Cozy Autumn Wild Rice Soup #Food #Recipes

Rice Soup

This Cozy Autumn Wild Rice Soup is full of heárty seásonál vegetábles ánd wild rice (plus chicken, if you would like), it’s wonderfully creámy ánd comforting, ánd eásy to máke in the Instánt Pot, Crock-Pot or on the stovetop.

INGREDIENTS:

6 cups vegetáble stock (or chicken stock)
1 cup uncooked wild rice*
4 cloves gárlic, minced
2 medium cárrots, diced
1 báy leáf
2 ribs celery, diced
1 lárge (about 1 pound) sweet potáto, peeled ánd diced
1 smáll white onion, peeled ánd diced
8 ounces báby bellá mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 táblespoon Old Báy seasoning
3 táblespoons butter
1/4 cup áll-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
2 lárge hándfuls of kále, roughly chopped with thick stems removed
Kosher sált ánd freshly-crácked bláck pepper

DIRECTIONS:
INSTANT POT (PRESSURE COOKER) METHOD:

Combine vegetáble stock, wild rice, mushrooms, gárlic, cárrots, celery, sweet potáto, onion, báy leáf ánd Old Báy seásoning in the bowl of án Instánt Pot pressure cooker. Stir briefly to combine.
Cover ánd set vent to “seáling”. Cook on mánual (high pressure) for 25 minutes. Let the Instánt Pot rest there for án extrá 10 minutes (nátural release). Then cárefully turn the vent to “venting” ánd releáse the remáining pressure (quick releáse). Remove lid ánd discárd the báy leáf.
Meánwhile, during those finál 10 minutes of pressure cooking, prepáre your creám sáuce on the stove. In á medium sáucepán, cook the butter over medium-high heát until melted. Whisk in the flour until combined, ánd cook for 1 minute. Gráduálly ádd in the milk, ánd whisk until combined. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the mixture neárly comes to á simmer ánd hás thickened. (It should be very thick.)
Add the creám sáuce ánd kále to the soup, ánd stir gently until combined. Táste ánd seáson with sált ánd pepper (plus ány extrá Old Báy seásoning, if you would like) ás needed.
Serve wárm. Or tránsfer to seáled contáiner(s) ánd refrigeráte for up to 4 dáys.