Chicken Rice Soup

This easy Chicken Rice Soup recipe is a healthy soup that’s perfect for chilly days! It’s loaded with vegetables and brown rice, simmered in chicken broth and finished with a touch of creaminess.

This is one of our favorite homemade Chicken and Rice Soup recipes and has unbelievable flavor and is easy to meal prep and make ahead for a busy week!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 onion minced
• 3 large carrots peeled and diced
• 1 stalk celery diced
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 5 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 cup evaporated milk

Instructions

1. In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and cook and stir for 3-4 minutes, until onion begins to turn golden.
2. Add garlic, parsley and thyme and cook 1 minute.
3. Add salt and pepper, broth, chicken. Add rice. Stir and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low (a simmer), cover, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, or until vegetables and rice are tender.
5. Remove chicken from pot and shred. Add back to the pot with evaporated milk.
6. Serve.