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September 7, 2018

The very BEST creamy chicken and rice soup

In today’s post: If the weather is getting a little chilly where you live, then it’s the perfect time to make this creamy chicken and rice soup. It’s easy to prepare, not high in calories, and absolutely delicious!

My boys are cub scouts, which means every February we bring the whole fam to the Blue & Gold banquet, where the food is not exactly the highlight of the evening, if you know what I mean. I’m not complaining – it’s hard to feed a hundred people on a tiny budget – but I’m just sayin’ we don’t usually expect to be blown away. But last year we were.

 

Our cub scout committee decided to ask the cubs’ parents to bring soups to share for dinner. We had a great variety of soups, but there was one clear favorite, and once I got over being sad that it wasn’t mine I realized I had a new favorite soup. It was a deliciously creamy chicken and rice soup full of veggies and flavor. It’s a good thing I’m not shy when it comes to getting in line for the food, because this soup was gone in about five minutes flat.

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

The best part? When I tracked down the recipe I realized that this soup is not only easy to prepare, it’s actually very reasonable calorie wise. My husband has been tracking his calorie intake lately and he said for as creamy and delicious as this soup tastes he thought it was going to be MUCH higher in calories.

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

Creamy chicken and rice soup has become one of our go-to meals around here, and it’s the recipe I always turn to when I want to take dinner in to someone because everyone love its.

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

How to make creamy chicken and rice soup

This recipe calls for 3 cups of cooked chicken. To make assembling the soup even easier, pick up a rotisserie chicken at the store – you’ll be able to pull 3 cups of chicken off it easily. Or, if you want to start with boneless skinless chicken breasts, just use about a pound and either bake or boil it in advance.

Making the soup is simple; just start by boiling onion, carrot, and broccoli with a package of Long Grain and Wild Rice a Roni (including the seasoning packet) in chicken broth.

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

After that has simmered for about 20 minutes you’ll stir in the cooked chicken, some cream of chicken soup, and cream cheese, and continue to cook and stir until everything is smooth and delicious. Start chopping your veggies and cooked chicken about an hour before you’d like to serve.

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

Here’s a quick video that shows the process:

 

Creamy chicken and rice soup recipe

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!
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Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

In today's post: If the weather is getting a little chilly where you live, then it's the perfect time to make this creamy chicken and rice soup. It's easy to prepare, not high in calories, and absolutely delicious!
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time50 mins
Course: Main Course
Keyword: soup
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 package Rice a Roni Long Grain and Wild Rice
  • 5 cups Chicken Broth
  • 1/2 cup Grated Carrot 1 large or 2 small
  • 1/2 Medium Onion diced
  • 2 cups Broccoli chopped
  • 1 can Cream of Chicken Condensed Soup
  • 1 package Cream Cheese 8 oz
  • 3 cups Cooked and Diced Chicken

Instructions

  • In a soup pot, bring rice, seasoning packet, broth, carrot, onions, and broccoli to a boil.
  • Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Uncover, stir in chicken, cream of chicken soup, and cream cheese.
  • Return to gentle simmer and cook, uncovered, until cream cheese is melted and rice is tender (about ten minutes more).

To make your family think they’ve died and gone to heaven, serve this soup with Better than Olive Garden Garlic Breadsticks. Best chilly day meal ever!

 

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

Looking for more fantastic recipes? Check out these posts:

Better than Olive Garden breadsticks

Sweet bacon chili

Sweet Jiffy cornbread

Caramel pumpkin poke cake

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

 

This creamy chicken and rice soup is divine! It's comfort food at it's finest AND very reasonable calorie wise!

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  1. Nancy says

    May 22, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    I made this tonight and it was delicious! I used Uncle Ben’s wild rice since that’s what I had in the pantry, and it worked great. Thanks for posting 🙂

    Reply
  2. Heidi says

    November 17, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    You don’t tell in directions when to add your cooked cubed chicken????

    Reply
    • chip says

      July 31, 2017 at 12:46 am

      at the end. If its cooked you want to keep it from getting too dry

      Reply
  3. annie says

    April 6, 2015 at 6:52 am

    Good Morning. I happened on to yur site last week and enjoyed my visit. I ran across this recipe and decided to try it this weekend. Trust me when I say, I try A LOT of recipes. Rarely, am I ever impressed enough to make anything more than once though. And never do I ever like them enough to leave a comment! This soup? Delicious! Plus it was so easy to make! It is pretty, affordable, easy, one pot, AND delicious. What more could you ask for? Thank you for tis one! Annie

    Reply
  4. Dale says

    January 5, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    Can his soup be frozen?

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  5. DOREEN ALEXANDER says

    September 8, 2018 at 7:18 am

    Any idea how to make lower sodium version? It sounds so yummy..

    Reply
  6. Shelley says

    October 14, 2018 at 5:13 pm

    This looks delicious and can’t wait to try it!!

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