Chicken & Wild Rice Instant Pot Soup
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Ingredients
Soup
- 5 slices bacon chopped-I like thick bacon
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3 large carrots chopped
- 3 ribs celery chopped
- 1/2 tsp thyme dried
- 3 large cloves garlic pressed or minced
- 6 cups chicken broth I like the dried broth you mix with water. More flavor.
- 1/2 tsp rosemary dried
- 1 cup wild rice or blend
- 1 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 chicken breasts skinless and boneless
After it's cooked
- 3/4 cups heavy cream
Ingredients
Soup
After it's cooked
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Instructions
- Add bacon pieces to your instant pot and turn on to sauté. Cook until bacon is fully cooked. Pour off some of the fat but leave a tablespoon or so.
- Add the chopped onions, carrots and celery. Stir and cook a few minutes.
- Add the thyme and garlic. Cook a couple minutes more.
- Pour the broth in and stir well. Add rosemary. Stir. Add Rice and Stir.
- Add the 1 cup heavy cream, salt and pepper. Stir. FYI heavy cream and half and half tolerate pressure cooking better than milk.
- Place the chicken breasts in the pot of goodness and submerge.
- Seal lid down. Cancel the saute and start pressure cook for 35 minutes.
- When cooking cycle is complete, let the pot sit for 15 minutes and naturally release steam.
- When pressure has released after 15 minutes or so, remove the chicken and put into a bowl.
- Pour 3/4 cup heavy cream into instant pot.
- With 2 forks, shred the chicken in a bowl. Pull apart into small pieces. Add chicken back into pot and stir.
- Ready to serve! This soup is excellent straight from the cooker but I think it might be even better the next day!
Recipe Notes
This super yummy soup is so good and easy to make! Of course if you are not into bacon, just omit it and sauté veggies in butter. If you want a thicker soup you can add 1/4 c flour to the 3/4 c heavy cream at the end. I just don't think it's necessary but you might. You can use full wild rice or use a wild rice blend. Both have worked well for me. Enjoy!
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Eden | 2nd Dec 20
Yum! I love this soup! I leave out the bacon and it’s still very flavorful and delicious!