Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Submitted by I_luv_sweets

"My daughter in-law gave me a recipe for this soup and then I tweaked it to make it more to our liking. The original recipe called for half & half, but I use skim to cut the fat. The original recipe only called for 1/2 cup of flour, but my husband made the remark that it wasn't thick enough, so I increased the flour to 1 cup. I have cooked my own chicken breast to use and I have bought a rotisserie chicken for it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup wild rice, uncooked
• 1 quart water
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh cracked pepper
• 2 cups cooked chicken breasts, shredded

directions

1. In a medium sauce pan combine wild rice in 1 quart of water; bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in a large pot, cook onion, celery, and carrots in olive oil until almost tender. Stir in flour (mixture will be thick) and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly blend in chicken broth, then undrained rice. Bring to a boil and cook until slightly thickened. Stir in milk, rosemary, chicken, salt & pepper.
3. Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

Reviews

[terynjon81]

I made this, however I made a huge pot. Using 2 6 cup boxes of broth, 6 cups of milk, a whole stalk of celery, a bunch of carrots and 3 onions. Not to mention 2 cups brown rice. I only used 3 cups flour. My insides were screaming at me that this was way too much flour!! I should have listened!!! I needed almost a gallon of milk to thin this out. So although delicious, imho, 1 cup of flour is way too much for the recipe as written. I had the additional water from the rice...too thick! I also cooked my bone in chicken in the broth, using the rosemary and poultry seasoning, pepper. I added minced garlic with the sauteed vegetables. Otherwise, I followed the recipe, I just made a lot more than the recipe makes.