Homemade Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
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On a cold winter day, nothing warms me up like a bowl of soup. When fall hits I’m always excited to be able to start making soup again for my family, like our favorite Italian Sausage Soup. Delicious one pot meals make preparing and clean up a breeze. They also are perfect for feeding a crowd. Living in Minnesota, any soup that includes wild rice is one that will catch my attention, especially a classic chicken and wild rice soup like this one from Allyson Zea.
Chicken Wild Rice Soup Tip:
This original recipe is ideal for leftover chicken or turkey. If you don’t have them on hand, buy a rotisserie chicken to cut down on your preparation time!
How to Make Chicken and Wild Rice Soup:
This chicken and wild rice soup recipe will require a little forethought before dinner because of the longer cooking time, but the results are worth it!
Homemade Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 2 TBS butter
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 carrots chopped
- 6 celery stalks chopped
- 8 ounces mushrooms chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 4 TBS flour
- 32 ounces low sodium chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 1 TBS soy sauce
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup wild rice
- 2 cups shredded chicken a rotisserie chicken works great for this
- 1/4 cup half and half or 2% milk
- 2 TBS thyme chopped
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
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In a large soup pot, melt the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook for 7-8 minutes or until onions are soft and translucent. Add the mushrooms and garlic and cook for 6-7 more minutes, until the mushrooms are cooked through.
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Sprinkle the flour on top of the vegetables, stir, and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently until flour is brown and cooked through.
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Add the chicken stock and soy sauce. Stir well to incorporate flour, then add the bay leaves. Over medium-high heat bring soup to a boil, then turn heat down to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes.
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Add the wild rice and thyme and simmer for another 35 minutes.
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Add the chicken, milk, salt, pepper and cook on low for 20 more minutes.
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Serve hot in soup bowls with additional thyme if desired. Enjoy!
This is not even a maybe – this is a DEFINITE TO DO. Chicken, wild rice, onions, mushtooms, garlic – that’s not a soup, it’s a whole meal with all my favorites! I would use the baby Portobello mushrooms in this, they have such a nice meaty flavor, and Vidalia onions. CAN’T WAIT!!!! OMG, Emilie, I want it now!! LOL!
I bet this would taste so good on a cold winter day!
This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
I make a similar chicken and rice soup that even my picky kids like. I’ve never thought to add some milk or cream. I’ve got to try this with the wild rice.
I like all the ingredients in this soup. Very tasty. Thanks.
This looks so good! Especially on a cold night at home!
I sure could use a bowl of this right now. It looks delicious!
Your soup recipe is perfect for cold winter days! Found you at Two Cup Tuesday. We host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you’d share your recipe with our readers. http://bit.ly/15FBJpT
Thanks,
Lori
This soup sounds really hearty and delicious. If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you’d drop this (and anything else you’d like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove anything goes link party!
Oh I can’t wait to try this! Does it freeze well. I am thinking I might be a big batch up and freeze it.
This is my kind of dinner! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Emilie this soup looks delicious! Perfect for this freezing cold weather we are having! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Project Parade! hope to see you again this week:)
This looks delicious and would make a perfect winter meal!
This soup looks so delicious! I like how easy it is to make and the Wild Rice looks so good in this recipe! Thanks for sharing! I will have to make this.
Wow, that soup looks amazing. I am definitely going to give it a shot, thanks for the recipe!
I am always son the look out for good soup recipes and this looks like a real keeper. All of my families favorites.
I love this recipe I haven’t made chicken soup in a while b/c I don’t feel like cooking a chicken, and this solves that! also I like the small amount of creaminess added and the wild rice – wow I want to try it!
Made this tonight and it was very good! Great flavor! Mine took about triple the liquid (broth) than called for to be soupy texture. Definitely will make again!
Outstanding! Easy and excellent!