Delicious Wild Rice Soup
6 tbsp butter
1 onion minced
1/2 cup flour
3 cups of broth (Chicken is good but Veggie is possibility if you are vegetarian or serving vegetarians in this case omit the ham too!!)
2 cups of cooked wild rice
1 cup of cooked brown rice ( I boil 3 x as much water then throw in the wild and brown, let simmer for 30-40 minutes until the wild rice pops open then drain and add to soup)
1/2 cup minced ham
1/2 cup grated carrots
1/2 head of boc choi sliced like celery, including the greens
1/2 bundle of kale, de-stemmed and sliced thin
3 tbsp chopped slivered almonds
salt if necessarily
1 cup of half and half or in our case straight from the cow milk with cream on the top
2 tbsp cooking wine
minced parsley or chives
cooking direction
Melt butter, saute oniond in until tender. Blend in flour; gradually add to broth, cook stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in cooked rice, ham carrots, boc (bok) choi, kale, almonds, salt if necessary. simmer for 5-10 minutes, blend in milk or half in half and cooking wine; heat and serve with parsley or chives Serves 6 cups
