Chicken And Rice Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 1/2 lb.) chicken
2 qt. water
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
3/4 c. uncooked long grain rice
1 carrot, chopped

Preparation

Rinse chicken.
Combine with water, onion, celery, bay leaf, salt and pepper in heavy saucepan.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes.
Remove and cool chicken; discard bay leaf.
Cut chicken into bite size pieces.
Add rice and carrot to broth in saucepan.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat.
Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
Add chicken. Heat to serving temperature.
Yield:
6 servings.