Slow Cooker Chicken Wild Rice Soup

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 cup wild rice

3 medium carrots (peeled and sliced)

1 medium onion

3 stalks celery (chopped)

4 cloves garlic (minced)

2 bay leaves

4 cups chicken broth

2 cups water (you could use all chicken broth as well)

1 tsp rosemary (chopped)

2 tsp parsley

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp thyme

1/2 Tbs salt

1/2 Tbs pepper

4 Tbs butter

3 Tbs flour

2 cup half and half

Directions

In slow cooker add your chicken, rice, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaves, chicken broth, water, rosemary, parsley, garlic powder, thyme, salt and pepper.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hour or on high for 4-5 hours.

Remove your chicken from slow cooker and shred, setting aside.

In saute pan on medium heat, melt your butter and then whisk in your flour mixing for about 1 minute until light brown.

Slowly whisk in your half and half and continue to whisk until it starts to thicken up.

Once thick add your chicken and your half and half mixture back into your slow cooker and stir until blended.

Serve warm.

Nutrition

• Calories: 403 kcal
• Total Fat: 20 g
• Saturated Fat: 11 g
• Cholesterol: 99 mg
• Sodium: 1374 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 33 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 3 g
• Protein: 24 g