This creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup recipe has tender chicken, wild rice, and chopped veggies in a creamy, flavorful broth. It comforting and healthy, and you can make it on the stovetop in a slow cooker.
If you love soup recipes, try our Chicken and Dumplings, Roasted Cauliflower Soup, Creamy Zuppa Toscana, Creamy Tortellini Soup, Potato Leek Soup, or Broccoli Cheese Soup.
Soul-Warming Chicken & Wild Rice Soup
Soul-Warming Chicken & Wild Rice SoupI love everything about this soup! It absolutely delicious, plus it’s a complete meal, with grains, veggies, and protein, and it will actually leave you feeling full. If you want an extra hearty, cozy meal, serve it with homemade rolls, breadsticks or level it up by serving in a bread bowl!
How to make Chicken and Wild Rice Soup:
Sauté Veggies: Saute celery, carrots, and onion in oil. Add garlic and sauté 30 seconds. ADD butter and flour and whisk for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken broth, bouillon, thyme, sage, rosemary, salt and pepper.
Add Chicken and bring soup to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken to a cutting board and rest for 5 minutes before chopping or shredding into small pieces. Stir evaporated milk, shredded chicken, and cooked wild rice into the soup.
Make Ahead Instructions:
To Make Ahead: This homemade chicken and wild rice soup recipe can be completely prepped ahead then stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-2 days.
Recipe Variations:
Slow Cooker Instructions: Sauté veggies in skillet as directed, adding butter and flour. Pour into slow cooker, whisking in broth, seasonings and chicken. Cook on low for 3-4 hours or High for 2 hours then shred chicken and return to soup. Stir in milk and cooked rice. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Vegetarian Wild Rice Soup: Omit chicken and use vegetable broth in place of chicken broth.
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Recipe
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked wild rice*
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 2 ribs celery , diced
- 2 carrots , diced
- 1 yellow onion , chopped
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon paste , better than bouillon base
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts , or thighs
- 12 oz can evaporated milk , or use 6oz heavy cream and 6oz milk
Instructions
- Sauté Veggies: Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add oil. Once hot, add celery, carrots and onion and sauté for 3 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Add butter and flour and whisk well for 1 minute.
- Add Broth and Seasonings: Gradually stir in the chicken broth and bouillon, scraping up anything stuck to the bottom of the pot. Add thyme, sage, rosemary, salt and pepper.
- Add chicken and bring mixture to a boil. Cover the pot with a lid, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken to a cutting board and rest for 5 minutes before chopping or shredding into small pieces.
- Stir in evaporated milk and cooked wild rice. Taste broth and adjust seasonings, adding more bouillon or spices, if needed, before serving.
Notes
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*I originally shared this recipe February 2015. Updated February 2019 and October 2024.
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Just to clarify…If I use the the box of rice-a-roni wild rice, do I prepare it with the seasoning packet? Or just the butter and water? Thanks.
I would prepare it with the seasoning packet, but either would be fine.
I have made this 2 times in the last 2 weeks. ! batch x 6 for 50 people at a family party, and again today for my wife’s quilt club. If I don’t eat a bowl before I serve it I may have to go with out.
You are my go to recipe stop now! This soup is phenomenal for cold Ohio days. My kids, girlfriend, and family loved it!
It is amazing and I love the bread bowl with it.
I made this soup for our lunch today. My husband said it’s phenomenal I agree!!
So delicious and relatively easy. The flavor reminds me of my mother’s chicken and dumplings. Apparently, the same spices are used. I had it fresh and it was delicious. I ate it the next day as leftovers and it was still delicious!
Crockpot with chicken, veggies and spices.
Then at dinner time, I added wild Rice a Roni made with its packet of spice mix and the milk slurry. My spouse volunteered that he really like it! On our list
Really flavorful! I used leftover turkey and boxes wild rice.
A deli near my work used to sell chicken and wild rice soup but no longer sells it. I have been on a search for a recipe close to that soup and Lauren’s recipe was spot on! This was the first time my family tried chicken with wild rice and they all said it was very delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe! Yummy!
I was looking for a chicken wild rice recipe and thought “I bet she has one.” It did not disappoint! Even my 2 young kids loved it. I got a “delicious soup, mom” from the 3 year old. Thank you!