Light Chicken-Wild Rice Soup

Name: Light Chicken-Wild Rice Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon; 1 Tbsp dry sherry, if desired; 794 grams cans each) fat-free chicken broth with 33% less sodium; 946 milliliters fat-free (skim) milk; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons diced pimientos; 176 grams box quick-cooking long-grain and wild rice mix (with seasoning packet); 3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 3/4-inch pieces

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Light Chicken-Wild Rice Soup a try. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 24g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 357 calories. Head to the store and pick up bacon, quick-cooking and rice mix, chicken breast halves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 20 minutes.

Instructions

Cook bacon until crisp.

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Bacon

Drain on paper towel; crumble and set aside.

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Paper Towels

In nonstick Dutch oven or 4-quart saucepan, mix chicken, rice with contents of seasoning packet and broth.

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Seasoning Mix

Whole Chicken

Broth

Rice

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Dutch Oven

Sauce Pan

Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 5 to 10 minutes or until rice is tender.

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Rice

In small jar with tight-fitting lid, shake 1 cup of the milk and the flour until well blended.

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All Purpose Flour

Shake

Milk

Add flour mixture, remaining 3 cups milk, the bacon, pimientos and sherry to rice mixture; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until soup is bubbly and thickened and chicken is no longer pink in center. If desired, season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper