One Pot Creamy Chicken & Rice Soup
Chock full of vegetables and chopped rotisserie chicken, One Pot Creamy Chicken & Rice Soup is uplifting remedy for shorter days and chilly nights.
Servings: 6 as a first course
Equipment
- large Dutch oven
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted sweet cream butter
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped I am using Vidalia onion
- 2 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
- 3 large carrots, chopped
- ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 7 to 8 cups chicken stock, homemade if you have it
- 5 sprigs fresh parsley
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 ¾ cups cooked, chopped chicken I am using leftover rotisserie chicken
- 1 cup long cooking white rice
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons dry sherry or cream sherry
- 1 tablespoon Kosher salt ** ** taste before adding and add if needed
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- additional decanter of sherry for passing, if desired
- lemon wedges for passing, if desired
Instructions
- Tie the parsley sprigs, thyme, and bay leaf together with a piece of kitchen twine and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and carrots and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 12 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 2 minutes more.
- Pour in the stock and bring to a boil while whisking constantly. Add the tied bundle of fresh herbs (Bouquet Garni) to the soup. Lower the heat and add rice. Simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is cooked through.
- Stir in the chicken and bring to a second boil. Remove from the heat.
- Whisk the heavy cream, sherry, (and salt if using) into the soup and season with pepper to taste. Remove and discard the herb bundle. Divide among soup bowls and serve immediately with additional sherry and lemon wedges at the table.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 689kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 180mg | Sodium: 2121mg | Potassium: 542mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 6956IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg