Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients

• wild rice (1/4 cup)
• butter (1/2 cup)
• yellow onion (3/4 cup)
• celery, diced (1 1/2 cup)
• carrots, shredded (3/4 cup)
• all-purpose seasoning (3 teaspoons)
• poultry seasoning (1/2 teaspoon)
• white pepper (1/2 teaspoon)
• all-purpose flour (1 1/4 cup)
• chicken stock - cold (8 cups)
• chicken breast, cooked, diced (1 lb.)
• heavy cream (3 cups)
• mushrooms, sliced (8 oz/236 mL)

Instructions

1. Rinse rice.
2. Steam rice until tender (2 1/2 parts water: 1 part rice), approximately 1 hour.
3. Heat stock pot over low heat and add butter
4. Once butter is melted, raise heat to medium and add diced celery, onions, carrots, and seasonings.
5. Sweat vegetables 3 minutes.
6. Stir in the mushrooms and cook until all vegetables are tender.
7. Lower heat to add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, stirring until all flour is incorporated.
8. Raise heat to medium and slowly add chicken stock, constantly stirring until mixture is smooth with no flour lumps.
9. Add chicken and rice to pot and bring to a simmer for 15 minutes. Key is to avoid boiling soup at any time.
10. Stir in heavy cream (3 cups) and bring mixture back up to simmer.