Vegetarian Recipe #11: Almond, Wild Rice, and Vegetable Soup

My brother-in-law (Merrick‘s husband) loves soup. Merrick has told me several times that he could eat soup or stew every single night for dinner and be happy.

Bart and I are not those kind of people. I like soup, but I don’t just LOVE soup. It has to be a really great soup for me to love it. Also, I almost never want a broth-y soup, unless I’m at a Thai restaurant.

This wild rice and vegetable soup, though, we love. Bart had this for lunch the day after I made it and he said, “I could eat the rest of this right now. But I’ll restrain myself.” I’m glad about that because there was easily 4 cups of soup left.

This is one of my favorite winter meals.

 vegetable soup with wild rice and almonds

5 from 4 votes

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Almond, Wild Rice, and Vegetable Soup

This wild rice and vegetable soup is one of my most favorite winter meals. This recipe has such good flavor and makes excellent leftovers!

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Servings 4

Author Janssen Bradshaw

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup wild rice uncooked
• 1 cup water
• 4 T butter
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 2 stalks celery chopped
• 2 carrots peeled and chopped
• 1-2 cups fresh mushrooms white or brown, sliced
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup half-and-half

Instructions

1. In a saucepan, combine wild rice and water. Bring to a boil, stir once, and cover. Reduce heat to low and let cook about 35 minutes (I usually start this before I chop any vegetables).
2. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onions, celery, and carrots and let cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes or until celery and carrots are no longer crunchy (I loathe crunchy carrots and celery in my soup). Add the corn and mushrooms and sauté 3-4 minutes more.
3. Add flour and stir well, until vegetables are well coated. Pour in the vegetable broth, stirring until everything is well-combined and there are no lumps of flour. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. It should thicken up slightly.
4. Add the rice, salt, curry powder, mustard powder, ground black pepper and almonds. If you're using homemade or low-sodium broth, you may want to add more salt (mine always needs another tsp at least).
5. Pour in the half-and-half. Let the soup gently simmer for at least 10 minutes and as long as 90 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, until quite thick.
6. Serve hot. Preferably with biscuits.

Recipe Notes

(adapted from Mel's Kitchen Cafe)

if you liked this wild rice and vegetable soup recipe, you might like these other recipe:

• Thai Coconut Soup with Chicken and Rice
• Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Carrot Soup and the Wonderbag