hearty chicken and rice soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 8


• 10 cups chicken broth


• 1 onion, chopped


• 1 cup sliced celery


• 1 cup sliced carrots


• 1/4 cup snipped parsley


• 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper


• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves


• 1 bay leaf


• 3/4 pound chicken, cut into cubes


• 2 cups cooked rice


• 2 tablespoons lime juice


• lime for garnish

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Ready Time: 45 mins



• combine chicken broth, onion, celery, carrots, parsley, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf in a dutch oven; bring to a boil. reduce heat to low; simmer until the onion and celery begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. stir chicken into the simmering broth; cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. remove and discard bay leaf. stir rice and lime juice into the broth; cook and stir just until rice is hot and grains separate, about 1 minute. garnish with lime slices.