How to Cook Tasty Pantry Day Chicken Rice Soup

Pantry Day Chicken Rice Soup.

You can cook Pantry Day Chicken Rice Soup using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pantry Day Chicken Rice Soup

1. Prepare of unsalted butter.
2. Prepare of onion - chopped.
3. You need of dried thyme.
4. It's of celery seed.
5. It's of leftover cooked chicken - torn into chunks (I used half a leftover rotisserie chicken lol).
6. You need of frozen mixed veggies.
7. It's of golden mushroom soup.
8. Prepare of low sodium chicken broth.
9. You need of water.
10. You need of poultry seasoning (optional, I liked the extra flavor it added).
11. You need of uncooked long grain rice (not instant).
12. Prepare of salt and pepper to taste.

Pantry Day Chicken Rice Soup instructions

1. Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add onion, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and cook til just barely translucent stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Add thyme and celery seed and cook another 1 minute, stirring constantly..
2. Add chunks of chicken, soup, chicken broth, water, veggies and poultry seasoning (if using). Stir to combine. Taste and adjust salt and pepper as desired..
3. Turn heat up to medium high. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally. When soup begins to boil immediately add uncooked rice, cover and turn heat down to medium low. Simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring only twice, keeping the lid on otherwise. When done taste again and adjust seasoning if necessary..
4. Serve and enjoy on its own, with crusty bread or even a delicious grilled cheese, like the one attached below. ;) https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/360014-phenomenal-grilled-cheese.