Creamy chicken wild rice soup recipe – you may have had this at Panera.

Creamy chicken wild rice soup recipe – you may have had this at Panera…well, my version is much older and follows a Minnesota recipe with a LOT less sodium and other gross stuff (that Panera’s has) in it.

Dat chicken stock made sooo much lovely soup starter…here is the first thing I made on Sunday. Forgot to post the pics til now.

This is a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken or turkey. Cook 1 cup of wild rice from dry by rinsing then boiling it in about 4 cups cold water, once boiled, simmer covered on very low gas 25-30 minutes til tender. The soup starts start up with diced onion, carrot, and celery, sweated in a bit of hot oil in your soup pot, then set aside. In the same pot, I then make a nice blonde roux and add 3 cups half & half or equal parts water and cream to the roux, to make a nice thick white sauce. To the white sauce, I slowly add equal parts homemade stock and water, combined (about 2 quarts), bring to the boil and then reduce the heat, stirring constantly for a nice thick soup, getting all lumps out. Then I add the vegetables, chicken, and rice to the pot, cook through, and season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve. For this batch, I also diced up some baby portabello mushrooms, which gave it a bit of an extra element.

Note: If not using a rich and reduced homemade stock, which I sometimes don’t have time for, I just use two 32-oz. packages of low sodium broth that comes in the aseptic packaging, in a 5-qt stock pot. 

1. Shani H | September 17th, 2015

   MMMMM Looks delicious!!!

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2. Bobbi Jo Woods | September 17th, 2015

   Thanks, Shani H 😉

   I forgot to add the recipe so I’ve edited the post in case anyone’s interested.

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3. Shani H | September 17th, 2015

   Thanks for the recipe. 🙂

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4. Bobbi Jo Woods | September 17th, 2015

   Anytime, doll

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5. Bruce Shark | September 17th, 2015

   YUMMMO.

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6. Bobbi Jo Woods | September 17th, 2015

   wud make you big potful

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7. Bruce Shark | September 17th, 2015

   Bobbi Jo Woods Wud devour it and curl up in a huge salty lump and sleep.

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8. Bobbi Jo Woods | September 17th, 2015

   Not very salty at all. I have been working hard to reduce my overall sodium intake…I save the salt for when I want chips or pickles. I don’t need an excessive amount in my meals 😉

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9. Bruce Shark | September 18th, 2015

   Bobbi Jo Woods IMMA BIG SALTY LUMP…due to soaking in salt water, Love.

   🙂

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10. Bobbi Jo Woods | September 18th, 2015

    OK

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11. Shani H | September 18th, 2015

    Lol @ shark explanation.

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12. Bruce Shark | September 18th, 2015

    sharkplation.

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