Create the perfect comfort food recipe with this Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice soup recipe made with simple ingredients, plain wild rice, and white meat chicken to make the most delicious soup.
This easy creamy chicken soup is perfect to enjoy on a cold day as the best way to warm up! Serve this easy chicken and rice soup recipe with a piece of crusty bread for dipping and you are ready to go!
Recipe Ingredients:
- Oil: use olive oil or avocado oil for this recipe
- Vegetables: you will need to have chopped celery, diced carrots, fresh diced mushrooms
- Liquid: to make this wile rice soup recipe ou will need chicken broth and water, half and half, but you could substitute the half and half with heavy cream or coconut milk if necessary
- Chicken: use pre-cooked and cubed boneless tender chicken breasts or shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store
- Rice: we used long grain and wild rice (we used wild rice blend from Rice a Roni), but you could also use white rice, but brown rice would not be the best option since it takes a long time to cook
- Butter: chose unsalted butter and then season the soup with additional seasonings like salt and black pepper to taste
- Flour: use all-purpose flour for the soup thickener
Equipment Needed
- Large saucepan
- Medium saucepan
- Whisk
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Ladle (for serving)
How To Make Creamy Chicken And Rice Soup:
- In a large soup pot over medium heat, saute celery and carrots in the olive oil for about 5 minutes. Add in the mushrooms and saute for another 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, water, and chicken to the sauce pot. Bring to boiling, and then stir in rice (saving the seasoning packet for later). Cover and turn heat to low.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and then stir in the seasoning packet until the mixture starts to bubble to make the soup base. Reduce heat to low and slowly whisk in flour, tablespoon by tablespoon, until it makes a thick paste. Slowly whisk in half and half until completely smooth. Continue cooking and stirring until it starts to thicken (about 5 minutes).
- Stir the cream mixture into the broth mixture and cook until heated through (about 10 minutes).
Expert tips for making chicken wild rice soup:
If you aren’t a huge fan of mushrooms don’t worry, that is an easy fix. I would say just leave it out and maybe up the amount of carrots and celery you’re using. Or you can even add in some onion to add more flavor.
This is not your standard chicken soup recipe. It is BETTER! While the chicken is stewing in the pot of chicken broth you will be creating a very flavorful roux with all the butter, seasoning, and cream mixture.
Once it is done you will combine the roux with the chicken broth mixture and form the most flavorful creamy chicken soup recipe!
You might be wondering what a roux is and why it is important. It is basically a butter and flour mixture that will serve as the thickener for your soup recipe.
To find out more about roux you can check out the wonderful information Bon Appetit has about what a roux is!
If you are worried about your creamy soup turning your rice mushy, you can try to avoid this by cooking the rice separately and then adding the rice in when you are ready to serve, however, this may adjust the overall texture of the homemade soup.
Another option is just to keep an eye on the rice to make sure you finish cooking the white rice right at the tender point so it can still have some time to absorb any leftover liquid over a long time.
Storage Instructions:
Fridge: For any leftover chicken and rice soup place it in a large airtight container to serve the next day or up to 4 days.
Freezer: If you are like me and want to double the batch to store more for the soup season ahead for those cold days, let the soup get to room temperature and pour it into a freezer bag and you can freeze cream-based soups for up to 60 days.
More soup recipes:
- Instant Pot Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe
- Chicken and Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe
- Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Cheesy Southwest Chicken Soup Recipe
- Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole Skillet Recipe
- Instant Pot Healthy Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
- ½ cup celery, chopped
- ½ cup carrots, diced
- ½ cup sliced mushroom, fresh, diced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 3 boneless chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
- 4.3 ounces long grain and wild rice, Rice a Roni
- ½ cup butter
- ¾ cup flour
- 2 cups half and half
Instructions
- In a large sauce pot over medium heat, saute celery and carrots in the olive oil for about 5 minutes. Add in the mushrooms and saute for another 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, water, and chicken to the sauce pot. Bring to boiling, and then stir in rice (saving the seasoning packet for later). Cover and turn heat to low.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and then stir in seasoning packet until the mixture starts to bubble. Reduce heat to low and slowly whisk in flour, tablespoon by tablespoon, until it makes a thick paste. Slowly whisk in half and half until completely smooth. Continue cooking and stirring until it starts to thicken (about 5 minutes).
- Stir cream mixture into the broth mixture and cook until heated through (about 10 minutes).
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