Restaurant Recipes
The Chocolate Moose Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients
Soup
- 1 large leek, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 large carrots, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup wild rice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 quarts chicken stock
- 3 cooked chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 large red potatoes, cubed
- 1 cup white wine or non-bitter beer
Roux
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- 1 quart heavy cream
Garnishes
- 1 red bell pepper, minced
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
Soup
- In large soup pot, sauté leeks, celery and carrots in olive oil until leeks are tender. Add wild rice, ground pepper and chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer for 40 minutes. Add chicken breasts, potatoes and white wine or beer to chicken stock mixture. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Roux
- Melt butter in small saucepan. Gradually add flour, stirring so it doesn't lump. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Gradually pour in cream, stirring with wire whisk. Stir until smooth.
To finish soup
- Remove soup from heat. Add roux to soup pot, stirring vigorously. Return soup to heat. Bring just to a boil, stirring often. Remove from heat. Stir in minced red pepper and fresh parsley.