Easy Chicken and Rice Soup recipe. The perfect comfort food using leftover rotisserie chicken, this makes a great last minute dinner idea.
It’s that season again!
Cozy sweaters, crunchy fall leaves and alllll of the comfort food. My comfort food of choice? Soup. Always and forever.
This Chicken and Rice Soup is kind of one of those recipes where you just put everything that you have in the fridge into your saucepan and call it a soup.
Honestly, that is how most of my soup recipes are made. But this one has got to be one of my easier ones yet, using mostly pantry essentials.
What do you need to make this Chicken and Rice Soup?
Like I said: pantry essentials. And some leftover rotisserie chicken. Here’s the list for ya:
- butter
- carrots
- celery
- onion
- dried thyme
- salt & pepper
- bay leaves
- chicken broth
- dry rice
- leftover chicken
- whipping cream
- milk
- flour
If you haven’t tried adding rice to your soup, now is the time to try! It is super filling and comforting. Typically I don’t have soup as a main meal, but when I add rice to it? It keeps you satisfied as a dinner on its own.
If you like this recipe, try my Cream of Chicken and Gnocchi Soup. With the addition of the gnocchi in that soup, it really keeps you satisfied. Another soup for my arsenal of fillings soup ideas.
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Chicken and Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp salted butter
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp bay leave pieces
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2/3 cup dry rice
- 3 cups cooked chicken, shredded
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat the butter over high heat until melted. Add in the carrots, celery, onion, thyme, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Cook for around 5 minutes, or until onions are translucent.
- Mix in the chicken broth and rice, and cook for around 25 minutes. Add in the chicken and cook for around 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together the whipping cream, milk and flour. Mix into the soup and cook until the soup is thickened. Serve immediately.
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So excited we are in soup season. This is one of my faves!
Yay! Me too 🙂
The best soup! Definitely perfect kind of comfort food! This was so creamy and so flavorful!
My kind of comfort food!!
What a comforting recipe – saving this one for a sick day! 😉
Yay!! Hope it makes you feel better 🙂
What a perfect comforting soup for Fall…can’t wait to make this weekend! And have it for lunch too at work 😉
It’s so good the next day 😉
My whole family adored this soup! So delicious!
I am so glad they liked it 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing chicken and rice soup recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
So glad you liked it! 🙂
I made this soup the other night with some leftover chicken breasts. Turned out delicious! It also made for great leftovers too! Thanks for the share!
I am so glad you liked it!