Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
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Pure creamy comfort food made right in your crockpot! So quick, easy, and hearty with veggies, rice and chicken!
So first things first. Has anyone else finished Gilmore Girls on Netflix?
Because I just did. And I’m speechless.
Are there more episodes? Or are we supposed to use our imagination for the ending?
I’m just so confused but I digress.
Let’s talk about this soup instead. This crockpot chicken mushroom wild rice soup. Which is basically like chicken noodle soup.
Except way creamier with extra mushrooms. Just because. And because it’s super cold.
And also because I’m still confused about Gilmore Girls.
Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup wild rice
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced
- 3 stalks celery, diced
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup half and half*
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into a 6-qt slow cooker.
- Stir in chicken stock, wild rice, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and cook on low heat for 6-8 hours. Add mushrooms during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred, using two forks.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Whisk in milk and half and half, and cook, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, about 4-5 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Stir chicken and milk mixture into the slow cooker. If the soup is too thick, add more half and half as needed until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
Notes
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What can I sub for the milk and heavy cream to keep it non dairy? Would 2 cups if soy milk work??
I tried the recipe yesterday and really like it but did find the soup was too buttery after adding the creamy mix. I skimmed the butter off the top of the soup. I would definitely make it again though without the butter.
Do you think this would this be suitable to freeze? Thinking of making a batch & freezing portions for quick lunches. Thanks
Agreed, a great recipe. I used all half and half. Cremini mushrooms. Worked out fine. Very little effort and a wonderful result.
What cooker did you use? I can’t quite make out the label. And this does look fantastic!
Thanks!
All-Clad!
This is a fantastic recipe, Thank you! My guests loved it.
After 4 hours my wild rice was nowhere near cooked. I ended up moving it to another pan and cooking ontoo if the stove. I’m using real wild rice not boxed precooked. Maybe that’s the difference. Otherwise it was great!
Can jasmine white rice be used instead of wild rice?
Yes!
Can I use long grain white rice?
Yes, of course, but please be mindful that cooking time can change with substitutions.
I used coconut milk and added a little spice…it was amazing! Thank you for this recipe!
Gilmore Girls !!! You must listen to Gilmore Guys podcast or watch their YouTube channel …. awesome.
Stars Holla !!
There seems to be an error in the nutritional information. It shows the total calories as 375 and that 675 of them are from fat…
Do you know how long this would take to cook if I do not have a slow cooker and used a pressure cooker instead? Thanks so much 🙂
I cooked it for 2.5 hours on the stove in a Dutch oven and it turned out great!
This looks delicious! The 1 cup of wild rice is the dry amount and that is added uncooked to the slow cooker, correct? Thank you.
Yes!
Made this tonight and found it to be tasty, although even after cooking for 7 hours, the carrots and celery seemed a bit crunchy. Next time, I’ll saute the carrots, celery, and onion in a little butter before adding to the crock pot.
Hi, next time try a small dice on the veggies, i did and I had no problem. The neat part of this recipe is that it is shred, dice, measure, slice and turn the crock pot on. I also did not add the 1/2 & 1/2 or milk but I added 2 more cups of broth (low sodium). Turned out creamy as well.
Easy recipe to follow and turned out fantastic! Prepped it while putting up the Christmas tree and enjoying it for dinner.
Do you have to fry the chicken afterwards, or can it be eaten as is at that point?
What do you mean by “fry”?
In step 4, when you use the butter in the sauce pan? Is that step necessary in order for the soup to be creamy, or can you just eat it as is at the end of step 3?
Yes, the step is necessary for creaminess! 🙂
Yumm! looks gorgeous! I love wild rice.
What can I sub for the milk and heavy cream to keep it non dairy? Would 2 cups if soy milk work??
Hi, I made this soup last night and I did NOT add the milk or 1/2 & half but I used 8 cups of broth (2 cartons) and a little more if needed.. My soup still was thick and creamy. Next time I will use other seasonings to our taste. I used a Rotisserie Chicken shredding it before I put it in the pot. I also served the soup with some graded par cheese. This recipe makes a lot and would serve at least 6 – 8 bowls
JOANNA, Was the chicken overdone? I have leftover chicken but I didn’t know when I could add it.
Joanna, you could just put the leftover chicken in after cooking, as it only needs to be warmed up. That way it doesn’t dry out. 🙂
Canned coconut milk.
I have substituted unsweetened almond milk very successfully for milk in crock pot recipes. Soy or cashew milke will work well too. Just make sure that it is unsweetened.
I’m making this next week! It looks so good! I have a feeling there will be more Gilmore Girls. I have to say, I was a little disappointed in the new series. The characters just didn’t feel quite right.
This looks amazing but my kids do not like mushrooms. Would it still taste good if I left them out? Or, what other veges may I substitute?
Thank you!
Yes, you can omit!