Hearty Chicken and Rice Soup

Description

This is my husband’s and my favorite chicken soup, and I love that it is healthy soup.

Ingredients

  • 10 cups chicken broth
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 1 cup sliced carrots
  • ¼ cup snipped parsley
  • ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ¾ pound chicken, cut into cubes
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • lime for garnish

Instructions

  1. Combine chicken broth
  2. onion
  3. celery
  4. carrots
  5. parsley
  6. pepper
  7. thyme
  8. and bay leaf in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until the onion and celery begin to soften
  9. 10 to 15 minutes. Stir chicken into the simmering broth; cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle
  10. 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir rice and lime juice into the broth; cook and stir just until rice is hot and grains separate
  11. about 1 minute. Garnish with lime slices.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8

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