It’s definitely soup weather! This healthy and delicious Turkey and Brown Rice Soup was just what I needed this weekend. We had overbooked our weekend, and I was starting to feel sick. It was nice to have this soup for dinner and have plenty leftover for lunch the next day.
This soup has turkey breast tenderloins in it, they are about the size of boneless skinless chicken breasts. Turkey packaged like this is not more expensive than chicken breasts. I always forget about turkey when I’m planning my meals for the week.
I stir in Minute Brand brown rice when the soup is done cooking, add the lid back on and turn the slow cooker to high. It takes 20 minutes for the rice to get tender since the slow cooker doesn’t get to a rapid boiling point. If you aren’t familiar with Minute rice, it is rice that cooks up faster than standard rice because it has been pre-cooked then dehydrated at the factory.
- 1.25 turkey breast tenderloins (chicken breast would work great too!)
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1½ cups sliced carrots
- 1 cup sliced celery
- ½ cup diced white onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1½ tsp. dried basil
- 1½ tsp. dried thyme
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 (32-oz.) box AND 1 (15-oz) can chicken or turkey broth
- 1 cup Minute Brand Brown Rice (uncooked)
- Place everything but the rice into a 6-quart slow cooker, stir. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. After the cooking time is done, remove and discard the bay leaves. Shred the turkey with 2 forks. Add the dried Minute brown rice, stir. Cover and cook for 20 minutes on HIGH.
- Serve and enjoy.
- Note- If you are using standard brown rice, I suggest cooking it separate on the stove top, then stir it in the soup at the end.
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Sounds and looks good
A great comfort food recipe!!!! Made easy with the slow cooker too! LOVE this Sarah!
This soup sounds amazing. It would be perfect to have for dinner on a cold night.
This looks like one incredible soup recipe! I love that you used turkey breast and I know it wouldn’t last long at our house!
That soup looks delicious and I love brown rice!
Sarah, this soup looks so comforting, and what a great time saver to add the minute rice in at the end like that! I hope you are feeling better (((hugs)))
Lovely easy soup like this is perfect for busy fall days – and I always forget about turkey too. I’ll have to look for it this weekend because I prefer turkey to chicken anyway. Thanks for the info!
This soup looks delicious- perfect for fall! 🙂 Slow cooker soups are definitely one of my favorites.
GREAT recipe. The brown rice is an inspired idea. Sooooo easy. Thanks
It looks so good and easy to make!! Magical combination. 🙂