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This delicious Chicken and Rice Soup is hearty, filling, and can be put together in less than 15 minutes with a few shortcuts.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
Who doesn’t love the idea of dinner in fifteen minutes or less?! With today’s chicken and rice soup recipe you can do just that. The first trick is using leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken. The chicken is already cooked and ready to pop into the soup. And the second trick is using instant rice like Minute Rice for this chicken soup recipes.
Ingredients Needed
- Chicken broth
- Chicken, a rotisserie chicken makes it the quickest.
- Instant Rice
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Onion
- Lemon Zest
- Parmesan Cheese
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Chives or Fresh Parsley
How to Make Chicken and Rice Soup
- Boil 1 cup chicken broth.
- Stir in 1 cup minute rice, cover and turn off heat.
- Allow to sit for 5 minutes, then fluff rice with fork.
- Add olive oil to a pan and sauté onion and garlic until onion softens.
- Combine 10 cups chicken broth, diced chicken, lemon zest, onion mixture and crushed red pepper into pot.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add in cooked rice.
- Top with parmesan cheese and chives.
- Salt and pepper to taste
Tips
- I always cook the rice before putting it in the soup as this keeps the rice from absorbing too much of the soup broth.
- Cook your rice in chicken broth instead of water to give it some more flavor.
- If you don’t have a rotisserie chicken, you can cook your chicken in the microwave to keep this recipe quick and easy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to use Instant Rice?
Instant rice just makes the soup quicker to put together but if you prefer to use regular rice that is fine. I like to use basmati or jasmine rice and cook it in the Instant Pot if not using Instant Rice.
Can I use wild rice or brown rice?
It would be delicious with wild rice, it just takes a lot longer to cook so the soup is no longer quick!
Can I add vegetables to this soup?
If you want to add some vegetables and keep the soup easy and quick I would recommend adding in some frozen vegetables such as a carrot and pea mixture or frozen broccoli or some fresh mushrooms.
How to store leftover soup.
Soup can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat the soup use the microwave or on the stovetop. The soup freezes well too for up to 3 months.
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Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 cups chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 tsp garlic minced
- 1 onion diced
- 1 lemon zested
- 2-3 cups cooked shredded chicken
- 1 cup Minute® White Rice
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup chives chopped
Instructions
- Bring 1 cup chicken broth to a boil. Add in 1 cup minute rice, cover and turn off heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.
- Put olive oil into a pan and cook onion and garlic until onion softens.
- Combine chicken broth, diced chicken, lemon zest, onion mixture and crushed red pepper into pot.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add in cooked rice.
- Top with parmesan cheese and chives.
- Salt and pepper to taste
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Jeannie Brooks says
I love making my home made chicken and rice soup with celery seasoning and lemon juice. Especially when you have a cold. It smells good taste good and makes you feel better.
Annalea says
Wow . . . this looks really, really good. But honestly, the real hook here are those adorable bowls. lol Where did you get them?
Leigh Anne says
The bowls are my favorite too! They are the Latte Bowl from Anthropologie – fairly reasonably priced!!
Rachel Jensen says
I ALWAYS have leftover rice!! I am going to try this recipe for sure!
P.S.- I LOVE that you’ve added the ability to easily “print” your recipes, especially when they include a photo. THANK YOU!
Ivonne Loving says
Hi! I included this post in this weeks from my reader round-up. Loved the post and thought it would be super useful to my friends and readers.
Mary Kathryn says
We are in Southern Utah and thankfully don’t need soup anymore but sometimes you do just need a good soup. Crank the air on and turn on the fans and enjoy some soup. We loved the last one we tried from you and this one looks yummy too.