5 from 9 votes
Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup with brown rice and chicken breasts, this soup is comforting and warm with no extra added fat and with the use of lemon extract it can be made from pantry ingredients any time of year.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Servings:
8
servings
Calories:
220 kcal
Course:
Main Course, Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breast boneless and skinless
- 1 tsp lemon extract Nielsen-Massey Pure
- 1 cup brown rice uncooked
- 1/2 yellow onion chopped
- 5 carrot chopped
- 4 celery chopped, stalks
- 6 garlic minced, cloves
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon thyme dried
- 1 teaspoon tarragon dried
- 1 bay leaf
- 10 cups chicken broth
- parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hours.
- If your slow cooker is on the hotter side for most recipes, cook for 3 hours to avoid mushy rice or add the rice after an hour of cooking.
- With a fork and knife shred/cut the chicken into bite sized pieces and put back in the soup.
- Garnish with parsley.
- See in the post for additional serving options or flavor ideas.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
220kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
24g
(8%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Cholesterol
54mg
(18%)
Sodium
1784mg
(74%)
Potassium
766mg
(16%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
6415IU
(128%)
Vitamin C
25.2mg
(28%)
Calcium
53mg
(5%)
Iron
1.7mg
(9%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 220
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 220kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 1784mg | 74% |
| Potassium | 766mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 6415IU | 128% |
| Vitamin C | 25.2mg | 28% |
| Calcium | 53mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1.7mg | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.