Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Chicken soup can be prepared in an endless variety of ways. Chicken & Wild Rice Soup is a popular soup due to its well-loved basic ingredients. Though you can probably find canned prepared Chicken & Wild Rice soups in most grocery stores, the canned version will never come close to the deliciousness of this homemade version (you also get more for your dollar with homemade). Chicken & wild rice soup and chicken noodle soup often have similar basic ingredients (except for the rice vs. the noodles), though the flavor and texture is distinctly different.

This Chicken & Wild Rice Soup is incredibly delicious and very easy to put together. Wild rice blends are simply a mixture of wild rice with other types of rice such as brown, long grain, wehani or black japonica. Most grocery stores carry various blends, and you can use any blend you prefer. The above photo shows this soup made with a combination of wild rice, brown rice, sweet brown rice, wehani and japonica. Each rice has its own flavor and contributes to the overall wonderful flavor of this soup. This soup is great served with a side of bread (photo shows a slice of whole grain bread with homemade garlic butter) and a salad and can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer for later use.