Ingredients

How to make it

  • Chop onion. Melt 1 1/2 tbs butter in a soup pot, add onions, cover with wax paper and a lid, and cook until soft. Meanwhile, stalk mushrooms. Slice the mushroom caps, chop the stalks. Add to onions, recover with paper and lid. After 5 minutes, add rest of butter, melt, stir in flour, pour on stock. Season with salt and pepper, add the rice and bay leaf. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, remove bay leaf, adjusting seasonging and add herbs just before serving.
  • Strong Chicken Stock
  • Place whole chicken in large pot and cover with water. Add 2 carrots, unscraped, 2 stalks celery with leaves, 1 large yellow onion with skin (the skin will give the stock a rich brown color), 1 bay leaf, 5 or 6 parsley stems (not flower portion), and a small amount of black pepper. Cook chicken for about 1 1/2 hours, until done. Remove chicken from pot and remove meat from carcass. Save meat for another use. Replace chicken carcass in pot and simmer overnight, adding water as needed. Strain stock and use, or cool in refrigerator and defat. unused stock can be used for gravy and freezes well.

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    " It was excellent "
    gourmetana ate it and said...
    My mouth is watering with this one... All your recipes look wonderful! Big 5
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    momo_55grandma ate it and said...
    Fantastic! luv these tater soup high5
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    " It was excellent "
    bakesalotsabo ate it and said...
    Simple yet good, thanks for sharing!
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    " It was excellent "
    jolielives ate it and said...
    Found It:)
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    " It was excellent "
    snowcat17 ate it and said...
    Hi Tablescape:) Welcome to GR! Great post! Love soup! I saw this and said Chicken Cordon Bleu soup? A definite must have! High Five!
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  • krumkake 14 years ago
    It is definitely soup weather here again. I've printed this off so I can make it soon - is the 1 TBS rice a typo perhaps? I do love rice in my soup, so I'll probably add a bit more! Great soup post...thank you!
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    " It was excellent "
    gingerlea ate it and said...
    Sounds really good.
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    midgelet ate it and said...
    great soup! thank you!
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    " It was excellent "
    valinkenmore ate it and said...
    Wonderful, wonderful post! Can't wait to try this out!
    Have a great weekend!
    Valerie
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