Zesty Wild Rice Soup

Creamy wild rice soup with a slight zest! Good for a chilly night. Perhaps a salad, bread and white wine...(a cozy fire wouldn't hurt either!) Yummy!!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 8  tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chopped red onions
• 1 1⁄2 cups  grated carrots
• 1 1⁄2 cups  thinly sliced celery
• 10  tablespoons flour
• 6  cups chicken broth
• 1  tablespoon thyme
•  salt and pepper
• 4  cups  cooked wild rice
• 2  lbs chicken or 2  lbs turkey, cooked and chopped coarsely
• 1  quart half-and-half
• 1⁄2 lb  shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1⁄4 lb  shredded monterey jack pepper cheese

Directions

1. In large saucepan, melt butter.
2. Saute onions, carrots, celery until tender.
3. Stir in flour.
4. Cook for approx 1 minute.
5. Gradually add broth.
6. Cook and stir until mixture boils and becomes thickened.
7. Stir in thyme, salt, pepper, wild rice and turkey/chicken.
8. Reduce heat to low.
9. Stir in half-and-half.
10. Add cheeses and stir until melted.