Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

The primary time my husband took a chew of Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup, he declared it “the hotness” (and never simply because it was actually molten sizzling).

If you understand my husband then you understand that is extraordinarily excessive reward, and I 100% agree that every spoonful of this thick and hearty soup is decadent and satisfying in the best way that solely creamy soups will be.

Brothy soups — you understand I really like ya — however when exterior temperatures plummet and the coziest of recipes is required to heat you from the within out, Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup is simply the ticket.

This can be a 2-4 bowl minimal type of soup!

Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup Elements

This recipe tastes just like the Creamy Hen & Wild Rice Soup from Panera (YES!) besides it’s gluten free and constituted of scratch with just some components. Right here’s what you’ll want:

• Veggies: carrots, celery, and shallots or onions make up the veggie portion of the soup.
• Garlic: provides TONS of taste.
• Further virgin olive oil: for sauteing the greens.
• Dried herbs and seasonings: poultry seasoning, dried thyme, salt, and pepper present numerous cozy, slow-cooked taste to every bowl of creamy hen and wild rice soup.
• Hen inventory or broth: types the bottom of the soup.
• Hen breasts: are poached within the inventory or broth to maintain them tender and juicy, then are chopped or shredded. Be happy to make use of leftover rotisserie or baked hen as a substitute.
• Wild Rice Mix: I usually use Lundberg Wild Mix Rice for all of my wild rice-based dishes, although I’ve discovered that Rice Choose’s Royal Mix Wild Rice has a specific kind of rice that puffs and curls just like the Panera Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup does. SO RANDOM, I do know, however I actually like utilizing the Rice Choose mix for this explicit soup. Lundberg works nice too!
• Butter: is whisked with flour to thicken the soup.
• Gluten free flour: use the mix you retain readily available for gluten free baking, akin to Bob’s Purple Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, vs a single flour like almond flour or coconut flour. You should utilize all-purpose flour in case you don’t must eat GF.
• Milk: no matter you retain readily available for consuming. I’ve made this soup with the whole lot from unsweetened almond milk to complete milk with improbable outcomes — no heavy cream wanted!

Easy methods to Retailer and Reheat

My recipe for Creamy Hen and Wild Rice Soup makes sufficient to feed a military, which is nice as a result of it’s reheats tremendous effectively for straightforward, cozy lunches all through the week.

• To retailer: cool the soup right down to heat or room temperature then cowl the soup pot with a lid and refrigerate for as much as 3 days. Or, scoop the soup into individual-sized storage containers with lids and refrigerate.
• To reheat: add hen broth or inventory to the pot then reheat over medium warmth till warmed by means of. Or, add a splash of inventory or broth to the person storage container then stir and microwave till warmed by means of.

I don’t advocate freezing this soup — cooked rice tends to show to mush one frozen then reheated!

Attempt Crock Pot Hen & Wild Rice Soup

Easy methods to Make Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup

Begin by including minced carrots, celery, and shallots or onion to additional virgin olive oil in a big pot or Dutch oven over medium warmth. Season with salt and pepper then sauté till the greens are tender, 8-10 minutes.

Add contemporary garlic, poultry seasoning, and dried thyme then saute till the garlic may be very aromatic, 1-2 minutes.

Add hen inventory or broth to the pot then place a lid on high and switch the warmth to excessive to deliver it to a boil.

As soon as the broth is boiling, add hen breasts which were reduce in half then place the lid again on high, flip the warmth right down to low, and simmer till the hen is cooked by means of, 10-12 minutes.

Switch the cooked hen to a reducing board then chop or shred it as soon as it’s cool sufficient to deal with.

In the meantime, add a wild rice mix to the pot then place a lid again on high and simmer the rice till it’s al dente, 20-Half-hour relying on the model used, stirring sometimes.

Once more, I actually love Rice Choose’s Royal Mix Wild Rice for this soup, however my typical go-to, Lundberg Wild Mix Rice, works nice too!

When the rice has 10 minutes or so left to cook dinner, create a white sauce made with roux and milk to thicken our hen wild rice soup. Soften butter in medium saucepan over medium warmth then whisk in gluten free flour and cook dinner whereas whisking for one minute.

Stream in milk (any type), whereas whisking to create a clean sauce then cook dinner for 1-2 minutes, or till the combination has barely thickened, stirring slowly but continuously. If the rice nonetheless has slightly little bit of time left to cook dinner, take away the pan from the warmth then place a lid on high to maintain the combination heat.

As soon as the rice is al dente, stream within the milk + butter + flour combination whereas whisking the soup continuously. Add the hen then give the whole lot a giant stir to mix and cook dinner till the rice is totally cooked and the soup has thickened, about 5 minutes.

That’s all she wrote! This straightforward but beautiful and comfy wild rice soup recipe with hen is one you’ll make over and over. SO satisfying, SO thick and hearty — you’ll love each drop. Take pleasure in!

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