Chicken and Ham Wild Rice Soup
This Chicken Wild Rice Soup recipe contains ham for added flavor. It is perfect for cold winter days!
Servings 6
Calories 371kcal
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped carrots
- 2 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 5 tablespoon flour
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 ½ cups chicken broth
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup diced cooked chicken
- 1 cup diced cooked ham
- 3 cups cooked wild rice
Instructions
- Melt butter in a 6 quart pot over medium-high heat.
- Add celery, carrots, and onions. Saute until tender crisp.
- Stir in flour and mixture will become lumpy.
- Add chicken broth and milk. Stir until the lumps are gone.
- Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until it starts to thicken.
- Add chicken, ham and cooked wild rice.
- Continue heating, stirring often as the soup thickens, until it starts to boil and the chicken, ham and wild rice are hot.
- Taste to see if you need to add salt and more pepper. (I added 1 teaspoon of salt and another 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.)
Notes
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days or in the freezer for 3-4 weeks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/6 | Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 796mg | Potassium: 476mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 2324IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 1mg
