From Kaleva's Kitchen - Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup

[Kaleva]

Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

1 lb. of cooked chicken breasts, chopped or 1 15 oz. can of white chicken chunks, drained
1/2 cup o white cooking wine
2 cup of half and half
3 cups of chicken broth
1 cup of uncooked wild rice
4 cups of sliced mushrooms
2 cups of chopped onion
2 large carrot chopped
2 ribs of celery chopped
3 tsp minced garlic
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 cup of flour
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp parsley flakes
1/2 tsp dried sage
1/2 tsp dried rosemary

Directions

Cook the wild rice as directed and set aside

Melt butter in suitably sized pot over med-high heat.
Add carrots, onion, celery, and garlic Saute till near soft. Add mushrooms and continue to saute till soft.
Stir in flour and herbs and cook till bubbly.
Gradually stir in broth. Bring to a boil.
Stir until soup thickens.
Stir in chicken, cooked rice, half and half and white cooking wine.
Return to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This looks great!

If you can get it, use wild wild rice instead of the cultivated stuff; it's much tastier and cooks up better (the commercial rice tends to be too crunchy and tasteless). I buy it from the Ojibwe, who harvest it from northern Minnesota lakes. https://nativeharvest.com/products/manoomin-wild-rice

[Kaleva]

2. The wild rice I get is cultivated and kind of bland so I cook it in chicken broth.

The cultivated wild rice is much cheaper as I can get a 3 lb. bag for about the same price as a 1 lb. bag of real wild rice.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It's true that the cultivated rice is a lot cheaper.

But I really love the wild stuff - it's hardly even the same product - and buying it from the Ojibwe also helps support the White Earth reservation. I have a stash of it and I think I might try your recipe.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I've taken your advice and ordered the wild rice.

Yes, pricey but looks like an investment for good eating and good health. And for a good cause.

Thank you.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I just made your soup, and I love it!

I made a few minor alterations - I left out the garlic because I hate garlic, and I used Sauvignon Blanc because I didn't have any cooking wine, but now that I've opened the bottle I have to drink the rest of it, which I am doing while I eat the soup.

Thanks for the great recipe!

[Kaleva]

6. Good to hear!

I made it just once so far but my wife says it's already in the top 10 meals that I make. Maybe even top 5.