Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Chicken Wild Rice Soup

from rotinrice.com
85 min

This Chicken Wild Rice Soup is a hearty creamy soup made with cooked chicken, nutty wild rice, and mushrooms. It is a bowl of comfort any time of the year.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup wild rice ((170g))
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil ((60ml))
  • 1 onion ((chopped))
  • 2 medium carrots ((peeled and chopped))
  • 2 stalks celery ((chopped))
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour ((115g))
  • 8 cups chicken stock ((1.9 liters))
  • 2 cups cooked chicken ((cubed) (300g))
  • 8 oz mushrooms ((stems removed and sliced) (225g))
  • Salt (and pepper)
  • 1 cup half-and-half ((240 ml))
  • ½ cup chopped parsley ((25g))

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook wild rice in 4 cups (960ml) of water for 45 minutes or until it fluffs up. Drain any remaining liquid left in the pot. Set aside.

  2. 2

    In a large pot, add vegetable oil. Sauté onions, carrots, and celery until soften, about 3 minutes. Add dried thyme and all-purpose flour. Cook and stir for another 2 to 3 minutes.

  3. 3

    Pour in chicken stock. Bring to a boil.

  4. 4

    Add cooked chicken, mushrooms, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat and allow soup to simmer for 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add cooked wild rice and pour in half-and-half. Bring soup back up to a boil and allow it to heat through, about 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    Turn off heat. Stir in chopped parsley.