Momma Wants Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 rib fennel, chopped
• 5 large carrots, sliced
• 4 large celery ribs, sliced
• 1 medium-large zucchini, sliced
• 18 button mushrooms, halved if desired
• 1/4 cup wine (i used ogio pinot grigio igt)
• 9 cups low sodium chicken broth or 9 cups homemade chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons dried onion flakes
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup wild rice
• 1 boneless skinless chicken thigh, cooked and chopped
• 3/4 cup cooked cannellini beans
• 1/4 cup minced green onion

Recipe

• 1 in a large, deep pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• 2 add the fennel, carrots, celery, zucchini and mushrooms and cook until the vegetables have begun to soften and the mushrooms have begun to brown.
• 3 raise the heat to high and pour in the wine, stirring vigorously, then pour in the stock.
• 4 add onion flakes, rosemary, pepper, salt and wild rice.
• 5 return to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook (uncovered) 20 minutes.
• 6 stir in the cooked chicken, beans and green onion and cook a further 35 minutes.