➤ by Gerhild Fulson
My homemade chicken rice soup recipe, aka Hühner-Reissuppe, is one you're sure to make often.
Why? 'Cause it's so easy and so good. Make a huge batch when you've got a crowd to feed. Just add some fresh bread and you've a feast.
Personally, I love to make a huge pot whenever I make this soup. Thankfully my hubby loves leftovers, so this way I have lunch for several days!
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I'll even add extra stuff, like a can or two of diced tomatoes that turns this into a chicken rice vegetable soup! In the photo below, I threw in a bag of frozen spinach for this potful. So yummy!
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I let the soup shown below cook just a bit longer so that the rice would swell more.
The result? A more stew-like consistency. More filling. More like a meal than a soup. So so good!
Learn this easy way to how to make chicken soup and you'll make this often! When I make this soup, I usually just use what I have in the fridge.
Sometimes it's extra carrots, extra celery, perhaps some parsnips, perhaps some cauliflower. The amounts aren't exact nor do they need to be.
I love to buy chicken when it's on sale, freeze it, and then have it available to make homemade chicken soup whenever I need something quick to make.
This is one of those easy recipes using chicken.
The flavors in this soup have a German twist using Maggi and Vegeta. It's my way of continuing on with our culture and passing this one to my grandkids.
My homemade chicken rice soup recipe, aka Hühner-Reissuppe, is one you're sure to make often. Why? 'Cause it's so easy and so good.
Make a huge batch when you've got a crowd to feed. Just add some fresh bread and you've a feast.
Prep Time
10 minutes |
Cook Time
75 minutes |
Total Time85 minutes |
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