Minnesota Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Name: Minnesota Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups chicken broth; 1 cup carrot, sliced; 1 cup potato, peeled and cut up; 1/3 cup wild rice, uncooked; 1/3 cup green onion, sliced; 1/3 cup green bell pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup half-and-half; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken breasts, chopped; 2 tablespoons dry sherry

Submitted by cookietoze

"This is a great way to use up leftover chicken (or turkey) and whatever vegetables you have on hand. It is hearty, tasty, and pretty good for you, too. From Better Homes and Gardens Heritage of America cookbook."

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photo by Backwoods Baker

Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

4 cups chicken broth
1 cup carrot, sliced
1 cup potato, peeled and cut up
¹⁄₃ cup wild rice, uncooked
¹⁄₃ cup green onion, sliced
¹⁄₃ cup green bell pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup half-and-half
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ¹⁄₂ cups cooked chicken breasts, chopped
2 tablespoons dry sherry

directions

In large pot bring to a boil: broth, carrots, potatoes, wild rice, green onion, bell pepper, thyme, and black pepper.
Cover and simmer 45 minutes or until rice is tender.
Stir in butter and half-and-half.
Slowly add flour, stirring constantly to prevent lumps from forming.
Stir in chicken and sherry and heat through.

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Reviews

This was wonderful. The only thing I might change is to eliminate the green pepper and/or exchange it for celery. Just loved the dry sherry added in the end. Definitely will keep on my soup rotation for the fall. Luckily picked up a bag of wild rice when I visited Minnesota!

Cook4_6
I will change my rating to a 5 once I figure out what it's missing. I have had a lot of wild rice soup living in MN and this is a great soup, but the flavoring is a little....weak. Some spice is missing I think and I followed the recipe to a Tee. I will use this again once I figure out the missing ingredient for my families taste. Thanks for posting!

Backwoods Baker
Wonderful recipe! I doubled it because I happened to have enough of everything to do so--my whole family said it was delicious, and I thought so too! Thank you for posting! : )

jewlmaker
FABULOUS RECIPE!!! This is a much requested soup at my home now, even my kids friends now request it when visiting our home and always want 2nd and 3rd helpings. I like to add celery and broccoli when I make it, I always use leftover roasted chicken to make it (light and dark meat shredded)... it turns out awesome every time!!!

Lemon Girl
Outstanding recipe that I have made serverl times. Only thing I changed was I left out the green onion, bell pepper and the sherry. Even better as leftovers!

Julilynn

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Tweaks

This was great although it needed a tad of salt also to draw out the flavor...I also substitute celery for the green pepper and added mushrooms when I added the chicken...very yummy and a great hit!

Mizz Voila
This soup was absolutely fantastic!! I did substitute the green bell pepper for a small can of green chilies and it worked great - the hubby would eat it - - and actually loved it! Next time we make this for a dinner party - it was that good!

Kirstie Like Thirsty