Marge's Chicken and Mushroom Wild Rice Soup Recipe From Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Minnesota

A Grand Casino Mille Lacs Minnesota Copycat recipe. Total winter comfort food! Perfect for any meal, and even better leftover! Packed with veggies like mushrooms, celery, carrots and onions! 


Marge's Chicken and Mushroom Wild Rice Soup

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This is hands down, the best chicken wild rice soup ever.

My parents first tried this recipe at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs restaurant, and some time after that, the recipe was released to the public by Grand Casino.

I just loved every time my Dad made this soup at home. The flavors are perfect and it has such a unique taste! It's defintely the ultimate comfort food.

Plus, it saves the long trip up to the casino. I'm not a gambler so I really have no excuse to go.

My Dad wasn't sure where his recipe was, so I searched Google and what seemed like hours later, I finally stumbled across the recipe.

After all that searching, I found out both my brother and sister still have a copy, and I could've easily gotten it from them.

Oh well, this recipe was well worth the search. It's that good. You need to try it for yourself!

Wild rice is grown locally here in Minnesota, so I grew up with many meals made with wild rice. I love the nutty flavor and texture and I use it in so many comfort food recipes through the long, cold winter.

Serve this soup with some freshly baked bread and you will have yourself the perfect fall or winter lunch!

What is in chicken wild rice soup?

• Carrots: Packed with vitamin a and fiber, carrots are a favorite vegetable at our house. I only buy regular carrots because the flavor is SO much better than the pre cut baby carrots.

• Celery: Rich in vitamin k, folate and potassium, Celery is mostly water, but is a great dietary fiber. I only love raw celery with buffalo wings, but I like it cooked in so many different dishes.

• Wild rice: If you haven't tried it before, now is the time! The grassy plant grows in shallow water in small lakes or slow flowing streams. It has protein, fiber and vitamin B6.  Find it on Amazon here!

• All purpose flour: It's a combination of hard and soft wheats. Bleached flour provides a softer texture. It's versatile and you can bake most anything with it!

Other wild rice recipes you may like:

• Minnesota Ground Beef and Wild Rice Hotdish
• Slow Cooker Broccoli and Wild Rice Soup
• Mushroom and Wild Rice Scrambled Eggs
• Wild Rice Burgers
• Ground Beef and Wild Rice Alfredo Skillet
• Turkey Wild Rice Casserole

This recipe is ready in these steps:

• In a soup pot, melt butter over medium heat
• Saute the onion, carrots, celery, and seasonings until veggies are tender
• Add the mushrooms within the last 5 minutes of cooking and saute
• Slowly add flour, and stir into veggie mixture until combined.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly
• Add the chicken broth, and stir
• Add chicken and rice, then heat
• Add whipping cream and heat through

Full recipe below

You can add or substitute with the following ingredients:

• frozen peas
• minced garlic
• fresh chopped parsley
• cubed turkey breast
• diced green pepper
• white rice
• cubed ham
• frozen corn
• sliced baby bellas
• fresh baby spinach
• chopped bacon

Looking for more creamy soup recipes?

• Slow Cooker Creamy Cheeseburger Soup
• Buffalo Chicken Soup
• Creamy Zucchini Carrot Soup
• Creamy German Sausage Potato and Sauerkraut Soup
• Creamy Italian Parmesan Tomato Soup
• Creamy Alfredo Lasagna Soup

Things you may need for this recipe:

• OXO mini measuring beaker set 
• My favorite cutting boards
• Best ever soup bowls

What to serve with this recipe:

• Quick Peppery Cheddar Cheese Bread
• Loaded Kale Caesar Salad
• Turkey and Swiss Sandwich with Cranberry Mayo
• Buttery Garlic Bread

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!


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Marge's Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Yield: 8 servings

Author: Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Ingredients

• 1 cup wild rice, cooked according to package directions OR 3 cups cooked wild rice
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1/2 cup carrots, shredded
• 2 cups celery, sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon kitchen bouquet
• 1 1/2 teaspoons nature's seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1- 8 ounce package sliced white mushrooms
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced
• 2 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream

Instructions

1. In a soup pot, melt butter over medium heat. 
2. Saute the onion, carrots, celery, kitchen bouquet, nature's seasoning, poultry seasoning and white pepper until veggies are tender and cooked through.
3. Add the mushrooms within the last 5 minutes of cooking and saute with veggies.
4. Slowly add flour, and stir into veggie mixture until combined. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
5. Add the chicken broth, and stir until mixture has no lumps.
6. Add chicken and rice, then heat until temperature reaches 180 degrees on a kitchen thermometer.
7. Add whipping cream and bring temp back up to 180 degrees. 
8. (If you do not have a thermometer, just simmer the soup until heated through)

Notes:

This recipe as written came directly from the Grand Casino. Most recipe testers had no issues with the recipe as written, but some suggested to decrease the amount of flour. You can try the recipe with 3/4 cup flour for a less thick soup base.

You can substitute half and half instead of heavy cream.

Thanks so much for stopping by!