Creamy Chicken & Whole Grains Soup
Ingredients
- 1 box BEN’S ORIGINAL™ Roasted Chicken Flavored Brown Rice, prepared
- ⅔ cup Butter
- ¼ cup Garlic, minced
- 2½ cup Onion
- 2½ cup Celery, sliced
- 3cup Carrots, sliced
- 2¼ tsp Dried Thyme
- ⅔ cup All Purpose Flour
- 4¾ qt Chicken Stock
- 1⅔ cup Red Quinoa, cooked
- 2½ lb Cooked Chicken Breast
- 1¼ cup Half & Half
- 1¼ Tbsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper, ground
- ⅓ cup Parsley, chopped
Creamy Chicken & Whole Grains Soup
Makes: 4 Servings
Direction
- Add butter to a stock pot and place over medium heat. Add garlic, onion, celery and carrots and sauté for approximately 5 - 7 minutes. Add thyme and stir until fragrant. Remove vegetables from pot and set aside.
- In the same pot, whisk in flour and allow to cook for 1 minute. Whisk in chicken stock, prepared BEN’S ORIGINAL™ Roasted Chicken Flavored Brown Rice, quinoa and chicken. Stir and allow to simmer until slightly thickened. Add vegetable mixture back to pot and allow to simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add half & half, salt and pepper and bring to simmer. Adjust taste as needed.
Garnish with chopped parsley.
1 serving = 1 cup.