Chunky Chicken-and-Rice Soup with Turnips

Name: Chunky Chicken-and-Rice Soup with Turnips
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters uncooked long-grain or basmati rice; 1 kilograms chicken; 1 teaspoons dried basil; 1 teaspoons dried thyme; 473 milliliters chopped leek (about 2 large); 473 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 85 grams 3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat extra-sharp cheddar cheese; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 1 teaspoon salt; 454 grams cups coarsely chopped peeled turnips (about; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 2 liters water

Chunky Chicken-and-Rice Soup with Turnips requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 392 calories, 30g of protein, and 23g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Autumn. If you have oregano, thyme, basil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It works well as an affordable main course.

Instructions

Combine water and chicken in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook, uncovered, 1 hour.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Remove from heat.

Remove chicken from cooking liquid (broth); place chicken in a bowl, and chill for 15 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Broth

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Bowl

Remove skin from chicken, and remove meat from bones, discarding skin and bones. Chop chicken into bite-size pieces; cover and chill. Strain broth through a sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Skim fat from surface; discard. Reserve 6 cups broth.

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Meat

Broth

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Sieve

Bowl

Heat the oil in the pan over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add the leek, basil, thyme, and oregano; saut 5 minutes or until leek is browned.

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Oregano

Basil

Thyme

Leek

Add reserved broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in the turnips and rice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes or until turnips are tender. Partially mash turnips with a potato masher.

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Turnip