Description
A comforting and hearty chicken and wild rice soup, perfect for cold days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb chicken breasts
- 1 small onion or large shallot (minced)
- 2 carrots (thinly sliced (~1 cup))
- 2 ribs celery (thinly sliced)
- 2 garlic cloves (pressed or minced)
- 1–1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon dried ground sage
- small pinch dried rosemary (crushed between your fingers)
- 1 large or 2 small bay leaves
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 3/4 cup Wild Blend Rice (Lundberg Farms recommended)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a 6-quart crock pot.
- Cook on LOW for 4 hours or until chicken breasts are cooked through. Rice should be done around the same time.
- Shred chicken then stir back into soup and serve. Soup will thicken slightly as it cools.
Notes
- For added flavor, consider sautéing the onions, carrots, and celery in the butter before adding to the crock pot.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Soup
- Method: Crock Pot
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 70mg