Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

A creamy chicken soup from a neighborhood friend, Natalie Rogers.

Ingredients

• 3 (10 oz.) cans chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• ½ cup uncooked wild rice, rinsed or (Ben’s Wild rice)
• ½ cup finely chopped green onions
• 1 ½ cups cooked chicken
• 6 slices cooked, chopped bacon
• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp poultry seasoning
• 2 cups half and half

Directions

1. In a large pot, combine chicken broth and water.
2. Add rice and onion and bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 35-40 minutes. Rice should be tender.
3. In a small pot, melt butter and flour, salt, poultry seasoning and pepper. Stir constantly until smooth and bubbly.
4. Slowly stir in half and half. Cover over medium heat.
5. Slowly mix small pot into large pot and stir constantly.
6. Add chicken and bacon.