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    • Chicken-Rice Soup

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    Meats, Vegetables, Grains Diabetic, Poultry, Rice, Soups/stews, Vegetables 6 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    3 lb Chicken pieces;
    8 c Water;
    1/2 c Celery with leaves; chopped
    1/4 c Fresh parsley leaves;chopped
    1 sm Onion;
    1 pn Pepper;
    1 Bay leaf;
    1/4 ts Celery seeds;
    1/2 c Rice; uncooked
    1 c Carrots; diced

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Simmer the chicken in the water with the celery, parsley, onion,
pepper, bay leaf and celery seeds for 4 hours in a slow cooker or one
hour over low heat on the stove.
Drain the chicken broth and remove chicken pieces.  (Discard bay
leaf.) Bone the chicken and chop into bite-size pieces.  Combine the
broth, chicken, rice and carrots in a saucepan.  Cook for 30 to 40
minutes or until the rice is tender.
1 cup - 287 calories, 3 lean meat, 1/2 bread exchange 11 grams
carbohydrate, 29 grams protein, 10 grams fat 219 mg sodium, 307 mg
potassium, 88 mg cholesterol
Source:  Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman 1986
Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/diabetic.zip

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