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Boundary Waters Wild Rice Soup

Salads/Soups/Sandwiches
Course Salads | Soups | Sandwiches
Servings 9

Ingredients
  

Boundary Waters Soup:

  • 1/4 cup Onion Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 2-3 tbsp Flour
  • 4 cup Chicken Stock
  • 1 cup Wild Rice Cooked
  • 1/2 tsp White Pepper
  • 1 cup Whipping Cream
  • 1/3 cup Sherry Optional
  • 1 cup Diced Chicken Optional

How to Cook Wild Rice:

  • 1 cup Uncooked Wild Rice
  • 3 cup Water, Bouillon or Broth
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

Soup:

  • In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender.
  • Add flour and make a paste-like mixture.
  • Cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add chicken stock.
  • Whisk in flour mixture until smooth.
  • Heat until boiling.
  • Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
  • If desired, add more flour mixture to make soup thicker.
  • Add wild rice, pepper, and cream.
  • Simmer.
  • Add sherry and heat thoroughly (Makes 6 cups.)

Wild Rice:

  • In a saucepan, combine wild rice, water and salt.
  • Heat to boiling.
  • Reduce heat. Cover. Simmer about 30 minutes.
  • Check for doneness. Continue simmering until tender, checking every 5 minutes. Wild rice usually cooks tender in 30-45 minutes.

Recipe Note:

  • Cooked wild rice can be stored in a tightly covered container up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
  • For longer storage, freeze.

Submitted By

Pat Orn, Lisbon, ND
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