Recipe: Delicious Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup

Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup. Cubes of cooked chicken and brown rice are added to this creamy soup made with roasted garlic chicken broth and roux-thickened milk. All Reviews for Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup. Whenever I'm in need of a nourishing, soothing meal, I turn to this creamy chicken and rice soup.

It will be very full, but the kale will cook down. Serve heaping bowls of soup with your favorite hot sauce. A salad inspired by the flavours of chicken and wild rice soup on a bed of kale with a tasty creamy asiago and white balsamic pan sauce dressing. You can cook Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup

It's 2 of chicken breast, boiled cooled and shredded (or use rotisserie).
You need 2.5 cups of fresh kale, chopped.
It's 1 of large onion, diced.
Prepare 6 of garlic cloves, minced.
It's 3 of celery, diced.
It's 2 of small-medium carrots, diced.
Prepare 2 tbs of flour.
Prepare 2 tbs of butter.
It's 1.5 tsp of olive oil.
Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
You need 1/2 cup of cream (half&half is fine).
Prepare 6 cup of chicken stock.
It's 3/4 cup of rice (uncooked).
Prepare 1 tsp of dried thyme.
Prepare 2 tsp of dried basil.
You need 1 of dried bay leaf.
It's to taste of Salt and pepper.

Up next I have another salad for you and this one is based on the flavours of a creamy chicken and wide rice soup! This salad of course starts out with. Tomato paste and fish sauce add depth and umami to our best-ever chicken-and-rice soup studded with sweet carrots and silky kale. Many creamy chicken and rice soups call for heavy cream or artificial cream-of-something fillers.

Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup instructions

In a large pot, heat oil with butter on medium high heat. Sautee onion and garlic until onion translucent. Then add your carrots and celery, cook for 4 min..
Add the flour to the pot and cook for 2-3 min. Add your milk and cream to the pot. Cook for 5 more min, the mixture should be pretty thick..
Add your shredded chicken to the pot and stir to combine. Add all of your chicken stock. Let this cook together for about 20 min. (On medium low).
After 20 min, add your rice and kale to the pot, cook for another 30 min. (On medium low).
The longer you let it cook, the thicker it will become..
Note: if u boil bone in chicken for this recipe. Save the water you boiled the chicken in, just strain it to remove any icky parts and add that to your soup if you dont have stock..
This makes a lot of soup, the leftovers are even better if you can imagine!!.

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