Comforting Chicken & Rice Soup

Submitted by lynxpilot

"I do this one to use up leftover chicken. It's quick, easy, and makes a good hearty meal. We have along with chicken pot pie, which uses similar ingredients and is nearly as quick and easy."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb diced cooked chicken meat
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 1⁄2 cup long grain rice
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch or 2 tablespoons flour
• salt (to taste)
• water (to desired consistency)
• ground black pepper (to taste)

directions

1. Heat about 5 or 6 cups of water to a boil and add the carrot, celery, bouillon cube, and salt. Boil for about 5-10 minutes.
2. Add the chicken meat and rice. Also, if you have leftover chicken skin and fat from remaining meat, this adds a bit of flavor.
3. Periodically check rice for cooked texture. Once it is done or nearly done, slowly stir in the corn starch (or flour) to obtain a slightly thicker texture.
4. Add water or rice to desired quantity and texture. Adjust flavor with salt and pepper to desired. You can also add another bouillon cube for more flavor.

Reviews

[michele.abbott]

It was great! My 4yr old won't eat the egg noodles we use in Chicken Noodle Soup and this worked out better. I added 2 cups of chicken broth instead of more water and bouillon cube.

 

[froggyjen]

This is great comfort food when the family isn't feeling well. I didn't have cooked chicken so added raw cubed chicken after the veggies and boiled it until the chicken was cooked through, then added the rice. I also added two cloves of garlic and some onion flakes, but no corn starch just because I forgot it.

 

[lovinmykids]

Easy recipe I used chicken bones from our supper and boiled it for an hour. Then added chunks of chicken. I also added Garlic and Ginger...hmmm. thanks for the recipe

 

[Amber Matlock]

I ended up making this as "chicken noodle soup" because when it was time to put the rice in I discovered I didn't have any in the pantry! So I added noodles instead and it was great. I added some extra seasoning, and it still didn't have a lot of flavor, but otherwise turned out great!

 

[TLu1089]

Good soup, I added some garlic and red pepper flakes to up the flavor factor for my taste. Used chicken stock instead of water and more chicken---it came out delicious. Thanks for posting!