6 cups chicken broth
1 whole chicken breast
(rotisserie)
6 oz box Uncle Ben’s roasted
chicken flavored wild rice
½ tsp pepper
½ cup four
¾ cup butter (stick and
a half)
1 cup diced carrot
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced onion
3 cups cream (can use
light)
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Set aside the seasoning packet in the rice.
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In a small bowl, combine pepper and flour. Set aside.
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In a large pot over medium heat, bring broth to a boil, then stir
in rice. Cover and cook rice for the time according to package. Add in chopped
chicken
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In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add carrots,
celery and onion and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in contents of seasoning packet,
and continue cooking vegetables until softened, about 5 minutes more. Add
seasoned flour gradually while constantly stirring, to form a roux. Saute roux
for 3-4 minutes to cook out raw flour taste.
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Whisk in cream, a little at a time, until fully incorporated and
smooth. Cook until thickened, 5 minutes.
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Stir cream mixture into broth and rice. Cook over medium heat
until heated through and rice is done,15-20 minutes.
