This Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup is such a hearty and satisfying soup. It will quickly become a new favorite to add into your rotation. It’s like a chicken noodle soup made creamy with rice in place of noodles and I just can’t get enough!
Ingredients
- 3/4 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 Tbsp butter , diced, divided
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 4 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth (measured from 3 14.5 oz cans)
- 1/4 tsp of each dried thyme , marjoram, sage and rosemary
- Salt and ground black pepper , to taste
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts halves
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
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Prepare rice according to directions listed on package.
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Halfway through the rice cooking, in a separate large pot, melt 1 Tbsp butter over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and saute until slightly tender, about 4 minutes, adding in garlic during last 30 seconds of sauteing.
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Add chicken broth, thyme, marjoram, sage, rosemary and season with salt and black pepper to taste. Increase heat to medium-high, add chicken and bring mixture to a boil.
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Cover pot with lid and allow mixture to boil 12 – 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through (rotating chicken to opposite side once during cooking for thicker chicken breasts – if they don’t fully immerse in broth).
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Remove chicken and set aside on cutting board to cool 5 minutes then shred into small bite size pieces. Meanwhile reduce heat to low and add cooked rice. Add shredded chicken to soup.
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In a separate medium saucepan (I just rinsed and wiped out the rice pan), melt remaining 6 Tbsp butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook 1 1/2 minutes, whisking constantly.
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Then, while whisking vigorously, slowly pour milk into butter/flour mixture. Cook mixture, stirring constantly until it thickens.
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Add milk mixture to soup mixture in pot and cook about 5 minutes longer, or until soup is thickened (at this point, you can simmer the soup for a longer period of time if you want the rice to soften more, just cover with lid first and stir occasionally.
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You can also add what’s left in the remaining can of chicken broth). Stir in heavy cream and lemon zest and serve warm.
Recipe from cookingclassy.com