Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients

    3/4 cup uncooked wild rice blend*
    1 cup chopped yellow onion (from about 1 small onion)
    1 cup diced carrots (from 2 medium)
    1 cup diced celery (from 2 - 3 stalks)
    7 Tbsp butter , diced, divided
    1 clove garlic , minced
    4 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth (measured from 3 14.5 oz cans)
    1/4 tsp of each dried thyme , marjoram, sage and rosemary
    Salt and ground black pepper , to taste
    1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts halves
    1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 cups milk
    1/2 cup heavy cream
    1 tsp lemon zest

Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Instructions

Prepare rice in line with directions listed on package.
Halfway through the rice change of state, in an exceedingly separate massive pot, soften one Tbsp butter over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and saute till slightly tender, concerning four minutes, adding in garlic throughout last thirty seconds of cookery.
Add broth, thyme, marjoram, sage, rosemary and season with salt and black pepper to style. Increase heat to medium-high, add chicken and produce mixture to a boil.
cowl pot with lid and permit mixture to boil twelve - quarter-hour, or till chicken is braised through (rotating chicken to opposite facet once throughout change of state for thicker chicken breasts - if they do not absolutely immerse in broth).
take away chicken and put aside on board to chill five minutes then shred into tiny bite size items. in the meantime scale back heat to low and add braised rice. Add cut chicken to soup.
in an exceedingly separate medium cooking pan (I simply rinsed and exhausted the rice pan), soften remaining six Tbsp butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook one 1/2 minutes, whisking perpetually.
Then, whereas whisking smartly, slowly pour milk into butter/flour mixture. Cook mixture, stirring perpetually till it thickens.
Add milk mixture to soup mixture in pot and cook concerning five minutes longer, or till soup is thickened (at now, you'll be able to simmer the soup for a extended amount of your time if you wish the rice to melt a lot of, simply cowl with lid 1st and stir often.
will|you'll|you'll be able to} additionally add what is left within the remaining can of chicken broth). Stir in cream and lemon peel and serve heat.
*I used Lundberg Wild mix Rice that i like to recommend for this instruction if you'll be able to realize it.