Comforting Chicken & Rice Soup
"I do this one to use up leftover chicken. It's quick, easy, and makes a good hearty meal. We have along with chicken pot pie, which uses similar ingredients and is nearly as quick and easy."
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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 lb diced cooked chicken meat
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1⁄2 cup long grain rice
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch or 2 tablespoons flour
- salt (to taste)
- water (to desired consistency)
- ground black pepper (to taste)
directions
- Heat about 5 or 6 cups of water to a boil and add the carrot, celery, bouillon cube, and salt. Boil for about 5-10 minutes.
- Add the chicken meat and rice. Also, if you have leftover chicken skin and fat from remaining meat, this adds a bit of flavor.
- Periodically check rice for cooked texture. Once it is done or nearly done, slowly stir in the corn starch (or flour) to obtain a slightly thicker texture.
- Add water or rice to desired quantity and texture. Adjust flavor with salt and pepper to desired. You can also add another bouillon cube for more flavor.
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Reviews
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It was great! My 4yr old won't eat the egg noodles we use in Chicken Noodle Soup and this worked out better. I added 2 cups of chicken broth instead of more water and bouillon cube. -
This is great comfort food when the family isn't feeling well. I didn't have cooked chicken so added raw cubed chicken after the veggies and boiled it until the chicken was cooked through, then added the rice. I also added two cloves of garlic and some onion flakes, but no corn starch just because I forgot it. -
Easy recipe I used chicken bones from our supper and boiled it for an hour. Then added chunks of chicken. I also added Garlic and Ginger...hmmm. thanks for the recipe -
I ended up making this as "chicken noodle soup" because when it was time to put the rice in I discovered I didn't have any in the pantry! So I added noodles instead and it was great. I added some extra seasoning, and it still didn't have a lot of flavor, but otherwise turned out great! -
Good soup, I added some garlic and red pepper flakes to up the flavor factor for my taste. Used chicken stock instead of water and more chicken---it came out delicious. Thanks for posting!
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It was great! My 4yr old won't eat the egg noodles we use in Chicken Noodle Soup and this worked out better. I added 2 cups of chicken broth instead of more water and bouillon cube.
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Good soup, I added some garlic and red pepper flakes to up the flavor factor for my taste. Used chicken stock instead of water and more chicken---it came out delicious. Thanks for posting!
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