Lemony Chicken & Brown Rice Soup
It’s time to bust out the dutch oven. I’m sad to say I have not used this near as much in the spring and summer as I thought I would. I was so excited when I received this beautiful read porcelain dutch oven for Christmas that I knew for sure I would put it to good use. I started off well. Soups, stews and even some yummy cajun fixin’s. I’ve been trying to get into the swing of things now that the cooler weather is here and that means more time for things to simmer on the stove top to enjoy it’s warm and tasty goodness. To start off the season I decided to make my husbands favorite soup, Chicken and Rice. He’s a Campbell’s soup fan and he’d eat it every day if you let him.
I decided to make something a little different than traditional chicken and white rice. I know we are all knee-deep in fall goodies but I wanted to try to bring a little bit of summer flavor to my soup. We go through a lot of chicken and rice soup here thanks to hubs addiction, but I tend to get a little weird about all the white rice that goes into my body because of the PCOS. So, I swapped out the white rice for brown and let it cook a little longer. The brown rice got all fluffy and full of wonderful flavors. I didn’t tell the family and no one noticed. I had to laugh a little inside because hubs is such a stickler for his “no brown rice” policy.
Well, I fooled him.
This recipe could easily be made in a crockpot. I prefer to slow cook in a dutch oven on the stove.
I did cook the chicken in a cast iron skillet in the oven. I do this with a lot of my meat. I just prefer the way it turns out instead of stove top frying. I let the chicken cool just a bit and then I took a fork and knife and shredded it.
Don’t let the lemon flavor scare you. It pairs with the chicken very well.
When we make roasted chicken we boil the leftover bones and such to make homemade chicken stock. I used this as the base for my soup.
Lemony Chicken & Brown Rice Soup { #Giveaway }
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breast
- 2 TBSP lemon infused olive oil
- No salt seasoning
- Garlic powder
- 1/4 c lemon juice
- 2 cups brown rice dry
- Homemade chicken stock or 1/2 gallon chicken stock - or more depending on size of your pot and how much liquid you like.
- parsley
- sea salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- 2 TBSP lemon juice
Instructions
- In a cast iron skillet add 2 chicken breast.
- Drizzle with lemon infused olive oil.
- Add the no salt seasoning and garlic powder.
- Pour lemon juice on bottom of skillet and all over chicken.
- Place in oven under broil.
- Flip every 5 minutes until done.
- Use a meat thermometer to test.
- Once done, set aside.
- While the chicken is cooking you can start your rice.
- You'll need to cook it according to package directions.
- While your rice is cooking you can start preparing your dutch oven.
- Add the chicken stock and lemon juice.
- Add in the parsley, sea salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder to your taste.
- Bring to a boil.
- Once the liquid has started to boil, add the brown rice.
- Turn heat to low and begin shredding your chicken.
- Once shredded at your chicken to the rice mixture.
- Allow to cook on low for 45min to an hour.
- You could serve right away but I found that cooking it mixed a bit longer allows the brown rice to get fluffy and absorb chicken stock. This will take away that nutty flavor of the brown rice.
I love to eat almost more than anything else in the world. I love a good soup on a chilly winter day!
I love soup when it’s chilly too. It’s so hearty and warming!
You and me both!
I have 2 sisters that this would make a GREAT Holiday gift for. Right now, we are in a cabin with a small kitchen in Montana. This recipe looks easy enough for me to make it here.
This recipe looks amazing and I am so glad that I already entered. Crossing my fingers.
That sounds amazing and warming – we could use that right about now. I would love to add that spoon to my collection, I love wooden cooking utensils.
This looks like a great recipe. It will be perfect with the cooler weather coming in.
This sounds like a soup they serve at a restaurant near me. It looks absolutely delicious!
I like brown rice, but I dont think I have had it this way. Will have to try it.
The recipe looks good, I like that you cook the chicken in the skillet, makes it tastier!
This looks really tasty. I love recipes like this, because I can throw them into the crock pot and just let ’em go.
Oh boy lemon is my weakness and lately soups have been all I want! This looks delicious!
This looks and sounds amazing. Thank you sharing.
Chicken is my go to no matter the season. Winter is deffinately soup season around here. This one looks like a refreshing change to the ordinary chicken soup.
It is mine too. I really should write a cookbook about the 101 ways to prepare chicken. lol
This looks so good and perfect for winter for cold winter nights. Thanks for sharing.
I like your oven method of cooking the chicken. Woohoo for sneaking the brown rice in there too!
Ohh I love a good soup in the autumn and what a great sounding one this is! I will have to give it a whirl thank you.
You are welcome!
This looks really hearty and comforting and very appropriate for this time of the year.
This soup looks and sounds amazing. I love anything with lemon.
My diet is mostly soups and mushy foods but I think it’s time to buy a dutch oven. The recipe pictures made me want to give it a try.
They are so worth it!
Ohh my favorite thing here is the idea to make meat in the oven with the iron skillet. I’m going to be trying that one soon.
I don’t think I have ever had brown rice soup. Looks like a healthy recipe!
Lemon and Chicken is an awesome combo! This sounds great especially if one is sickly!
To be honest a Dutch oven has been one of the things in the kitchen that I have always been afraid to use. Can you believe that?
I was that way too. I just kept seeing all of these recipes for them and decided now was the time. I have 3. This large cast iron porcelain one, a giant metal one that was my great grandmothers and a small porcelain one that was my grandmothers.
I am all for the idea of a brown rice soup. Healthy and delicious! I can’t wait to see what else you come up with your Dutch Oven too!
This sounds so good! With the winter coming up, there is always room for more soup recipes!
This recipe is certainly very different than anything I have made before but I think it sounds delicious.I know I will need to make this sometime this month and see what my husband thinks.
Please let me know how it goes for you!
This looks so good! I love soups in the fall.
This sounds so delicious! Perfect comfort food for fall!
that definitely looks so good! yummy!
I’ve never done a rice soup before but this one sounds really good with the lemon chicken. Might have to make this one day.
I make a lemony chicken and orzo soup which is very similar to this one… so good. I love the brightness the lemon brings to it!
The flavor combination sounds great in this dish! Now you’ve got me thinking about adding lemon to things…
It looks amazing. My family loves soup so we’ll be giving this a try.
This soup looks delicious. I imagine that the flavor combinations taste delicious in this dish.
I love rice in any soup. This looks super delish!
This looks like a great recipe. I can just imagine how great it would smell cooking all day.
I’m definitely on a soup kick this year. That looks like the perfect meal on our cold New England winter nights.
I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a big soup person. But I also have to admit that this soup looks absolutely amazing! It takes a really good soup to get me to eat it, and this soup I would definitely eat!
I like your trick with the brown rice. My kids hate brown rice so now I know how to sneak it into stuff. LOL.
It worked really well. The trick is to let it simmer a while and get all nice and fluffy with the chicken broth.
That sounds like a really yummy soup. Great for these colder days
I fancy anything with lemon and chicken! This looks like a great dish to try out!
Now that the weather is getting cold – we eat lots of soup. This looks delicious!
Thank you!
I love to pair chicken and lemon together. This sounds like a great meal.
This looks like it would be perfect to help with getting over the cold that is going around right now. A nice healthy hearty soup is always good.
I agree! And a good change from traditional chicken and noodle.
This sounds so fantastic! Perfect for a cold day!
I have to say I’m not a big soup eat her. But if I do eat soup I like it to be chunky and mainly ingredients more then liquid. this looks good!
My hubs and I are the same way. The only soup I don’t like all super chunky is egg drop soup and even then I like it a little eggy.
I am a huge soup eater so I need some of this in life now that it is getting colder outside.
It was so simple to make! I hope you do try it.
This recipe sounds amazing. Love the lemony flavor.
This looks like a great way to use up left overs and keep warm during the winter.
Buying a simple whole chicken provides us with a few good eats.
That looks so yummy!! I may have to make that for my family.
This looks delicious! We are loving soup right now.
Nothing like a piping hot bowl of soup during the fall and winter months. This is on my list for the weekend!
There is nothing better than a homemade soup, yours looks and sounds yumculicious!!!!
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This recipe has my mouth watering! I love the combination of a traditional Chicken & Rice Soup with the tangy lemon.