Please help - can I make Chicken Soup with Rice in a crock pot?

lisainla

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I am making chicken soup with rice with my 1st Grade class tomorrow - can I make it in a crock pot?

Will the rice get cooked? Mushy?

I am making the broth tonight, and we will measure the veggies and rice as part of our math lesson.

I am doubling the following recipe:

Chicken Soup with Rice

This soup is made with store-bought broth and rotisserie chicken, which shortens the preparation time considerably. (If you usually make your soup from scratch, you may be surprised at how appealing this shortcut can be when you're rushed.)

Makes 6 to 8 servings (2 quarts).

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Inspired by "Chicken Soup with Rice," Carole King, 1975

ingredients

1 (2-lb) rotisserie chicken

3 celery ribs

1 medium onion, quartered and left unpeeled

6 fresh parsley sprigs plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

2 fresh thyme sprigs

1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf

10 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth (80 fl oz)

2 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

1/2 cup long-grain rice, rinsed

preparation

Remove meat from chicken, reserving skin and bones. Coarsely chop 1 celery rib and put in a 6- to 8-quart pot along with chicken bones and skin, onion, parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, bay leaf, and chicken broth. Simmer, partially covered, 1 hour.

While broth is simmering, shred about half of chicken meat into 1-inch-long pieces (about 1/4 inch thick) to yield 1 1/2 cups meat, reserving remaining meat for another use. Cut remaining 2 celery ribs into 1/4-inch dice.

Pour chicken broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, pressing hard on solids with back of a ladle and then discarding them. Skim fat from surface of broth.

Return strained broth to pot, then add carrots, diced celery, and rice and simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender and rice is very soft, about 30 minutes. Stir in shredded chicken and chopped parsley.

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Dunno the answer to your question, but love that you're teaching the kids to cook!

Hubby makes jook, a Chinese rice soup, in the crockpot. I think he uses 1 cup short grain calrose rice, and 10 cups of water (and other stuff for flavoring). He cooks it overnight in the crockpot, and by morning, it's a watery, porridge-y consistency, and the rice quite mushy. It works for jook, but I don't think that's what you want for your chicken soup.

About cooking in class - my son's first grade teacher also taught cooking in her classes. She said it taught them:

1) to follow instructions;
2) helped them with their fractions (1/2 cup, 1/4 teaspoon, etc)
3) to work as a team.

Sometimes, she had parents come in to help, and made the kids work in groups. The kids had to come up to the parent, ask for a specific ingredient, take it back to their group and proceed with the recipe.

I loved that teacher! She really encouraged the kids to do things that us parents thought they were far too young for smileys/smile.gif

Some of the things they made in class:

Cornmeal pancakes (I still have this recipe!!)
Grilled cheese sandwiches
Spam musubi's
Maki sushi (skinny rolls)
Manju (a Japanese flaky pastry, wrapped around a sweetened bean paste, baked in a countertop convection oven)

Your kids must love your class!!

 
Thank you Sandi! The rice/broth proportions I'm going tu use look similar to your

husband's recipe, and I have about 3 hours cooking time, so I think it should work.

Your son's teacher was right about what can be learned through cooking in class - math, health, social studies, cooperative learning, and language arts can all be covered in one fell swoop by making a pot of chicken soup (or other dish).

And the kids think it's a party - so that's an added bonus!

 
I'm probably too late but I would cook the rice separately then add it

about 15 min before the soup is served from the crock pot.

 
Creamy Chicken and Rice. Great Recipe for kids. And really preatty good.

1 med onion chopped
2 stalks celery
2 carrots diced
1 to 2 cups cooked leftover chicken brest
1/2 uncooked Uncle Bens wild rice and long grain rice
1 seasoning pkt from the rice mix
1 tsp diced tarragon leaves
1/4 tsp pepper
3 14 oz cans chicken broth (or that you have in the freezer)
1 12 oz can evaporated fat free milk
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 cup peas frozen peas (I don't add these, I have a pea problem)

place first 8 ingredients in crock pot. Pour broth all over all. Cover and cook up to 8 hours on low. Mix milk and flour and stir into soup. Cover and cook 20 more mins until thickened. Sir in peas for 15 more mins.

From Slow cooker magazine.

 
Oh yes, we had one hold out who caved in after seeing her table mates come

back for thirds and fourths - too funny!

 
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