Hearty Chicken and Rice Soup
    | Prep Time | 20 minutes | 
| Cook Time | 20 minutes | 
| Servings | 
             
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    Ingredients
    
                - 10 cups chicken broth
 - 1 whole onion chopped
 - 1 cup celery sliced
 - 1 cup carrots sliced
 - 1/4 cup parsley snipped
 - 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
 - 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
 - 1 whole bay leaf
 - 3/4 pound chicken breast cut into cubes
 - 2 cups rice of choice cooked
 - 2 tablespoons lime juice
 - 1 whole lime for garnish sliced
 
            
 
 
 
        
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    Instructions
    
                - 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.
 
        
    Recipe Notes
    
                Tip: aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.
        
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