Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

This soup was inspired by my co-workers love for the Panera's Cream of Chicken and Rice soup - I made my take of it and she loved it so here it is for all of you! A little healthier in that it doesn't have any heavy cream.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Serves:
- Units:
4
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ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken (breast with bone in works beast and a "little" skin)
- 1 cup onion (diced)
- 3 tablespoons garlic (minced)
- 1 cup carrot (diced)
- 1 cup celery (diced)
- 14 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt (kosher)
- 1 teaspoon pepper (fresh ground)
- 2 bay leaves
- 14 ounces long grain and wild rice blend (Carolina seasoned Long Grain and wild rice)
- 14 3⁄4 ounces creamed corn
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup cream (fat free half & half)
directions
- In a large stock pot over high heat add 1 tbsp olive oil - season the chicken breasts with fresh pepper and sea salt, place into the pot and brown on all sides, approximately 10 minutes total.
- Add onions, garlic, celery, carrots and bay leaves. Season.
- Add 14 cups water and lower heat to medium. Simmer for 2 hours.
- Remove chicken breasts from soup, debone meat and chop into cubes and return to soup.
- Add 3 pkgs of the Carolina wild & long grain rice seasoned (this equals 14 oz), can of cream corn, and corn. Slow cook for 30 minutes.
- In a small pot melt butter, add salt, pepper and flour, slowly ladle in soup of the soup stock - add cream and return to the soup pot. Cook for 10 minutes at medium high heat to bring to a boil. Stir frequently . Serve with a nice crusty bread! Enjoy.
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"This soup was inspired by my co-workers love for the Panera's Cream of Chicken and Rice soup - I made my take of it and she loved it so here it is for all of you! A little healthier in that it doesn't have any heavy cream."
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This was a delicious and comforting soup on a cold and blustery day. Like the other reviewers, I also made a few changes. I had some cooked shredded chicken and some steamed brown rice left over. I made some wild rice separately and added it. I followed along the recipe for the onion/carrot/celery/garlic and added only frozen corn. Since Ravensyes (Verna) told me the rice mix was seasoned with cumin and coriander, I added about 2 tsp of each spice to my sauteed vegetables just prior to adding the chicken and water. I made my roux with olive oil (instead of butter) and flour and then added some water to make it into a gravy. I added that to the soup, and then to make it creamy I added a can of coconut milk. In this way, my soup had no dairy ingredients. We liked this soup a lot, and I will probably make it again soon. Thanks, Ravenseyes!Reply
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This was really yummy! I made about 1/3 of the recipe. I had some chicken already cooked, so I cooked up the onions, garlic and carrots with some canola oil. I then added in 4 cups chicken broth, pepper and a bay leaf. I didnt add the salt with enough salt from the seasoned rice. I added 1 cup frozen corn and no creamed corn (personal preference). I cooked it for 20 minutes and then added in 1/2 c fat free half and half with 1 T cornstarch (that had been mixed together). It came out like a stew but was very tasty. :) Thanks, Ravenseyes!Reply
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This was simple and straight-forward to make, and tasted yummy! I did end up using about 8 cups of chicken broth instead of 8 of the cups of water to add a little more flavor. I used a lundberg brown and wild rice blend that I had on hand (and cooked it longer to account for the brown rice) and i used real half and half. Oh, and I used half a chicken, bone in and skin on. I would have liked the soup to end up a little thicker than mine did, and I didn't love the corn in it, but overall I give it high marks. Definitely worth repeating.Reply
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This was simple and straight-forward to make, and tasted yummy! I did end up using about 8 cups of chicken broth instead of 8 of the cups of water to add a little more flavor. I used a lundberg brown and wild rice blend that I had on hand (and cooked it longer to account for the brown rice) and i used real half and half. Oh, and I used half a chicken, bone in and skin on. I would have liked the soup to end up a little thicker than mine did, and I didn't love the corn in it, but overall I give it high marks. Definitely worth repeating.Reply
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