This soup makes me giggle because we have given the dog, or composted so many rounds of extra rice from Chinese takeout over the years. Its not that we are huge Chinese-take-out-eaters, but we will indulge maybe once every other month... enough that I should have thought of this sooner.
While Chinese take out is certainly fun, the ratio of sweet and sour chicken (or choose your favorite) to rice is always a little bit off. Not only do Mr. RC Homestead and I always have leftovers, we always have RICE leftovers.
This GORGEOUS snowy day had me thinking... what to make to warm the house and our bellies for dinner. As usual, my thoughts landed on soup!
I grabbed the leftover rice, some leftover chicken (I always cook or grill the whole package, freeze or fridge the part we won't use on a given dinner - it saves time later in the week), and whatever veggies sounded good. For today, a couple carrots, some onion, a couple pinches of tarragon, a spoon of chicken boullion and I had a good start.
When I tasted the soup, I knew there was a little bit of something to be desired. So I headed out, grabbed the kale, finely chopped and tossed it in... yum! Now we are headed in the right direction!!!
Chicken and rice meets kale soup meets..... yummy in the tummy! Salt and pepper to taste.
Now my mind is realing about other soups I could make with Chinese takeout leftovers... ha ha ha!
Stay cozy, Rubber City!
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