Best 3 Hearty Chicken And Rice Soup Recipes

HEARTY CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, onion, celery, carrots, parsley, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until the onion and celery begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir chicken into the simmering broth; cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir rice and lime juice into the broth; cook and stir just until rice is hot and grains separate, about 1 minute. Garnish with lime slices.

MOM'S HEARTY CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine first 9 ingredients in large pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 35 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer chicken and carrots to platter; cool slightly. Pull chicken meat off bones in bite-size pieces; set aside. Discard bones. Thinly slice carrots and reserve. Strain broth; discard solids in strainer. Pour 1 1/2 cups broth into heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Add rice and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook until broth is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Return remaining broth, chicken pieces and sliced carrots to same large pot. Bring to simmer. Stir in cooked rice. Season soup with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

HEARTY CHICKEN-VEGETABLE AND WILD RICE SOUP {PENZEYS} RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• FOR THE STOCK: In an 8 quart stock pot, bring the chicken or turkey, water, onion, carrot, celery and bay leaves to a boil. Boil until the chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken, shred and return to the pot. Discard the bones. Add soup base and stir to dissolve. If starting with cooked turkey, mix it with water, bay leaves and soup base and bring to a boil. FOR THE SOUP: After returning the shredded meat to the pot, bring back to a boil. Add wild rice and cook 15 minutes. Remove the stock veggies-onion, celery, carrot, bay leaves-and discard. Add the diced carrots, celery and onion and cook another 15 minutes. Add zucchini, mushrooms and tomatoes and cook 10 minutes more. Add the Parmesan rinds, if using {and you really should use them} and the pepper and cook 5-10 minutes more until the cheese gets melty. Serve with biscuits or bread. 1 Cup {269g}=Calories 90/Cals From Fat 30 Total Fat 3.5g/Chol 25mg/Sodium 460mg Carbs 9g/Dietary Fiber 1g/Sugars 3g Protein 7g