is thickened. Stir in heavy cream and lemon zest and serve warm.
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- the original poster of this recipe used Lundberg Wild Blend Rice which she recommend for this recipe if you can find it. I am thinking that Uncle Bens rice might have something that works. Went to Walmart and found a very nice rice blend of wild rice, brown rice and several others. It was in a larger plastic clear box. Did not have any seasonings…follow cooking directions.