I asked, you answered.
And when the first six people in a row answer creamy soup, you gotta give ’em creamy wild rice soup.
Kind of like when your students tell you that you’re good at leaching mith, you gotta keep leaching ’em mith.
And kinda like when your taste buds still crave party balls, you gotta give ’em party balls. And this is the last time I’ll talk about the party balls. #liar
This is the best wild rice soup I’ve ever had, EVER, compliments of my mama. It has bacon, chicken, wild rice, and creamy cream. It will wrap you up in a blanket of cozy. That’s why you need to make it right.this.minute.
Chicken Bacon Wild Rice Soup
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Yield: 6 1x
Description
This chicken bacon wild rice soup is my family’s favorite recipe – so thick and creamy and full of chicken, bacon, and wild rice.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 (10 3/4 oz) cans chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup uncooked wild rice, rinsed
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 1/2 cup cubed or shredded cooked chicken or turkey
- 8 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
- 1 tablespoon chopped pimiento
- 2–3 tablespoons dry sherry, if desired
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine chicken broth and water. Add wild rice and onions. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30-45 minutes (or until rice is tender). Once the rice is cooked, there will be some additional broth – do not drain.
- In a medium saucepan, melt margarine, stir in flour, salt, seasoning, and pepper. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly.
- Gradually stir in half and half with the butter/flour mixture and cook until slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Add this creamy mixture back into the saucepan with the rice/broth. Add remaining ingredients (chicken, bacon, pimiento, and sherry). Heat on low, stirring every once in a while, for at least a half an hour. Do not boil. The mixture will look thin, but the longer you heat the soup, the more the flavors marry and the more it will thicken. This soup is best served after gently heating for an extended period of time (even a few hours) or the next day! For extra flavor, add more poultry seasoning and/or bacon.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: wild rice soup, chicken wild rice soup, chicken bacon soup, wild rice
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Yep, there it is.