Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup. This creamy, luscious chicken and wild rice soup is quick and easy to make thanks to pre-cooked rice and rotisserie chicken. Add stock and water; bring to a boil. Make this delicious simple to prepare Chicken and Wild Rice Soup that the whole family will love.

Go ahead and flag this chicken and wild rice recipe—it's sure to become a family favorite. A pot of pure comfort, it's a slightly thickened, creamy chicken soup with a finishing garnish of smoky bacon. It's like chicken and rice soup, but better because of the garlic oil. You can have Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup

1. You need 2 of chicken breast, boiled cooled and shredded (or use rotisserie).
2. You need 2.5 cups of fresh kale, chopped.
3. Prepare 1 of large onion, diced.
4. It's 6 of garlic cloves, minced.
5. You need 3 of celery, diced.
6. Prepare 2 of small-medium carrots, diced.
7. It's 2 tbs of flour.
8. Prepare 2 tbs of butter.
9. It's 1.5 tsp of olive oil.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
11. It's 1/2 cup of cream (half&half is fine).
12. It's 6 cup of chicken stock.
13. It's 3/4 cup of rice (uncooked).
14. It's 1 tsp of dried thyme.
15. You need 2 tsp of dried basil.
16. It's 1 of dried bay leaf.
17. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.

Dill was a really interesting addition - wouldn't have thought of it, but it was dill-icious. My hubs hates veggies so I made his without kale or dill, and added parm. It was soupy and the "toastiness" (it's a word - shut up!) of the garlic popped. This homemade chicken and rice soup is a favorite soup of ours!

Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup instructions

1. In a large pot, heat oil with butter on medium high heat. Sautee onion and garlic until onion translucent. Then add your carrots and celery, cook for 4 min..
2. Add the flour to the pot and cook for 2-3 min. Add your milk and cream to the pot. Cook for 5 more min, the mixture should be pretty thick..
3. Add your shredded chicken to the pot and stir to combine. Add all of your chicken stock. Let this cook together for about 20 min. (On medium low).
4. After 20 min, add your rice and kale to the pot, cook for another 30 min. (On medium low).
5. The longer you let it cook, the thicker it will become..
6. Note: if u boil bone in chicken for this recipe. Save the water you boiled the chicken in, just strain it to remove any icky parts and add that to your soup if you dont have stock..
7. This makes a lot of soup, the leftovers are even better if you can imagine!!.

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