Minnesota Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

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This is a very hearty soup. This is a very hearty soup. I really like this one! I love soup and good bread.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 ½ cups chicken broth
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• ½ cup sliced celery
• 1⁄3; cup wild rice
• 1⁄3; cup sliced onion
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 ½ cups cut-up cooked chicken

Directions:

1. Mix broth, carrots, celery, uncooked rice, onions, thyme, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
2. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, until the rice is tender.
3. Melt butter, stir in the flour, then the half-half.
4. Cook and stir 1 minute. Slowly add half-half mixture to the rice mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in the chicken and heat through.

Reviews

[SilverOpera]

DELICIOUS! I added a dash of cayenne for some heat, but otherwise followed the recipe. I used homemade stock, and this soup was really wonderful. Thank you so much! I'll make it often.

[Nevdiliel]

This soup really hit the spot! Best soup I've ever made. I tweaked the recipe just a tad to suit our tastes. I added two cloves of garlic, minced, doubled the thyme, used a full four cups of homemade stock, and added 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt (my stock didn't have any salt) after the wild rice had thoroughly cooked. I took another reviewer's advice and used broth from the soup, instead of half and half, to thicken the butter/flour mixture, and then added the half and half after reducing the heat. In my experience, getting a soup to thicken requires bringing it to a boil, and I didn't want to do that with dairy. Next time, I'll do one better, and reserve that extra 1/2 cup of broth I added initially for this purpose. Anyway, I LOVED this absolutely DELICIOUS soup! It reheated wonderfully, and as I said before, really hit the spot. Served with homemade biscuits... YUMMY! Thank you so much for sharing! I will be making this often!

[PrincessPage]

This was good. Mixed reviews from the family ranging from ok to very good, but no one ate the leftovers which is unusual for us. Wont be making again, but thanks for giving us something new to try.