Monday, January 13, 2014

Chicken & Wild Rice soup

1 cut up medium onion, 1.5-2 cups
3 cut up stalks of celery
3 cut up carrots
1 cup cut up spinach
2 minced garlic cloves
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon tarragon
1/4 teaspoon thyme

1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 cups chicken broth (Home made, no salt added)
3 cups shredded chicken (Home made, baked with nothing added) (1 pound boneless/skinless = 3 cups)
6 ounce box of Uncle Ben’s Original Recipe Long Grain and Wild Rice
1-2 cups water *optional

1) Cook rice according to directions on the box, excluding butter. Takes 20-30 minutes.
2) Saute olive oil, onion, celery, and garlic until tender.
3) Turn heat down to medium low and add the spinach continue to saute for 1 minute.
4) After spinach has wilted add seasoning's. Combine for a minute over heat, turn heat off and set aside.
5) Combine sauteed vegetables, carrots, chicken, chicken broth, and water (optional) in a pot.
6) When rice is done, add rice to pot.
7) Simmer 20 minutes, or until carrots are tender.

** Recipe was added to myfitnesspal.com, and the numbers came out to:

Totals
Calories: 1713
Carbs: 181
Fat: 44
Protein:174
Sodium: 3,108
Sugar: 21

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