Chicken Soup With Sweet Potatoes and Rice

I made a whole chicken in the crock pot and ended up with about 4 cups of broth and some leftover chicken. Made this soup the other night and hubby loved it - wanted to post so I don't forget. Simple and delicious.

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 2 quarts

Ingredients

• 6  cups chicken broth
• 1  large sweet potato
• 1  medium onion
• 2  carrots
• 2  stalks celery
• 1 1⁄2 cups  cooked chicken
• 1⁄2 cup brown basmati rice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
•  salt
•  pepper

Directions

1. Coarsely chop onion, carrots, celery. Place in large stockpot. (Can be sauteed in a little oil for deeper flavor.).
2. Peel and chop sweet potato. Add potato and broth to veggies. Simmer for about 1 hour until veggies are tender.
3. Add rice and chicken. Stir and cook for 30 minutes or until rice is done.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.