Lime Chicken Rice Soup

A slow-cooker traditional chicken & rice soup with a twist - lime and lime zest, to be exact! Sounds delicious! (cook times are provided, but use your discretion based upon your specific cooker)

• Ready In: 6 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 (14 ounce) cans fat-free chicken broth
• 1  celery rib, sliced diagonally into 1/2 inch pieces
• 2  carrots, sliced (1/2 inch thick slices)
• 1⁄2 onion, chopped
• 1  bay leaf
• 1⁄2 lb chicken breast, boneless and skinless (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
• 1  cup long-grain rice
• 1  lime, juiced
• 1  teaspoon lime zest
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1  teaspoon  fresh  lemon thyme (snipped or 1/4 tsp. dried)

Directions

1. Combine the broth, celery, onion, bay leaf, and chicken in the crock pot. Cover and cook on Low just until the chicken is almost cooked through, 4-5 hours. Stir in the rice, cover and cook on Low until the rice is tender - 1 1/2 - 3 hours. Discard the bay leaf. Stir in the lime juice and zest, black pepper and thyme. Cover and cook 5 minutes.