Chicken, Rice, and Preserved Lemon Soup

inChicken & Poultry Recipes, Dinner Recipes, Halfway Homemade Recipes, Recipes, Soup & Stew Recipes
  • YIELDS | 4 SERVINGS
  • PREP TIME | 10 MINS
  • COOK TIME | 10 MINS

There’s something so special about this soup. Not only is it a Halfway Homemade recipe, which means  it’s easy-to-make with store bought items, but it has a bright and beautiful flavor that can only be achieved by using preserved lemons. Get ready to tingle your taste buds.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups rotisserie chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 4 slices preserved lemon, plus 1/4 cup of accumulated liquid from preserved lemons (see Notes)
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  1. To medium pot over medium heat, add the chicken stock, chopped chicken, rice, lemon slices, and accumulated lemon liquid.
  2. Simmer for 5 minutes until the flavors marry. Add Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
  3. Divide soup into 4 bowls. Top each bowl with a lemon slice and serve.

Notes

Regular lemons can be substituted for preserved lemons. Use 3 lemons: slice 1 for garnish and juice the other 2, using the juice as you would the accumulated preserved lemon liquid.

Use leftover or store-bought rotisserie chicken and leftover take out rice to save time.