Mushroom Wild Rice Soup
Mushrooms are low in calories so they are a given for healthy cooking. I like to add the wild rice to the soup to round it out.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course: Soup Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 - 1 cup servings
- 4 oz. diced pancetta
- 1 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup diced onion (about 1 medium)
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 carrots sliced (about 1 cup)
- 2 stalks celery sliced (about 1 cup)
- 24 oz. mushrooms sliced
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice
- 1 envelope chicken broth concentrate
- 2 quarts water
- 1 cup fresh parsley chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh basil chopped
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Place pancetta and olive oil in 6- or 8-quart soup pot. Brown the pancetta. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent.
Add carrots, celery, and mushrooms and cook until mushrooms begin to brown.
Add rice, broth concentrate, water, parsley, basil and Worcestershire. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until rice is tender, about 45 min.