WHB #125: Chicken Wild Rice Soup with Chives
Last year Katie from Thyme for Cooking and Country Girl City Living organized Seasoned Eatings. I got a wonderful parcel with wild rice from Minnesota, which I hadn't used until now. This week Katie hosts the 125th round of Weekend Herb Blogging, a good occasion to use the wild rice in the end. I prepared a
The winter returned to Northern Germany, so this soup warms your soul, which craves for spring. The chives came from the freezer, but it is a must for today. It is said, you stay healthy the whole year if you eat chives in a soup at Maundy Thursday. The friars cultivated chives in their cloister garden as an agent against witchcraft. Now I am well guarded against anything.
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| Title: | Chicken Wild Rice Soup |
| Categories: | Soup |
| Yield: | 7 Cups |
Ingredients
| 6 | tablesp. | Butter | |
| 3 | tablesp. | Chopped slivered almonds | |
| 1 | tablesp. | Minced onion | |
| 1/2 | cup | Flour | |
| 1/2 | teasp. | Salt | |
| 3 | cups | Low-sodium chicken broth | |
| 1 | cup | Half-and-half | |
| 2 | tablesp. | Dry sherry (optional) | |
| 2 | cups | Cooked wild rice | |
| 1/2 | cup | Finely grated carrots | |
| Fresh parsley or chives | |||
| 2 | cups | Shredded rotisserie snipped chicken |
Source
| Package Lunds and Byerlys Wild rice |
| Edited *RK* 03/16/2008 by | |
| Ulrike Westphal |
Directions
Melt butter in saucepan, saute onion until tender. Blend in flour; gradually stir in broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in wild rice, carrots, chicken, almonds and salt; simmer about 5 minutes. Blend in half-and-half and sherry; heat to serving temperature. Garnish with parsley or chives.
:EASY COOKING DIRECTIONS:
:Yield: 2 Cups Place 1/2 cup uncooked LUNDS & BYERLY'S Premium Grade Wild Rice and 4 cups cold water in large saucepan. Add 1 tsp. salt (optional). Bring to a hard boil. Reduce heat, cover tightly and boil gently for 30 minutes. Shut off heat, let stand on burner for 25-35 oil minutes until the wild rice reaches desired texture. DRAIN EXCESS WATER. NOTE: For firmer rice, shorten standing time. For softer rice, lengthen standing time.
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