Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Rotisserie Chicken meat removed from bone, diced (about 3 cups)
  • 5 tbsp Unsalted Butter
  • 1 Cup Carrots diced
  • 1 Cup Onions diced
  • 1 Cup Celery diced
  • ¼ Cup Fresh Parsley chopped
  • ½ tsp Black Pepper
  • ½ tsp Dried Thyme
  • ½ tsp Garlic Powder
  • ¼ Cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 quart Low Sodium Chicken Stock
  • 1 Cup Frozen Peas
  • 1 Cup Heavy Cream
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Success Jasmine Rice bags

Instructions

  1. 1Remove meat from rotisserie chicken bones and dice into approximately 3 cups of chicken.
  2. 2In medium pot over medium-high heat melt butter and add carrots, onion, celery, parsley, pepper, thyme, and garlic powder. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Lower heat to medium low and add flour, stir and cook for 3 more minutes.
  3. 3Add stock and stir with wooden spoon until combined. Add cooked chicken and stir. Reduce temperature to low.
  4. 4Bring a medium pan of water to a boil and place 2 bags of Success rice into the water and follow directions on box.
  5. 5When the rice is almost done, heat soup back up and add peas and cream and stir. Taste and add salt if needed. Depending on the stock you use, salt may not be needed.
  6. 6Once the rice is done, follow box directions to remove and drain and add rice to soup.
  7. 7Stir and serve.