Creamy Chicken, rice, and mushroom crockpot soup

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:47:02 GMT

Step 1

t5Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken into a 6-qt slow cooker.

Step 2

Stir in chicken broth, wild rice, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves.

Step 3

Cover and cook on low heat for 6-8 hours (or high for 3-4 hours).

Step 4

Add mushrooms during the last 30 minutes of cooking time. At this time you can remove the bay leaves and discard and also remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred, using two forks. Then add chicken back to slow cooker.

Step 5

In a saucepan of medium heat, add butter and half and half (or milk), and heat through whisking continuously until butter is melted.

Step 6

Stir half and half and butter mixture into the slow cooker. Season with salt (~1 tsp-1 1/2 tsp.) and pepper to taste. Add additional broth or milk as needed to reach desired consistency.

Step 7

Garnish with fresh parsley, fresh thyme and shredded or shaved parmesan, if desired.

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