Best Chicken And Wild Rice Soup Recipes

CREAMY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine broth, water and chicken. Bring just to boiling, then stir in rice, reserving seasoning packet. Cover and remove from heat.
• In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper and flour. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in contents of seasoning packet until mixture is bubbly. Reduce heat to low, then stir in flour mixture by tablespoons, to form a roux. Whisk in cream, a little at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth. Cook until thickened, 5 minutes.
• Stir cream mixture into broth and rice. Cook over medium heat until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.

COPY-CAT PANERA CREAM OF CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Open rice, pull out seasoning packet and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine pepper and flour. Set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine broth and chicken. Bring to a boil, then stir in rice. Cover and remove from heat.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add carrots, celery and onion and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in contents of seasoning packet, and continue cooking vegetables until softened, about 5 minutes more. Add seasoned flour gradually while constantly stirring, to form a roux. Saute roux for 3-4 minutes to cook out raw flour taste.
• Whisk in cream, a little at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth. Cook until thickened, 5 minutes.
• Stir cream mixture into broth and rice. Cook over medium heat until heated through and rice is done,15-20 minutes.
• Alternatively, for those who cannot get the quick-cooking version of the rice, I have put the broth on to boil and cooked the 25-minute version of long grain and wild rice blend according to the directions, while sauteeing the veggies in the butter. I tend to cook the veggies longer this way, and I like them quite soft. I then follow the rest of the directions above, adding the rice/broth to the cream mixture. I've also used fat-free half and half with no appreciable difference in flavor. Enjoy!

CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium-high. Add carrots, celery, and onion; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add broth, chicken, rice, and 1 1/2 cups water to pan. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer, and cover. Cook until chicken is opaque throughout, 6 to 8 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, shred with two forks.
• Meanwhile, continue to cook soup, uncovered, until rice is tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Return chicken to pan; simmer until heated through, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. (To store, place in airtight containers, and refrigerate up to 2 days; reheat over medium, about 10 minutes.)

SLOW-COOKER CREAMY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. In large bowl, mix wild rice, onions, soup, broth and carrots; pour over chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Stir in half-and-half. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 15 to 30 minutes longer or until hot.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. In large bowl, mix wild rice, onions, soup, broth and carrots; pour over chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Stir in half-and-half. Increase heat setting to High.
• Cover; cook 15 to 30 minutes longer or until hot.

CREAMY CHICKEN, LEEK, AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken stock, water, chicken broth, and soup mix in a large pot over medium heat. Stir until all soup mix is dissolved, and bring to a boil.
• Add carrots and celery, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add chicken and rice, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add half-and-half and pepper and simmer for 10 more minutes, being very careful it doesn't scorch.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a small pot. Add flour and stir to make a paste. Cook for 1 minute, then slowly add 2 ladles of liquid from the soup; whisk until no lumps remain. Add this mixture to the soup and stir until well combined. Continue to simmer until soup thickens slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chicken thighs with the garlic powder, thyme, dried parsley, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Toss until well coated.
• In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, cook the chicken until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board to cool for 5 minutes, then shred with 2 forks into small pieces.
• To the same pot, add the butter, carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, stir, and cook over medium heat until the veggies are soft, 5-10 minutes. Remove from the pot and set aside.
• Add the wild rice and 3½ cups of chicken broth to the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes, or until the rice is tender.
• Once the rice is cooked, stir in the Parmesan, cooked vegetables, heavy cream, and remaining 4½ cups of broth. Bring to a boil. Stir in the sour cream, fresh parsley, and shredded chicken.
• Serve warm topped with more Parmesan.
• Enjoy!

SAVORY CURRIED CHICKEN, WILD RICE, AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spread almonds onto a baking sheet with edges.
• Toast almonds in preheated oven, stirring every 2 minutes, until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes; transfer to a large bowl. Add chicken and mango chutney to the bowl; stir.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in melted butter until onions begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice and raisins; continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the raisins plump, about 10 minutes. Season the mixture with curry powder and cayenne pepper; stir.
• Pour chicken stock into the pot; add the chicken mixture, wild rice, apples, parsley, and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the apples are tender yet retain some crispiness, about 5 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper.

NELSON BROTHER'S CREAMY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, combine carrots, celery, broccoli, onion, chicken base, and water, and bring to a boil. Add cheese sauce, milk, and wild rice. Return to a boil. Combine butter and flour in a saucepan and cook until mixture bubbles. Remove from heat and cool. Add the roux to the soup to thicken to desired consistency. Stir in chicken. Simmer until incorporated.

CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare rice mix according to package directions.
• In a large pot, combine 1 1/2 cups prepared rice mix, cooked chicken, broth, onions, mushrooms, celery, parsley, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
• For a thicker soup, stir in half-and-half and cook 5 minutes more.

MINNESOTA CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. 2. In Dutch oven, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually whisk in broth mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Whisk in soup and wine. Add rice and chicken; heat through. Yield: 14 servings (3-1/2 quarts).

CROCK POT CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• DO NOT use quick cooking or instant rice.
• Combine broth, chicken (cut into bite size pieces), water, celery, carrots, rice and enclosed seasoning packet, onion, pepper and parsley flakes in a 4 to 7 quart Crock Pot slow cooker; mix well.
• Cover; cook on LOW for 6 to 7 hours, or on HIGH 4 to 5 hours, or until chicken is tender.
• Stir in vinegar, if desired.

INSTANT POT® CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Rub chicken thighs with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. On 6-quart Instant Pot®, select SAUTE; adjust to normal. Heat butter in insert. Add chicken; cook 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until browned. Select CANCEL. Using tongs, transfer to medium bowl.
• Select SAUTE; adjust to normal. Add onions, mushrooms, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper to drippings in insert; cook 6 to 8 minutes or until softened. Add chicken broth; heat to simmering, scraping bottom of insert with wooden spoon to remove browned bits. Select CANCEL.
• Stir in carrots, celery and wild rice. Place chicken in even layer over wild rice mixture. Secure lid; set pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL; cook on high pressure 45 minutes. Select CANCEL. Set pressure valve to VENTING to quick-release pressure. Using slotted spoon or tongs, carefully transfer chicken to cutting board; let stand about 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle, then chop.
• Select SAUTE; adjust to normal. Stir in chopped chicken; heat to boiling. In 2-cup measuring cup, beat whipping cream and cornstarch with fork. Stir into mixture in insert; cook 2 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until slightly thickened. Top with thyme leaves.

INSTANT POT® CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Add olive oil and let heat for 1 minute. Add chicken and onion; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Cancel Saute mode.
• Stir broth, mushrooms, rice, celery, carrots, thyme, rosemary, and parsley into the cooker. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 35 minutes. Allow 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
• Meanwhile, whisk half-and-half and cornstarch together in a bowl until cornstarch is dissolved. Unlock and remove the lid of the cooker. Stir mixture into soup and let sit until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Ladle into serving bowls. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

HEARTY CHICKEN, VEGETABLE AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• For the stock - In a large stock pot, bring the chicken, water, onion, carrot, celery and bay leaves to a boil. Boil until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken, shred and return to the pot. Discard the bones. Add the soup base and stir to dissolve. If starting with cooked turkey, mix with water, bay leaves and soup base and bring to boil.
• For the soup - After returning the chicken to the pot, bring back to boil. Add the wild rice and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the stock veggies (onion, carrot, celery and bay leaves) and discard. Add the diced carrots, celery and onion and cook for 15 minutes. Add zucchini, mushrooms and tomatoes and cook for another 10 minutes. Add the Parmesean cheese rinds, if using, and the Pepper and cook for another 5-10 minutes more until the cheese gets melty.
• Serve with biscuits or bread.

CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add leeks, onion, and garlic. Saute until fragrant, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Add chicken bouillon to hot water to dissolve. Add to the onion-leek mixture. Add rice and poultry seasoning. Stir well, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes.
• Add chicken, carrots, and bell pepper to the soup. Cover and continue simmering until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Uncover and add heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with thyme.

QUICK CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine water, rice with contents of seasoning packet and soup mix. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the celery, carrot and onion. , Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in chicken soup and chicken. Cook 8 minutes longer or until rice and vegetables are tender.

LOW-FAT CREAM OF CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, sauté chicken until cooked through. Remove to a bowl. Add wild rice to the bowl. Mix in the half and half, sherry, and flour. Set aside.
• In the same pot, melt butter. Cook onion until soft and translucent. Add carrots and celery, salt, pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes.
• Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until carrots and celery are softened to your liking.
• Stir in the wild rice and chicken mixture. Cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, until heated through.

CREAM OF CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS Cook the wild rice according to package directions, but remove from heat about 15 minutes before it's done. Drain the excess liquid, and set aside. In a stock pot over high heat, combine the chicken and the water. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low. Simmer for 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked and tender. Remove chicken from the pot, and allow it to cool. Strain the broth from the pot, and reserve for later. When chicken is cool, remove the meat from the bones, cut into bite size pieces, and reserve. Discard the fat and the bones. In the same stock pot over medium heat, saute the celery and onion in the oil for 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms, and cover. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until everything is tender. Return the broth to the stock pot, and add the partially cooked wild rice. Stir in the bouillon, white pepper and salt; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour until smooth. Whisk in the milk, and continue cooking until mixture is bubbly and thick. Add some of the broth mixture to the milk mixture, continuing to stir, then stir all of the milk mixture into the broth mixture. Mix in the reserved chicken meat and the white wine. Allow this to heat through for about 15 minutes.

LISA'S CREAM OF CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the onions, celery and mushrooms (if using) in the butter until soft. Add the garlic and saute for an additional 2 minutes. You do not want the garlic to brown.
• Add the water, chicken base, bay leaves, Thyme, carrots, salt and pepper. Add the chicken breasts (whole). Cook for approximately 30 minutes over medium heat until the chicken is cooked. Remove the chicken from the pot and set aside to cool a bit.
• Add to the pot the rice mix. Cook for approximately 45 minutes until the rice is tender. Add the potatoes and the cooled chopped chicken. Cook for approximately 45 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
• Remove the bay leaves. Stir in the half and half and serve.