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 scorching).

If you realize my husband then you realize 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 will be.

Brothy soups — you realize I 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.

This can be a 2-4 bowl minimal type of soup!

Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup Components

This recipe tastes just like the Creamy Hen & Wild Rice Soup from Panera (YES!) besides it’s gluten free and comprised 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 a lot of cozy, slow-cooked taste to every bowl of creamy hen and wild rice soup.
• Hen inventory or broth: types 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 selected 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 specific soup. Lundberg works nice too!
• Butter: is whisked with flour to thicken the soup.
• Gluten free flour: use the mix you retain readily available for gluten free baking, comparable to Bob’s Purple Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, vs a single flour like almond flour or coconut flour. You should use all-purpose flour for those who don’t must eat GF.
• Milk: no matter you retain readily available for consuming. I’ve made this soup with the whole lot from unsweetened almond milk to entire milk with incredible outcomes — no heavy cream wanted!

How you can 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 all the way 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. Or, add a splash of inventory or broth to the person storage container then stir and microwave till warmed by.

I don’t advocate freezing this soup — cooked rice tends to show to mush one frozen then reheated!

Attempt Crock Pot Hen & Wild Rice Soup

How you can Make Creamy Hen Wild Rice Soup

Begin by including minced carrots, celery, and shallots or onion to additional 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 have been lower in half then place the lid again on prime, flip the warmth all the way down to low, and simmer till the hen is cooked by, 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 often.

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 cook 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 cook dinner whereas whisking for one minute.

Stream in milk (any sort), whereas whisking to create a clean sauce then cook dinner for 1-2 minutes, or till the combination has barely thickened, stirring slowly but continuously. If the rice nonetheless has a bit of little bit of time left to cook 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 continuously. Add the hen then give the whole lot a giant stir to mix and cook dinner till the rice is totally 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 time and again. SO satisfying, SO thick and hearty — you’ll love each final drop. Take pleasure in!

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