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Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Wild Rice Soup is one of my favorite soups.  Before I had my son and I was working, my friend Beth and I used to frequent a place called Salad Brothers.  I am sure they had salads, but they were pretty much known in downtown Rochester, MN for their soup.  They had the best Creamy Wild Rice Soup!  And the rolls….you went through the line, and at the end they had a tub of serve yourself rolls.  And if you serve yourself, you know you take a couple (or three)!  After I stopped working, I had to find a way to get the soup!  Taking a baby downtown Rochester, into the food court of a mall, and waiting inline with a bunch of business people didn’t seem like the way to go.  So I started trying out recipes at home.  This isn’t the same at all, but I love it.  I have been making it for years, and it is one of the few soups that my husband and I agree on!

If you have any leftover turkey hanging out in your freezer, this is a great use for it.  I set aside about a 1 pound turkey from Thanksgiving just for this soup.  Once it was all said and done, my husband didn’t even know it was turkey in there.  He thought it was just the normal chicken version I make.

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Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Adapted from Light & Tasty Oct/Nov 2001

1 large onion. chopped
1 large carrot, shredded
1 celery rib, chopped
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
8 cups chicken broth
3 1/2 cups cooked wild rice
1 pound chicken, cooked and chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup fat free evaporated milk (reg milk, cream or half and half would work too)
Parsley or chives for garnish (optional)

In a large pan saute onion, carrot and celery in the butter until soft and tender, about 5 minutes.  Stir in flour until blended.  Slowly add broth.  Stir in rice, chicken, salt and pepper.  Bring to boil over medium heat.  Cook for a few minutes until it starts to thicken.  Stir in milk and cook for 3-5 minutes.   Garnish with parsley or chives.

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  1. Wow, looks gorgeous! I love your photography 🙂
    And the soup sounds delicious – it really looks incredibly creamy and warming 🙂 Great comfort food!

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  2. Wow, looks gorgeous! I love your photography 🙂
    And the soup sounds delicious – it really looks incredibly creamy and warming 🙂 Great comfort food!

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  5. A wonderful recipe!!! I actually prefer chicken/rice over the chicken/noodle combo and I like the evaporated milk in this one. Perfect for this chilly weather!
    On a side note, my dad went to school in Rochester! He grew up in Red Wing and I’ve had many a Christmas holiday there!

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  6. A wonderful recipe!!! I actually prefer chicken/rice over the chicken/noodle combo and I like the evaporated milk in this one. Perfect for this chilly weather!
    On a side note, my dad went to school in Rochester! He grew up in Red Wing and I’ve had many a Christmas holiday there!

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  9. This sounds wonderful for a damp and chilly winter night. I am new to your blog and have spent some time browsing through your earlier posts. I’m so glad I did that. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I’ll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary

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  10. This sounds wonderful for a damp and chilly winter night. I am new to your blog and have spent some time browsing through your earlier posts. I’m so glad I did that. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I’ll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary

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  11. Hey, I didn’t realize you are a Minnesota Gal! I am from the Twin Cities and then headed west to Montana 10 years ago and never moved back. Anyway…I have some wild rice that I scored last time I was back in MN and have been waiting for that perfect recipe to use it. I love wild rice soup so this is the winner. Ding ding ding! I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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    • What a small world! I was born in the Twin Cities, lived there until I was 10. Then we moved to WI, but I moved back to Rochester after college!
      Let me know how you like the soup, it really is one of my favorites!

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  12. Hey, I didn’t realize you are a Minnesota Gal! I am from the Twin Cities and then headed west to Montana 10 years ago and never moved back. Anyway…I have some wild rice that I scored last time I was back in MN and have been waiting for that perfect recipe to use it. I love wild rice soup so this is the winner. Ding ding ding! I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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    • What a small world! I was born in the Twin Cities, lived there until I was 10. Then we moved to WI, but I moved back to Rochester after college!
      Let me know how you like the soup, it really is one of my favorites!

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  13. Jackpot! One of my favorite soups. I have been buying the ahem..packet of this. Looks yummy and recipe looks easy enough. Thanks!

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  14. Jackpot! One of my favorite soups. I have been buying the ahem..packet of this. Looks yummy and recipe looks easy enough. Thanks!

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  21. This picture looks similar to Panera’s wild rice soup which I love! I am flagging this recipe for sure. I don’t know what I would do with myself at a soup place with a tub of rolls. You stopped at 3, I am thinking 5! Perfect for dunking in the soup.

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  22. This picture looks similar to Panera’s wild rice soup which I love! I am flagging this recipe for sure. I don’t know what I would do with myself at a soup place with a tub of rolls. You stopped at 3, I am thinking 5! Perfect for dunking in the soup.

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  33. I started to see wild rice in a soup on blogs. I have never tried adding rice in the western style soup. I’m very intrigued – we can consider this as one meal right, especially when rice is inside… 🙂 Do you still serve bread too? In my “Asian” brain, we always choose rice or bread and never be together. I like both so maybe why not. 🙂 This looks yummy!

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    • Nami,
      Us Americans like to over do it! I personally can’t eat soup without bread – doesn’t matter is in it. I like to dip bread in the broth 🙂

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  34. I started to see wild rice in a soup on blogs. I have never tried adding rice in the western style soup. I’m very intrigued – we can consider this as one meal right, especially when rice is inside… 🙂 Do you still serve bread too? In my “Asian” brain, we always choose rice or bread and never be together. I like both so maybe why not. 🙂 This looks yummy!

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    • Nami,
      Us Americans like to over do it! I personally can’t eat soup without bread – doesn’t matter is in it. I like to dip bread in the broth 🙂

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  46. My husband made this soup to take to soup supper at church on Ash Wednesday. It was a huge hit, so much so that I barely had enough leftover to take in my lunch the next day. We have already shared the recipe with several people – THANK YOU!
    I found this recipe on Edesia’s Notebook, when she chose it as part of the Secret Recipe Club. I had been following her blog….I will now be following yours as well.

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