Chicken Andouille Spanish Rice Soup Recipes

MEXICAN CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP (SOPA DE POLLO Y ARROZ)

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil in a large pot over high heat. Add chicken legs; return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, skimming away foam that forms on the surface. Add carrots, onion, celery, cilantro, garlic, and mint.
• Cover pot and cook until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes more. Remove chicken from the pot; discard skin and bones. Shred meat using 2 forks.
• Return chicken meat to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Add rice. Let chicken and rice warm up, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour soup into serving bowls. Top with avocado and serrano peppers and squeeze in lime juice.

SPANISH CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Place the butter in a small pot over medium heat. Melt the butter and toast the pasta 2 to 3 minutes or until golden in color, add the rice and stir to coat. Add 1 cup stock to the pot and bring the mixture to a bubble, reduce the heat to low, cover the pot and cook 15 minutes. Stir in parsley; turn off the heat and cover. Let stand to cool. Fluff the rice with a fork then place in container and store in the refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, place the rinsed trimmed chicken pieces in a shallow pan with the onion and bay leaves and cover with just enough water to come up to the top of the chicken, bring the mixture to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer and gently poach to cook through, about 12 to 15 minutes. Place the chicken in a bowl and shred the meat with 2 forks. Reserve the stock.
• While the chicken poaches start the soup by heating a Dutch oven over medium-high heat with a turn of the pan extra-virgin olive oil, add the chorizo and brown a couple of minutes. Add the onions, carrot, celery, chile, garlic, and piquillos to the pot and season with a little salt and some black pepper. Cook for 7 to 8 minutes to soften, then stir in the saffron threads and paprika to combine. Strain the chicken cooking liquids, about 2 cups, into the pot then add 3 cups stock-in-a-box, chicken, chorizo, and tomatoes. Bring the soup to a bubble, simmer a few minutes to combine flavors then cool completely, cover and place in the refrigerator for make-ahead meal.
• To reheat and serve, place the soup over medium to medium-high heat covered, stirring occasionally until heated through. Add the rice to the soup and return the soup to a bubble. Serve in shallow bowls.

CHICKEN & ANDOUILLE SPANISH RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In stock pot, add butter and melt over medium/medium-low heat. Stir in celery, onions, peppers, chicken, sausage, chili powder and pepper. Sauté, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes. *Add minced garlic during last 5 minutes.
• Add rest of ingredients except rice and seasoning packet (and cornstarch/cold water), bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Add rice and seasoning packet, stir well, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 25 minutes until rice is tender. Remove lid and stir, keep at a simmer over low heat.
• In mug, add cornstarch. Add cold water and stir until well mixed. While soup is still simmering, add slurry mixture. Stir in well and let thicken for one minute. Remove pot of soup from heat, and let rest for at least 15 minutes uncovered, stirring occasionally.
• Stir, ladle into bowls, and serve piping hot with garlic bread for dunking!

TRADITIONAL SPANISH RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a stock pot with a medium heat and add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• After 2 minutes, add in 1 small onion finely diced, 1 carrot (peeled) finely chopped and 4 cloves garlic roughly chopped, mix with the olive oil, once the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes, add in 1 cup uncooked round rice, mix together and cook the rice for about 2 minutes while mixing continuously, then add in 1 1/4 cups canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) and season with sea salt & black pepper, gently mix together, then add in 6 1/2 cups vegetable broth, 1/4 tsp saffron threads and 1 sprig fresh rosemary, raise the heat to a high heat, mix together and bring to a boil, then place a lid on the stock pot and lower the heat to a low-medium
• While the soup is cooking, make the hardboiled eggs, add in 2 eggs into a sauce pan, fill with cold water, about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) above the eggs and heat with a high heat, once it comes to a boil, place a lid on the sauce pan and turn off the heat, let the eggs sit there between 11 to 12 minutes to get perfectly hardboiled eggs
• After simmering the soup for 18 minutes with the lid on, the rice should be perfectly cooked, remove the stock pot from the heat
• Transfer the soup into shallow bowls, top off each one with the hardboiled eggs (roughly chopped) and a generous portion of finely chopped parsley, serve at once, enjoy!

CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; rub over chicken. In a Dutch oven, brown chicken in 2 tablespoons oil in batches; remove chicken from pan., Add remaining oil to the same pan; stir in flour until blended. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 30 minutes or until browned (do not burn). Add onion, peppers and celery; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Gradually add water and stock. Stir in the sausage, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, chicken and the remaining Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until chicken is very tender., Remove chicken from pan; cool slightly. Skim fat from gumbo and discard bay leaves. Shred chicken and return to gumbo; heat through. Discard bones. Serve gumbo over rice; top with green onions. Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled gumbo freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth if necessary.

CHICKEN & SPANISH RICE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Dice onions and sauté in soup pan in 1 tsp oil until soft (about 3 minutes).
• 2. Add Chicken Broth, water, salsa, Sofrito Sauce, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, and cumin. Bring to a boil.
• 3. Cut chicken into small pieces (or use shredded), season with Tony Chachere's More Spice, add to simmering soup and cook until chicken is done (About 15 minutes).
• 4. Add Rice when Chicken is cooked through, bring back up to a boil, reduce heat and cover, simmer for 15 more minutes.
• 5. Serve with your choice of tortilla chips, cilantro, sharp cheddar, avocado, etc.

ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and green pepper; cook and stir until tender, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from pot., In same pot, brown sausage over medium heat. Add potatoes, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, broth and onion mixture. If desired, stir in liquid smoke and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes. If desired, top servings with sour cream.