Yummy Winter Recipe

My friend's husband made this soup for a cold winter's night dinner party and now we are hooked!


Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (or Stew--depending on the amount of liquid you add)


Ingredients:


5 cups chicken broth (use less for stew--2-3 cups)
1 cup wild rice
1/2 onion diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
3 strips of bacon crumbled (I use more!)
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
2 cups half and half
2 cups chicken cubed and cooked (2 breasts)
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp sage
1/2 tsp celery salt
salt and pepper to taste


Use two pots (once to cook the rice with the broth and the other for everything else!)
In the first pot heat the broth and the wild rice.
Bring to a simmer andd let it cook for 30-40 minutes.
In the other pot cook the bacon, remove it from the pan, crumble it and set it aside.
Reduce the heat to low and add the butter to the pan
When its melted ass the onion and cook until soft.
Add the garlic.
Add the flour and whisk it until it comes together in a clumpy paste.
Turn the heat down to low and very slowly add the half and half.
The mixture should look like a thick soup.
Add the cooked rice and chicken broth.
Turn the heat up to medium-low.
Add the chicken, bacon crumbles, sage, thyme, celery salt, salt and pepper.
Heat through and serve with yummy bread!