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• Mar. 6, 2007 - Chicken Rice Soup
We eat a lot of soups in the Gibson household. This is one of our favorites. It is easy to make when you have left-over rice and cooked chicken. It is hearty and nourishing. We usually have this for our Saturday lunch (dinner if you are from the South).
Chicken Soup with Brown Rice
(makes about 4 servings)
5 cups organic chicken broth
1/2 small onion, peeled and sliced
2 carrots, peeled and cut into small pieces
1 stalk celery, cut into small pieces
1 small sweet potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups cooked chicken, cut into bite size pieces
1 cup cooked brown rice
Directions
1.In 3-quart saucepan, combine onion, carrots, celery, sweet potato, broth, and salt.
2.Heat to boiling over high heat.
3.Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
4.Stir in chicken and rice, heat through.
5.Serve immediately unless you dont' mind the rice soaking up the soup.
I like to sprinkle dried cilantro and dried seaweed over my soup. The rest of the family prefer not to notice that though.We all have personal preferences. :)
Variations
1. Add spinach or other chopped greens like collards and kale the last five minutes before the soup is ready.
2. Instead of the vegetables mentioned, use a bag of mixed vegetables. That always works when I'm in a hurry and don't want to mess around with peeling and chopping vegetables. You also save time as you don't need the whole 15 minutes for the mixed vegetables to become tender.
About the chicken broth
If you have no time to make your own chicken broth, get Swanson's Certified Organic broth. I don't care for the regular kind because it contains MSG. Some people are also very allergic to MSG. I have also not used chicken bullion in a long time too and I don't recommend it unless you can buy those without MSG.
What I do is to make my own broth (more frugal) or stock up one the organic broth whenever there is a sale. I usually save around $.50-$.75 per carton when it is on sale so that adds up when I buy 10 cartons at a go.
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• Mar. 21, 2007 - Sounds Lovely Mikko!