Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

This is a great base guideline recipe with tons of room for self expression / your own twists! So I followed most of the recipe…instead of canned broth I used 900ml liquid chicken broth. Recipe calls for 6 cups of milk, I did 3 cups regular 3 cups coconut milk! I of course used chicken both dark and white meat, but I also put some bacon in. Veg wise I used celery, red onion, white button mushrooms, cubed potatoes, fresh chopped garlic, broccoli, and carrots. Seasonings I used garlic powder, Italian seasoning, oregano, dill, bit of seasoning salt for taste, cracked black pepper, and actually a few dashes of maple bacon seasoning (not enough to over power just enough to give a slight smoky taste) haaaands down my best soup. Hubby had 3 bowls, stepdaughter ate a huge bowl! I had put so much into it I DIDNT end up using any rice! I imagine with rice it would have still been great

I had to make a few tweaks to this recipe to get it to our desired consistency and flavor. I sauteed the onions and celery with a bit of oil and added some chopped garlic after about 4 minutes. I also added some fresh thyme from my garden. I cut back the amount of rice and did not use all of the white sauce either. We don't like our soups too thick and creamy, so I added additional chicken broth to our desired consistency. After these adjustments, it was pretty good. Would be a good soup to make on a cold night.

Made as written except for the rice. I read the reviews and decided to start with just 1 cup and I'm glad I did. It was plenty. Overall this lacked in flavor. It def needs something. I sprinkled some parsley and Italian seasoning in the end but it still lacked.I'm a soup loving fanatic and am not picky but this just didn't work at all in the flavor department.Sorry.

The lighting was not good but the soup looked just like the original and tasted great.

It smells delicious easy to make and very yummy

I normally do not rate a recipe if I do not follow it exactly. But what I changed was out of not having the right ingredient. And I don't think it changed it much. Except I did add spices to it that it did not call for because I knew I would want more flavor. I did not have enough chicken, so it was light on it. Didn't realize I had a can of chicken pieces I could have added. I will before we have more of the leftovers. I added poultry seasoning, thyme, rosemary, and garlic. I did not have celery, so I added carrots.Instead of using chicken broth then add water and use bullion. which I did not have, I used just chicken stock. I am sure it would be good as written. Hence me doing this review. But I did think my changes added flavor I like to my food. My family loved it and said this recipe is a keeper. And in the end, that is all that matters. That they enjoy it.

What I did differently , i didnt boil the onions with the broth I actually sauteed the onions with a little bit of garlic in real butter. I didn't use any water just replaced it with more broth as someone suggested. I added carrots!