Hearty Chicken And Rice Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 cups chicken broth
1 onion, chopped
1 cup sliced celery
1 cup sliced carrots
1/4 cup snipped parsley
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
3/4 pound chicken, cut into cubes
2 cups cooked rice
2 tablespoons lime juice
lime for garnish

Preparation

Combine chicken broth, onion, celery, carrots, parsley, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until the onion and celery begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir chicken into the simmering broth; cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir rice and lime juice into the broth; cook and stir just until rice is hot and grains separate, about 1 minute. Garnish with lime slices.