Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 medium carrots, diced
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped (or 3/4 tsp dried)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup wild rice, uncooked
• 1 1/2 tsp salt, plus more to taste
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 3 cups cooked chicken, shredded
• 1 cup heavy cream

Before you start

• Rinse the wild rice in a strainer.
• Shred the cooked chicken.

Directions

1. Cook in a large pot over medium heat 8 min, until soft: unsalted butter, onion, carrots, celery.
2. Stir in, cook 1 min: step 1, garlic, fresh thyme leaves.
3. Sprinkle in, cook 2 min, stirring: step 2, all-purpose flour.
4. Slowly whisk in: step 3, chicken broth.
5. Add, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 45 to 50 min, until rice is tender and split: step 4, wild rice, salt, black pepper.
6. Stir in, heat through 5 min without boiling: step 5, cooked chicken, heavy cream.