Stove Top Wild Rice Soup Recipe Tutorial

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Coconut milk provides creaminess with fewer calories.

wild rice

💰Cheaper: brown rice

Brown rice is more accessible and less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

Olive oil adds healthy fats and reduces saturated fat.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

Homemade stock has no preservatives and more flavor.

Start with 5 carrots, 5 celery, and 1/2 onion in a skillet with a little bit of butter; stir.

Add 4 cloves of minced garlic to the skillet.

Add 3 cups of mushrooms to the skillet.

Rinse 1 cup of wild rice until the water runs clear to remove excess starch.

Add the rinsed wild rice to the skillet.

Add 1 teaspoon of poultry seasoning, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme to the skillet.

Pour in 6 cups of chicken broth and cover the skillet; bring to a boil over medium heat.

While the soup is boiling, prepare the roux with 1/2 cup of melted butter in a separate pot.

Gradually add flour to the melted butter to avoid clumps in the roux.

Add 2 cups of milk to the roux once it has a nutty aroma and stir until thickened.

Once the wild rice and vegetables are cooked (about 30-45 minutes), pour the roux into the soup and stir to combine.

Cooking Techniques

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