Crock Pot Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup

Name: Crock Pot Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 carrots shredded; 4 stalks celery thinly sliced; 1 small onion diced; 3 garlic cloves minced; 1.5 lbs. chicken breast; 1 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. black pepper; ⅛ tsp. crushed red pepper optional; 2 Tbsp. salted butter; 6 cups chicken broth; 1 lemon; 1 tsp. dried thyme; 1 cup Minute Brand rice (will add the uncooked rice to the slow cooker); 3 Tbsp fresh parsley Finely Chopped (or 1 Tablespoon dried parsley)

6 steps

Cook:8h

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:31:31 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories342.4 kcal (17%)

Total Fat12.4 g (18%)

Carbs34.4 g (13%)

Sugars2.9 g (3%)

Protein22.2 g (44%)

Sodium1398.4 mg (70%)

Fiber2 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1.5 lbschicken breast

1 tspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

⅛ tspcrushed red pepper

optional

2 Tbspsalted butter

6 cupschicken broth

1lemon

1 tspdried thyme

1 cuprice

Brand, will add the uncooked rice to the slow cooker

3 Tbspfresh parsley

Finely Chopped

Instructions

Step 1

To the slow cooker pot add the shredded carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Lay the chicken breast over the vegetables and season with the salt, pepper and red chile flakes. Add the butter, pour in the chicken stock and place the thyme in the slow cooker, squeeze in the juice of the lemon.

Step 2

Cook on HIGH for 4 Hours or on LOW for 8 hours. After 3hrs 30mins, remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred, add back into the slow cooker (if cooking on low remove the chicken and shred after 7hrs 15mins).

Step 3

Add the minute rice in with the shredded chicken and soup. Cook for another 30 minutes on HIGH or 45 minutes on LOW.

Step 4

When done, sprinkle in the fresh parsley and mix. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

Step 5

Do not add lemon slices to the soup while it cooks. The pith of the lemon will make the soup bitter.

Step 6

If you want to add an egg, simply whisk the egg in a small bowl. Add a few tablespoons of the finished hot soup to that whisked egg, stir, then add that egg mixture to the slow cooker and stir. Cook for 15 minutes longer. The egg will make the soup thicker and creamy.