Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup

The primary time my husband took a chunk 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 a method that solely creamy soups might be.

Brothy soups — you understand I really like ya — however when outdoors 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.

It is a 2-4 bowl minimal type of soup!

Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup Substances

This recipe tastes just like the Creamy Hen & Wild Rice Soup from Panera (YES!) besides it’s gluten free and constituted of scratch with only a few 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.
• Additional 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: kinds 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 at liberty to make use of leftover rotisserie or baked hen as an alternative.
• 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 sort 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 available for gluten free baking, comparable to Bob’s Pink Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, vs a single flour like almond flour or coconut flour. You should use all-purpose flour in the event you don’t have to eat GF.
• Milk: no matter you retain available for consuming. I’ve made this soup with every part from unsweetened almond milk to entire milk with unbelievable outcomes — no heavy cream wanted!

Find out how 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 nicely 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 suggest freezing this soup — cooked rice tends to show to mush one frozen then reheated!

Attempt Crock Pot Hen & Wild Rice Soup

Find out how to Make Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup

Begin by including minced carrots, celery, and shallots or onion to further 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 prime 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 prime, 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 prime 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 prepare 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 prepare dinner whereas whisking for one minute.

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

As soon as the rice is al dente, stream within the milk + butter + flour combination whereas whisking the soup consistently. Add the hen then give every part a giant stir to mix and prepare dinner till the rice is absolutely 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 again and again. SO satisfying, SO thick and hearty — you’ll love each final drop. Take pleasure in!

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