Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

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Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup is the perfect hearty soup for fall or winter. It’s also a great way to get your house smelling great as it’s cooking to perfection in your slow cooker. I love having a bowl of this soup to kick off the week and then enjoy the leftovers as well. 

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If you’re a fan of soup, check out my Easy Crockpot Loaded Potato Soup for another awesome flavor and taste! 

 

Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup 

There’s just something so awesome about cooking soup in your slow cooker. You’ll find that once you make it once, it’s going to find its way into your meal-planning rotation time and time again.

Fall weather means soup weather and this is the perfect time to whip up this chicken and rice soup! 

Ingredients needed to make chicken and rice slow cooker soup

• 4 chicken breasts 
• Salt & pepper to taste 
• 3 celery stalks, chopped 
• 1 sweet potato, diced 
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 
• 1 onion, chopped 
• 1 teaspoon dry rosemary 
• 1 teaspoon dry sage
• 6 cups chicken broth 
• 1 bay leaf 
• 4 cups kale, chopped 
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup wild rice blend 
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour 
• ½ cup half & half 

How To Make Crockpot Chicken and Rice Soup

Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in the slow cooker 

Stir together celery, sweet potato, garlic, onion, rosemary, sage, lemon juice, rice, broth, and kale 

Pour over chicken, add a bay leaf on top 

Cook on low for 6-8 hours 

Remove chicken, shred, set aside 

Melt butter and whisk in flour until browning 

Add in half & half and cook until thickened

Stir into the slow cooker 

Return chicken to slow cooker and stir all until well combined 

Serve and enjoy! 

What if I don’t like one of the ingredients?

The great thing about making your own soup is making it your own.  Most of the time if you leave out an ingredient, it might not change it up much.  If you don’t like kale, you could substitute spinach, but leaving it out won’t affect the flavor that much.  

For sweet potatoes, consider a russet potato or even butternut squash.

 

What are the best soup toppings?

This really just depends on what you like and enjoy. You’ll find that the best soup toppings will vary from soup to soup, too. I always enjoy a crusty bread with almost any soup.

Some of my favorite soup toppings are: 

• Oyster crackers
• Shredded cheese
• Diced onions
• Fresh jalapenos
• Cilantro

And those are just a few! You can easily add in a ton of other toppings and ideas to make your own bowl of soup unique and delicious. That’s the best part about toppings – they change up the flavor! 

I’m thinking the next time I make this I may squeeze a little fresh lemon as I love lemon taste with chicken and wild rice.

 

How do you store leftover soup?

I have a giant container with a lid that I refer to as my soup container. Once we’re all done eating soup, I let it cool down and then pour it into my container, add the lid, and store it in the fridge. 

How do you reheat leftover soup? 

The easiest way to reheat soup is to warm it up low and slow in the crockpot. I always do this if I have more than just me eating leftovers.

If it’s just me wanting a single bowl of soup, I don’t see the need to reheat the entire pot. For this purpose, I just scoop out what I want and reheat it in the microwave.

I can’t wait to hear what you think about this simple soup recipe! 

More Soup Recipes

• Roasted Vegetable Fall Harvest Soup
• Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
• Turkey White Bean Soup Great For Leftover Turkey

 

 

 

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