Recipe: Appetizing Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup

Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup. This comforting chicken soup tastes like it took hours to make but comes together in a flash. Whenever I'm in need of a nourishing, soothing meal, I turn to this creamy chicken and rice soup. This homemade chicken and rice soup is a favorite soup of ours!

This post may contain affiliate links. I came up with this creamy chicken rice soup recipe while making some adjustments to a favorite stovetop chicken casserole. We like this soup for lunch with a crisp roll and fresh fruit. —Janice Mitchell, Aurora, Colorado. You can have Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup

1. It's 2 of chicken breast, boiled cooled and shredded (or use rotisserie).
2. Prepare 2.5 cups of fresh kale, chopped.
3. It's 1 of large onion, diced.
4. Prepare 6 of garlic cloves, minced.
5. It's 3 of celery, diced.
6. It's 2 of small-medium carrots, diced.
7. It's 2 tbs of flour.
8. You need 2 tbs of butter.
9. You need 1.5 tsp of olive oil.
10. You need 1/2 cup of milk.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of cream (half&half is fine).
12. You need 6 cup of chicken stock.
13. It's 3/4 cup of rice (uncooked).
14. Prepare 1 tsp of dried thyme.
15. You need 2 tsp of dried basil.
16. Prepare 1 of dried bay leaf.
17. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.

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Creamy Chicken, Kale and Rice Soup step by step

1. In a large pot, heat oil with butter on medium high heat. Sautee onion and garlic until onion translucent. Then add your carrots and celery, cook for 4 min..
2. Add the flour to the pot and cook for 2-3 min. Add your milk and cream to the pot. Cook for 5 more min, the mixture should be pretty thick..
3. Add your shredded chicken to the pot and stir to combine. Add all of your chicken stock. Let this cook together for about 20 min. (On medium low).
4. After 20 min, add your rice and kale to the pot, cook for another 30 min. (On medium low).
5. The longer you let it cook, the thicker it will become..
6. Note: if u boil bone in chicken for this recipe. Save the water you boiled the chicken in, just strain it to remove any icky parts and add that to your soup if you dont have stock..
7. This makes a lot of soup, the leftovers are even better if you can imagine!!.

Sip on chicken soup with rice in July. Add the zucchini, chicken, and chopped kale leaves and cover the pot again. Curry Shrimp Chopped Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing. Creamy chicken and rice is so satisfying and a one-pot meal! This creamy rice casserole also also reheats really well.