Chicken & Rice Soup

N THIS CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE, YOU CAN DEFINITELY USE LEFTOVER COOKED CHICKEN.IF YOU WANT TO EMPTY THE FREEZER, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP WITH ADVANCED COOKED RICE.
SIMPLY FOLLOW THE RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT THE RICE. THEN, WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO THICKEN THE SOUP, STIR IN YOUR PRE-COOKED RICE AND IT WILL BE HEATED IN NO TIME.
*INGREDIENTS:
°1 litre. From chicken broth, I use low sodium version.
°1 litre. Warm water.
°600 gram Bone-in chicken thighs.
°200 gram For un-cooked white rice, using long-grain rice.
°3 large carrots, I cut them in half then I cut them into 1 cm rounds.
°2 mince garlic cloves.
°One chop yellow onion.
°Celery ribs, I use 3, cut to 1cm slices.
°3 tsp powder vegetable broth.
°1 tsp olive oil.
°1 tbsp. butter.
°1/2 tsp dried parsley.
°1/2 tsp dried thyme.
°1/4 tsp. ground black pepper.
°1 tbsp. Finely chop parsley.
°Season with salt .
*DIRECTIONS:
Step 1:
In saucepan on high heat, I combine the oil with butter, heat them for a min and adding onion with mince garlic, and cook them about 5 min until onion is translucent.
2nd step:
Then I add carrots and celery tranches, stir continuously for 1 min.
Step 3:
Then I added the stock powder, along with dried parsley and thyme, ground black pepper, the liter of chicken stock & lukewarm water to pot, & mixed well to that all ingredients are incorporate.
Step 4:
Next, it was time to add the chicken thighs, after removing the skin.
Step 5:
And I covered the pan with a lid and cooked over low heat for about 30 minutes.
Step 6:
Then I adjusted the heat enough so it bubbled well, but not too vigorously or too steadily.
Step 7:
I removed the lid and added the rice, stirring well, covered and cooked again for another 15 minutes.
Step 8:
At this point, I removed the soup from the heat, transferred the chicken to a large dish, & shredded it using 2 forks removing bones, and putting it back in soup.
Step 9:
I add half the parsley and serve immediately, garnished with additional parsley. At this stage, it is obligatory to taste for season, & adjust if necessary.
I hope you enjoy this simple soup like everyone in my family did!!!
Enjoy !