Chicken-Rice Soup

Ingredients:

3 lbs chicken pieces
1 pinch pepper
8 c water
1 bay leaf
1/2 c celery with leaves, chopped
1/4 tsp celery seeds
1/4 c fresh parsley leaves, chopped
1/2 c rice, uncooked
1 small onion
1 c carrots, diced

Directions:

Simmer the chicken in the water with the celery, parsley, onion, pepper, bay leaf and celery seeds for 4 hours in a slow cooker or one hour over low heat on the stove.Drain the chicken broth and remove chicken pieces.  (Discard bay leaf.) Bone the chicken and chop into bite-size pieces. Combine the broth, chicken, rice and carrots in a saucepan and continue cooking for 30 to 40 minutes or until the rice is tender.

Makes 6 Servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 3 Lean Meat, 1/2 Bread Exchange

Nutrients Per Serving:
287 Calories
11 g Carbohydrate
29 g Protein
10 g Fat
219 mg Sodium
307 mg Potassium
88 mg Cholesterol

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