Gringo Chicken Rice Soup Recipes

CHICKEN RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Drizzle the chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with the ground thyme and some salt and pepper. Put the chicken in a roasting pan and roast until cooked through, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
• In a pot over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the celery, carrots, onions and bell peppers for 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle with the fresh thyme and turmeric and cook for another 2 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth, cover, bring to a simmer and simmer 30 minutes.
• Prepare the rice according to the package instructions; keep warm.
• Shred or chop the chicken and add it to the pot with the soup. Simmer for another 15 minutes. Stir in the rice and minced parsley and serve.

GREEN CHILE CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add 1 tablespoon oregano, salt, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder. Reduce heat, add chicken, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool.
• Strain the chicken broth and transfer 2 cups to a pan; bring to a boil. Add rice to the boiling water, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 17 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, about 10 minutes. Mix the chicken broth, green chile peppers, cumin, 1 tablespoons oregano, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder into onion. Cover stockpot and simmer.
• Shred cooled chicken; add to simmering onion mixture. Simmer until chicken is cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Spoon 1/4 or the cooked rice into each serving bowl; sprinkle with 1 ounce Monterey Jack cheese. Ladle 1/4 of the soup into each bowl.

CHICKEN WILD RICE SOUP I

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion, celery and carrots and saute for 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute for 2 more minutes. Then add the flour and stir well. Gradually pour in the chicken broth, stirring constantly, until all has been added. Bring just to a boil, reduce heat to low and let simmer.
• Next, add the rice, chicken, salt, curry powder, mustard powder, parsley, ground black pepper, almonds and sherry. Allow to heat through, then pour in the half-and-half. Let simmer for 1 to 2 hours. (Note: Do not boil or your roux will break.)

GRINGO CHICKEN-RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken breasts, carrots, 1-1/2 cups cilantro leaves and stems, quartered onion half, halved garlic cloves and potato.
• Simmer together with 6 cups of water for about one hour (more if you have the time).
• Drain and reserve broth and chicken, discarding vegetables.
• When cool, cube chicken.
• Heat about 2 cups of reserved broth to almost boiling.
• In a large saucepan, saute onions and garlic together.
• Stir in flour until a"paste" forms.
• Add hot broth and whisk briskly to dissolve flour and thicken broth.
• Add remaining stock, then cumin and oregano, continuing to whisk briskly until flour is dissolved and broth is thickened a little.
• Stir in cooked rice and cubed cooked chicken.
• Simmer all together for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Chicken will almost shred itself!
• Stir in salt, pepper and half and half; heat but do not bring to boil.
• Just before serving add 1 cup fresh minced cilantro and 1 or 2 sliced green onions.
• The soup will thicken up overnight; thin with water or broth if you wish.

CHICKEN-AND-RICE SOUP WITH GINGER

Steps:

• In a medium pot, bring broth, 2 cups water, garlic, and ginger to a simmer over medium. Add chicken and rice and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. With tongs, transfer chicken to a plate. Cover pot and simmer until rice is tender, 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Shred chicken and return to pot. Stir in spinach and season with salt and pepper.

GRINGO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook chicken breasts in microwave until done.
• Cut meat into chunks.
• Set aside.
• Saute onions, garlic, and pepper in margarine over mediuom heat until limp.
• Mix together the canned ingredients and chicken broth.
• Add sauteed ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Tear tortillas into fourths.
• Dip half of the tortilla pieces in the soup mixture and lay them in bottom of a baking dish.
• Cover with half of the soup mixture, then half of the chicken, and half of the cheese.
• Repeat.
• Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes, until bubbly.