Eve's Soup For The Soul

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 large sweet onion, 1/2 diced and 1/2 in strips
• 3 celery ribs, 2 in bite sized pieces and 1 diced fine
• 4 small potatoes, cut in bite sized cubes
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 64 ounces chicken stock
• 3 ounces lemon juice
• 3 cups water
• 1 (10 ounce) package wild rice
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen soup vegetables
• 1 (10 ounce) package spinach or 1 (10 ounce) package baby spinach

Recipe

• 1 brown chicken in the bottom of a soup pan using oil over medium-high heat.
• 2 add diced onion and diced celery. cook until onions are clear. don't worry about the brown/burnt looking bottom -- we want this.
• 3 remove from chicken mixture from pan.
• 4 add lemon juice, stirring constantly to remove the brown, burnt looking bottom (deglaze the pan).
• 5 add chicken stock.
• 6 add chicken mixture back into pan.
• 7 add water.
• 8 add all remaining vegetables.
• 9 add rice.
• 10 bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a simmer.
• 11 cook until rice is done (about 45 minutes).
• 12 enjoy!