Wild Rice Soup (Byerly's)

By Hastings1961

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp minced onion
• 1/2 cup flour or 1/3 cup gluten-free flour
• 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1/3 cup mined ham
• 1/2 cup chopped cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup finely grated carrots
• 2 tbsp slivered almonds, chopped
• 2 cups cooked wild rice
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 2 tbsp dry sherry (optional)

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 75mins
Cooking time 90mins

Preparation

Step 1

Cook wild rice prior to starting soup.
1 cup wild rice and 2-3 cups of water. Cook for 1 hour or until wild rice has split open.

Cut and chop all ingredients before cooking anything!

Melt butter in large saucepan; saute onion until tender. Gradually blend in flour until butter is absorbed. Gradually add broth. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Stir in rice, ham, carrots, almonds & salt; simmer about 5 minutes. Blend in half-and-half and sherry. Heat to serving temperature.