Comforting Chicken and Rice Soup
By Eshun Mott28
PREP TIME
10 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
Makes
6 Servings
Photo: Maya Visnyei
You can use homemade or store-bought stock in this simple but hearty chicken and rice soup.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup basmati rice , rinsed
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup diced leek , (white and light green part only)
- 1 cup diced celery
- 3 cups diced carrot
- 2 cups diced parsnip
- 8 cups Master Chicken Stock
- 2 tsp chopped thyme
- 3 cupps shredded cooked chicken
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Combine 1 ¼ cups water and rise in a small pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low, cover and cook for 15 min or until rice is cooked. Remove from burner.
- Heat butter and oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, leek and celery and sauté for 4 min or until softened. Add carrot and parsnip and sauté for 4 min or until beginning to soften. Add chicken stock and thyme and bring to a boil.
- Simmer 15 min or until vegetables are tender. Add chicken, cooked rice and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer 2 min longer.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 351,
- Protein
- 25 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 38 g,
- Fat
- 10 g,
- Fibre
- 5 g,
- Sodium
- 435 mg.
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