Rely on boneless skinless chicken breasts, canned broth, frozen mixed veggies and instant rice to make homemade soup in a hurry.
Hearty Chicken Rice Soup
- Prep Time 55 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 2 frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 5 1/2 cups Progresso™ reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables (from 12-oz bag)
- 3/4 cup uncooked instant white rice
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
- 2 teaspoons salt-free lemon and herb seasoning

Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add celery; cook and stir 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add frozen chicken breasts, broth and water. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut. Remove chicken from saucepan; cool slightly. Cut into bite-size pieces.
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Step2Heat broth mixture in saucepan to boiling over medium-high heat; stir in frozen vegetables. Return to boiling. Stir in rice, chicken, parsley and seasoning. Reduce heat; cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until rice and vegetables are tender.
Nutrition
230
Calories
2 1/2g
Total Fat
22g
Protein
31g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving (1 1/2 Cups)
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 3%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 770mg
- 32%
- Potassium
- 580mg
- 17%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 18%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 22g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 80%
- 80%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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