A woodsy fiesta soup
Fiesta for the spices, beans, and peppers, but never a siesta soup since it is not heavy. Do you ever make that mistake? Eat something too heavy for lunch and the 2:00 PM crash hits? That is why I just avoid carbs at lunch time.
This is a lazy Sunday soup. The amounts of ingredients and cook techniques are not all that important so long as it is cooked thoroughly. It is a hearty meal for cold Fall days up here in the Great North. And gluten free for any with an intolerance.
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 celery stalks chopped
- 3 carrots chopped
- 2 tablespoon garlic
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon Thyme
- 2 Tablespoons Chili powder
- 1 Can of corn drained
- 8 chicken breast tender loins
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup dry wild rice
- 2 chopped red bell peppers
- 2 Tablespoons sour cream
- 64 ounces chicken broth
- 2 cups chopped cauliflower
Chop your onion and add it to a stock pot with your olive oil. Sauteed until caramelized. Chop your celery and carrots to desired size and add to onion. Sautee together until half way tender. Add half of your chicken broth.
Add your garlic and chili powder to the stockpot and simmer on low for one hour.
In a separate pan, brown your chicken tenderloins.
Add wild rice, salt, thyme, and canned corn to stockpot.
When chicken is mostly cooked through, remove from pan and let sit on cutting board. Chop chicken and add to pot.
Add your remaining half of the broth.
You may add your chopped cauliflower now, or puree it in a food processor first. The puree will make the broth seem more rich and thick without adding unnecessary starch. Let simmer more.
While soup is simmering, chop red pepper and cook in pan until caramelized. Then add to pot along with your sour cream.
Mix well and let it continue to simmer lightly for one hour or until wild rice is thoroughly cooked.
Have a bowl and enjoy! The wild rice gives this an earthy flavor that simply cannot be replicated. Or perhaps I am biased since wild rice is such a big food source for us up here. It is a comfort food and local and all around lovely.