Crock Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Coconut milk is lower in calories and adds a different flavor, while evaporated milk is more budget-friendly.

wild rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: white rice

Brown rice is more nutritious, while white rice is often cheaper.

Add 1 pound chicken breasts into a 6 quart crock pot.

Add minced onion, diced carrots, sliced celery, and fresh garlic.

Add dried herbs and spices: bay leaf, salt, pepper, sage, rosemary, and thyme.

Add 2 tablespoons of butter.

Pour in 6 cups of chicken stock.

Add the brown rice wild rice blend.

Cover the crock pot and cook on low for 4 hours or until the chicken shreds easily with two forks.

Remove the chicken with tongs and shred it with two forks.

Add the shredded chicken back into the crock pot to warm through for a few minutes.

Stir the soup and serve.

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