Chicken Rice Soup With Lots Of Mushrooms

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 cups onions, diced
• 2 cups carrots, diced
• 2 cups celery, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 cups button mushrooms, halved
• 2 cups oyster mushrooms, chopped
• 1 cup brown rice, uncooked
• 9 cups organic free range fat free chicken broth
• 1 cup skim milk
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 chicken breasts, cubed
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 add the olive oil to a heavy duty soup pot and add cubed chicken breasts, cook on medium heat for 2-3 mins, or until chicken is just barely browned.
• 2 add chopped onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. saute till soft.
• 3 add chicken broth, rice, bay leaves, and dried thyme.
• 4 cook until soup reaches a boil and reduce the heat to low.
• 5 simmer on low for 1 hour, covered.
• 6 add milk and mushrooms. now is a good time to add salt and pepper if using.
• 7 keep simmering on low, covered, for another 30 minutes.
• 8 yum! (you can also garnish with some parsley but i personally don't like parsley).