Chicken And Rice Soup

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
• 4 (16 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 pinch saffron (optional)
• 3 cups wild rice or 3 cups rice or 3 cups brown rice, uncooked and not instant,and you may mix them
• 1 can evaporated milk, not sweetened condenesd (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium skillet brown the chicken in the oil and butter.
• 2 add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more, stirring so the garlic will not burn.
• 3 in your slow cooker add the chicken broth, water, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, salt, black pepper, and saffron.
• 4 turn your slow cooker to low heat and add the chicken.
• 5 let this mixture just simmer for 4-5 hours.
• 6 after 4-5 hours turn slow cooker to high and let the liquid come to a boil.
• 7 this may take 30-45 minutes.
• 8 add the rice (s).
• 9 turn your slow cooker back down to low and allow the rice to cook until it is not crunchy anymore, about 30-45 minutes.
• 10 add evaporated milk and let simmer for 10 more minutes.