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Your Chicken Rice Soup Guide
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Cooking Tip
Making your chicken soup from scratch? Use an older bird - like a 5-7 pound roaster. The older birds will have been around long enough to develop that wonderful, rich chicken-y flavor and taste that make for a great soup. They really do make for a better broth than the younger and smaller chickens.
Want more tips about making chicken soup? Check out our Chicken Soup Cooking Tips page. |
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Chicken Rice Soup
Chicken Soup Recipe
What's the best soup to serve when it's cold outside or you're feeling down and out? Chicken Rice soup, just like my Gramma used to make. Try it, you'll feel warm all over.
What you'll need:
Chicken Broth:
- 1 chicken (about 3 lbs.) or meaty chicken carcass
- 1 medium onion, halved
- 3 stalks of celery, chopped
- 3 parsnips, chopped
- stems from 1 bunch of parsley
- 25 peppercorns
Soup:
- 5 celery stalks, chopped
- 5 parsnips, peeled an chopped
- 3 leeks, cleaned and chopped
- 1 bunch of parsley, chopped
- slat and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup of cooked wild rice
What to do:
For the Broth:
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Place the chicken or chicken carcass into a large stock pot. Fill with water to cover. Add the remaining broth ingredients and cook over VERY LOW HEAT for 7-8 hours.
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Strain the broth and discard the vegetables, but keep the carcass.
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Place the broth in the refrigerator and when it has chilled sufficiently, skim off the fat that has risen to the top.
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Pick the meat off of the chicken or carcass - tedious, but worth the extra effort. Reserve the meat and throw away the bones.
For the Soup:
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Reheat the defatted chicken broth in a stock pot. Add the celery, parsnips, leeks, parsley and reserved chicken meat.
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Cook until the veggies are tender for about 20 minutes over a low heat. Season with salt and pepper.
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Add in the cooked wild rice.
Try sprinkling some Parmesan cheese on top or a little spoonful of pesto. Deeeeelish! Enjoy! This delicious recipe for chicken rice soup makes a serving for 6.
For more great soup ideas, check out some easy soup appetizer recipes or follow the links below.
Try some of these other delicious recipes:
Chicken Asparagus Chowder
Chicken Barley Soup
Chicken Cabbage Noodle Soup
Chicken Soup Caribbean Style
Easy Chicken Gumbo
Fantastic Chicken Broth
Homemade Chicken Broth
Homemade Chicken Stock
Pueblo Chicken Soup
Traditional Chicken Broth
Traditional Chicken Stock
For a more complete listing of soup recipe ideas, visit my Soup Recipe Index page.
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