Turkey Or Chicken Wild Rice Soup (No Milk Or Cream) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, divided
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 cup mushroom, sliced
2 green onions, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/8 teaspoon herbes de provence (or any dried herb of your choice, like thyme)
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (4 1/4 ounce) package long grain and wild rice blend
3 1/2 cups water
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cups turkey, cooked and diced (or chicken)
3 tablespoons dry sherry, divided

Preparation

Melt half the butter, add onion and cook for about five minutes, until softened.
Add remaining butter, mushrooms, 1 tablespoon sherry and cook for five more minutes.
Add the green onions, garlic, dried herbs, black pepper and cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the rice mix with the seasoning packet and 3 1/2 cups of water. Stir in the bay leaf, turkey (or chicken) and sherry.
Bring to a boil then cover, lower heat, and simmer for 25 minutes.
Remove bay leaf before serving.