Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

"Stock your pantry ahead of time to whip up this delicious satisfying soup. It comes together quickly for a nice meal. I got the recipe from Southern Living Magazine (Carol Michael Hewett, Texas). I made a few changes by adding celery, and adding 3 more cups of broth (because we don't like soup that thick). The original recipe called for 5 cups of water. I used part water and part chicken broth."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
13 cups
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ingredients

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 8 cups water (or chicken broth or half water and half broth)
  • 1 (6 1/4 ounce) package fast-cooking long grain and wild rice blend (such as Uncle Ben's®)
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli
  • 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
  • 1 (8 ounce) package processed cheese, cubed (such as Velveeta®)
  • 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
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directions

  • Saute´ onion, celery and carrots in a lightly greased Dutch oven over medium heat 5 minutes.
  • Add water (or broth), seasoning packet from rice, broccoli, and chicken.
  • Bring to a boil, and stir in rice; reduce heat, cover, and cook 5 minutes.
  • Add cheese and soup; cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
  • Serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. Great recipe - I used cheddar cheese instead of velvetta and frozen carrots - but followed the recipe otherwise. I fed 4 adults and had a little left over. It is a hearty soup and a good spin on chicken soup. Definitely will make it again. Thanks for sharing.
     
  2. GREAT for a cold winter day! I've made this recipe a few times, and I always use the 1/2 broth, 1/2 water and it comes out great. I use all wild rice too, then add some garlic salt, onion powder and a bit of chicken bouillon. We eat organic here, so I found a recipe for "homemade velveeta"--I just make 1/3 recipe of that to use for this soup.
     
  3. This was good, we enjoyed and will make again. Makes a lot of soup and is a good use for leftover roast chicken. I used sweet onion, left out the broccoli, used 6 cups of homemade broth & 2 of water, substituted processed cheese with 1/3 cup shredded cheddar and 4 ounces of cream cheese. Also used leftover cooked basmati rice instead of Uncle Bens. Was good but I didn't put in enough salt & pepper, also tasted like it needed a little "something else". Maybe it would have been better with the seasoning mix from Uncle Ben's rice, not sure! Thanks though, was definitely tasty and a keeper for me!
     
  4. Yum, yum, yum!! We'd definitely like to add our 5 stars to this one. Followed recipe exactly, except we used 4 cups chicken broth and 2 cups water (6 total) instead of the 8 listed. I think we would have been fine with 5 cups as well as our soup wasn't overly thick. This was a great recipe and one we can't wait to make again. Thanks luvmybge!
     
  5. fantastic! followed recipe word for word using chicken broth. serving was perfect for my family of 5. recipe was quick, EZ & inexpensive. delicious! great w/beer bread recipe# 73440!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Great recipe - I used cheddar cheese instead of velvetta and frozen carrots - but followed the recipe otherwise. I fed 4 adults and had a little left over. It is a hearty soup and a good spin on chicken soup. Definitely will make it again. Thanks for sharing.
     
  2. This was good, we enjoyed and will make again. Makes a lot of soup and is a good use for leftover roast chicken. I used sweet onion, left out the broccoli, used 6 cups of homemade broth & 2 of water, substituted processed cheese with 1/3 cup shredded cheddar and 4 ounces of cream cheese. Also used leftover cooked basmati rice instead of Uncle Bens. Was good but I didn't put in enough salt & pepper, also tasted like it needed a little "something else". Maybe it would have been better with the seasoning mix from Uncle Ben's rice, not sure! Thanks though, was definitely tasty and a keeper for me!
     
  3. A bowl of this soup and some homemade french bread is as close to a perfect meal on a winter night as you can get. I used cheddar cheese instead of velveeta and I added extra water. Next time I think I'll just leave the cheese out altogether, because it was just fine without it. I'll also double the recipe next time to make sure I have yummy leftovers for lunch!
     
  4. This soup was awesome! My kids even ate it, and they are picky eaters--especially with anything green floating around in it! I accidentally bought another can of broth instead of the cream of chicken soup, so I added that and some milk to it. I also added a little extra cheese. It was quick and easy to prepare. Thanks, luvmybge!
     

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